Varun scores brace

Varun Visamvaran hit the target twice to power Sports Gurukul to a facile 4-1 win against Phoenix Sports in a Third Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) league,played at the St. Xaviers ground,Parel on Wednesday.

Varun Visamvaran hit the target twice to power Sports Gurukul to a facile 4-1 win against Phoenix Sports in a Third Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) league,played at the St. Xaviers ground,Parel on Wednesday. Nitesh Shinde and Mayur Sawant got the other two goals for the winners,while Clifton Fernandes scored the lone goal for the losers.

Results: At St. Xaviers ground,Parel: Div-III: Sports Gurukul 4 (Varun Visamvaran 2,Nitesh Shinde,Mayur Sawant) beat Phoenix Sports 1 (Clifton Fernandes); Rising Stars 1 (Ankit Pandey) beat Shamboo FC 0; Div-II: Sachivalaya Gymkhana 0 drew with Utkrash Mandal 0; PRS Bacon FC 1 (Sohel Khan Pathan) beat Super Soccer School B 0.

Mishra,Bhagyashree to lead Mah in ONAC

Thane triple jumper Dhiraj Mishra and Pune sprinter Bhagyashree Shirke will lead the Maharashtra men’s and women’s team respectively in the Open National Athletics Championship at Chennai from September 10-13. Nilesh Patakar would be the manager cum coach of the state contingent,a media release from Maharashtra Athletics stated.

Men: Dhiraj Mishra (Capt),Vijay Bhaskar Jadhav,Sunny Bhargav Patil,Suryaji Lingde,Chandrkant Manwadkar,Sachin Patil,Siddhanth Thingaliya and Dipesh Sawant. Women: Bhagyashree Shirke (Capt),Vidwans Shriya Nitin,Neelam Rajkar,Monika Motiram Athre,Soniya Sudhakar Shinde,Sharddha Ghule,Pranita Savae,Mohini Phoolchand Raut and Rohini Phoolchand Raut.

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