BHUBANESWAR: An unbroken 115-run sixth wicket stand between Ankur Kakkar (77) and Uday Kaul (50) helped a struggling Punjab, fighting to avert outright defeat, to make 256 for five at close on the third day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match against Orissa at the Railway Stadium here on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH: Hosts Panjab University, Delhi University, Kurukshtra University and Punjabi University qualified for quarter-final league of the North Zone Inter-university Basketball (men) Championship being played at the Panjab University Campus here on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh education department is sending a 113-member squad, including 13 officials, for  the 54th School National Game  in basketball for under-17, hockey under -19  and judo under -14,17 and 19 boys and girls to be held in Patiala from November 26, according to Assistant Director Sports Education Department KS Bharti.

BHUBANESWAR: Orissa's Basant Mohanty played wreck-in-chief as the hosts capitalised on the seaming wicket to bundle out Punjab for a paltry 60 in first day of the Ranji Trophy's Super League Group-A match here on Sunday.