Smooth win for MEG Boys ‘A’
Madras Engineering Group Boys ‘A’ defeated SAI ‘B’ 2-0 in the DS Murthy and V Karunakaran Memorial hockey tournament on Thursday. Avinash struck in the 28th minute and four minutes later Rahul Kumar doubled the lead.
Powered by a 31st minute goal from Ramesh, Centre of Excellence beat South Western Railway 1-0. Corps of Military Police played out a 1-all draw with Dhanraj Ballal Hockey Academy. Naveen (3rd) scored for DBHA, while Kamal Horo (31st) equalised for CMP.
BVS scores over Bhaskar
BV Srinivasa Murthy scored a 45-37, 60-53, 67-27, 23-77, 30-84, 70-32 win over B Bhaskar in the quarterfinals of the 38th senior State-ranking snooker tournament at the KSBA hall on Thursday.
Results: Snooker: Quarterfinals: MS Arun bt Michael Rebello 4-3 (41-54, 46-60, 72-46, 74-28, 00-75, 78-32, 73-17); BVS Murthy bt B Bhaskar 4-2 (45-37, 60-53, 67-27, 23-77, 30-84, 70-32); Sajan Bopanna bt Balaji Reddy 4-0 (66-17, 70-62, 61-51, 62-42).
League: V Anand bt Kushal Agarwal 4-3 (46-77, 58-48, 17-60, 36-30, 42-61, 68-40, 68-45); Michael Rebello bt B Bhaskar 4-2 (58-30, 12-88, 69-33, 72-52, 39-76, 78-29); BVS Murthy bt Madhu Chandra 4-1 (59-61, 59-12, 58-18, 90-29, 75-66); Duncan Mackenzie bt Vinay Katrela 4-1 (66-28, 16-64, 55-54, 56-24, 71-17).
Ladies snooker: Second leg: R Umadevi bt Shilpa 3-0 (84-19, 50-15, 77-18); Chitra M bt Indira Gowda 3-1 (50-12, 64-06, 28-61, 37-17).
Navaratna down Young Boys
Navaratna struck one goal each in either sessions to down Young Boys 2-0 in the ‘C’ Division football league at the Malleswaram Corporation ground on Thursday. Wachan slotted the first goal in the 27th minute while Wasim doubled the tally three minutes into the second-half.
At the ITI ground, Active Union and Rangers shared honours with a 1-1 draw. Rangers went ahead in the 30th minute through a Satish goal while Active Union drew level with a 52nd-minute strike by Rajesh.
Sunil Raju to lead Karnataka U-19
All-rounder Sunil Raju will lead Karnataka in the South Zone under-19 cricket tournament for Vinoo Mankad Trophy to be played in Thiruvananthapuram from October 20 to 26.
Squad: Sunil Raju (captain), Suraj Sampath, Manish Pandey, Karun Nair, Abrar Kazi, Nithin Bille, S Sanjay Kumar, K P Appanna, A Mithun, P Magizhenandan, Aditya B Sagar, Hardik H Munoth, Abhilash Mahendrakar, Stallin Hoover, Sadiq Kirmani; Coach: P V Shashikanth.
Sharma, Uttam, Chetan shine
Banking on unbeaten half-centuries by Shanthanu Sharma (70) and Uttam (76) and a five wicket haul by Chetan (5-23), Florence Public School (RT Nagar) registered a facile 56-run win over Acxilium High School in the Pepsi Cup cricket tournament on Thursday.
Briefscores:
Florence Public School (RT Nagar): 216/2 in 25 overs (Shanthanu Sharma 70 n.o., Uttam 76 n.o.) bt Acxilium High School, Hyderabad: 160 all out in 24.3 overs (Enosh 55; Chetan 5-23).
St Patricks’ High School, Hyderabad: 178/7 in 30 overs (Chandrashekar 35, Noor 57, Ravi 32; Saawan 3-24) bt IACA: 156 all out in 29 overs (Kaushik 29; Wasim 2-21, Ravi 2-19).
State U-13 girls team announced
Karnataka State Football Association on Thursday announced the State under-13 girls team for the National Football Festival to be held in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa.
Team: R Shanjana (captain), Masuka, Sandya, Albina, Netra, Mercy, Carmel Frank, Steffi Catherene, Ahana, Vruksha, Alivia S K, Sanjana H S, Susmitha, Akshatha. Coach: Nancy. Manager: A Mary Victoria.
