Rajkumar scores winner for ONGC in title clash

A first-minute strike by Manoj Rajkumar helped Oil and Natural Gas Corporation beat Oil India Ltd 1-0 to win the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board football tournament at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Saturday.

Barring that early flourish, the final never rose above the medicore.

In the third-place play-off, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. got the better of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. 4-0, thanks to a hat-trick by Mustque Ali (3rd, 25th, 57th) and the opening goal by Suju Alias (2nd).

Nagaraj, Amrutha to lead Karnataka teams

S Nagaraj and Amrutha B V will lead Karntaka boys’ and girls’ teams respectively in the 16th Sub-Junior throwball Nationals, starting in Bangalore on Monday.

Team: Boys: S Nagaraj (Captain), K S Lohith, Naveen Sharma, Sunil N, Goutham Prakash, Sandeep R K, Sujith B, Sandeep A, Vijay Kumar A R, Sunil Kumar, Mohammad Ali, Vinayak. Stand-byes: Mohammed Zaid, Ravi Kumar and Akash. Coach: R Srikanth. Manager: Satyanarayana.

Girls: Amrutha B V (Captain), Bhavya, Surabhi Nadig S, Priya, Soumya, Kajal Sharma, Ranjitha, Reshma, Vijaya Lakshmi, Yogitha, Chaitra and Kavya Shree. Stand-byes: Jyothi and Neerikshitha. Coach: Satyanarayana. Manager: Govindaraju.