Snooker national championships

Snooker National Championships: Gujarat’s Mayur Garg annexed the sub-junior boys’ billiards crown in the 90th National Billiards & Snooker Championships at the Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Thursday, defeating local lad Laxmi Narayanan 493-302 in the final.

Garg racked up breaks of 49, 44, and 45 as he took control of the contest against fancied Laxmi Narayanan, a semifinalist last year.

“I’m thrilled to win my first National title,” said Garg, who put it across last year’s finalist Mayank Karthik of Karnataka in the semifinal. “I’m now looking to make it a double by winning the snooker crown too,” he added.