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CHENNAI: The year 2021 has been a good one for 17-year-old S Sankar Muthusamy. The budding shuttler bagged a medal at the Uganda International Badminton Tournament, and recently won his maiden international title in the junior White Nights Badminton Series at Gatchina in Russia. In the all-Indian Under- 19 boys singles final, Sankar beat Saneeth Dayanand from Shivamoga 21-10, 21-13.
The final lasted for 35 minutes in which Sankar halted the giant-killing run of the 18-year-old Karnataka shuttler. Sankar gave a sterling performance to clinch this title. “I am pleased to get a gold medal in the international circuit in my very first tournament after this lockdown. Playing a tournament after four months was pleasing.
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CHENNAI: In Chennai, every school has a sports culture. St Bede’s, Vidya Mandir, Don Bosco and Santhome schools are known to be cricket-centric and have strong teams that play in the TNCA inter-school tournaments. Meanwhile, MCTM School in Pursawalkam used to have a good presence in basketball. Lady Andal and Chettinad Vidyashram are known to have produced high-ranking swimmers. Likewise, Velammal Group of Schools has made a mark by promoting chess and creating Grandmasters (GM).
Velammal Nexus, which has the strongest chess team in the country, has made it to the final of the World Online School Chess Tournament to be played in November in Dubai along with the World Championship match of Magnus Carlsen. The final will be an over-the-board event. Velammal team consists of the likes of GM R Praggnanandhaa, GM Gukesh, GM Leon Mendonca and promising players like Pranav, Ajay Karthikeyan, Rakshitta, Rindhya, Savitha. “I am very happy to play for my school and