NEW DELHI: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi stumbled out of the Monte Carlo Open tennis tournament, losing in the doubles second round. The top-seeded Indian pair, who received a first round bye, slumped to a 6-3 6-2 defeat against qualifiers Dominic Hrbaty and Karol Kucera of Slovakia, according to information received here.

Golf team CALCUTTA: An eight-member team will represent India in the 21st Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship to be held in Myanmar from May 4-7. Team: Boys (15-17): Shiv Kapur, Ashok Kumar; (13-14): Ranjit Singh, Joseph Chakola; Girls (15-17): Ayesha Kapur, Guneet Raikhy, Irina Brar; (13-14): Mayali Talwar. Manager: Rajan Syal (Chennai).

BSF pip ICF

HALDIA: Border Security Force, Punjab, scraped past Integral Coach Factory of Perambur 1-0 in the inaugural final round Group P match of the second division National Football League here today. DC Negi scored the winner in the 51st minute.

Morparia dead

MUMBAI:Ravindra Morparia, sports correspondent of the Gujarati Mid-Day died here yesterday following a cardiac arrest. He was 54.

Morparia began his career with a Gujarati newspaper Janashakti, and worked with Samakaleen and Janmabhoomi Pravasi.