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Journalism of Courage
MUMBAI, MARCH 5: Mumbai Customs edged past Central Railway Mumbai Division 2-1 in the second round match of the Bombay Hockey Association Prize Money tournament at the Mahindra Stadium today.
Customs had to wait till the 27th minute before they went ahead following a goalmouth melee inside the circle. Leonard Pereira struck from close range to give Customs the first taste of blood.
The equaliser had a renewed CRMD grabbing the equaliser in the 36th minute through a field goal by Amrik Singh.
The winner, however, belonged to Customs. Short corner specialist Murli Agnishwar scored in the 44th minute through a penalty corner, past a stunned CRMD ‘keeper Joe D’Souza.
Customs will now meet Indian Navy in the first leg semi-final.
A new look Indian Navy mauled Companeroes 7-0 in the second match of the day.
Scorers: J Pal (2nd), Haque 2 (23rd, 27th), Ashok Kumar 2 (33rd, 43rd), Gorde (61st), R Bara (69th).
Monteiro wins
Tony Monteiro, helped with a break of 28, defeated A Ghole 84-66,110-89 in the Anthony D’Cruz Open Handicap snooker tournament at the Catholic Gymkhana today.
Other results: H Leher bt S Patil 106-93, 84-117, 103-69; S Nanda bt M Kasare 124-110, 138-69, 116-102; M Shetty bt F Pereira 106-72, 112-83.
Thodomal through
Rohan Shanbagh scored a hat-trick for Thadomal Shahani Engerring who beat DG Sanhavi 4-0 in the Inter-Engineering College football tournament organised by Thadomal Shavahi Engineering College at the Priyadarshini Ground today.Samir Ginde scored the fourth for the winners.
Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engneering played a goalless draw with MH Saboo Siddik College. In another match, NYSS got past VJTI 2-1. Rahul Sawant and Anto Phillip scored for NYSS while Swapnil Desai scored a consolation goal for VJTI.
