Mirzapur swimmer Sachin Kumar Maurya has been selected for the India camp for the Junior Asian age group swimming championships to be held from August 4 to 14 at Tokyo, Japan.

According to UP team coach GD Bariki, “The month-long swimming camp for the event will be held from July 6 at Pune. The final India team will be declared after that.” Sachin won two silvers and two bronze in the 36th Junior National Aquatic Championship 2009 held at Jaipur recently. UP bagged altogether 3 silvers and 4 bronze at the nationals.

UP swimmers who won medals include: Anjani Kumar Misra (Boys Group I; Gorakhpur): 50m Breast Stroke (Bronze), 100m Breast Stroke (Bronze); Sonu Yadav (Boys Group II; Gorakhpur): 50m Back Stroke (Silver); Sachin Kumar Maurya (Boys Group II: Mirzapur): 200m Freestyle (Silver); 200m Individual Medley (Silver), 50m Freestyle (Bronze), 400m Individual Medley (Bronze).

Haseen, Amit shine

IMPRESSIVE batting performance by Haseen Ahmed (60 off 36 balls) and all-round efforts by Amit Mishra (44 runs; 3 for 10) were the highlights of the match as Khalsa Sports Club defeated Jyoti Cricket Club by 33 runs in their league match of the 4th Harish Sharma Memorial Cricket Tournament at KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium, Lucknow on Sunday.

Brief Scores: Khalsa Sports Club: 183 for seven in 30 overs (Haseen Ahmed 60, Amit Mishra 44; Mohsin Khan 2 for 23, Mukesh Prajapati 3 for 37); Jyoti Cricket Club: 150 all out in 25.2 overs ( Satyendra Kumar 45, Salman Umar 22; Surendra Singh Khalsa 3 for 17, Amit Mishra 3 for 10, Sunny Gadhok 2 for 28, Vinod Singh 2 for 32). Man-of-the-Match: Amit Mishra.

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