Air-India, Sun-Grace in final

MUMBAI, JANUARY 28: Air-India will meet Sun-Grace Mafatlal in the final of the KC Mahindra Memorial Invitation cricket tournament. Both dr...

MUMBAI, JANUARY 28: Air-India will meet Sun-Grace Mafatlal in the final of the KC Mahindra Memorial Invitation cricket tournament. Both drew their semi-final matches but advanced on first innings lead.
Brief scores (semi-finals): Air-India 226 (Dhiraj Jadhav 57, Saish Samant 46; Musaveer Khote 3-28) and 120-1 (Altaf Merchant 50 not out) bt RCF 136 (Bhupendra Singh 5-27, Narendra Hirwani 3-51) on first innings lead. Sun-Grace Mafatlal 254 and 191-3 (Praful Dhule 57, Amit Pagnis 49, Milind Tamhane 42) bt Varun Shipping 157 (Atiq Sayad 39; Omkar Salvi 4-54, Rajesh Pawar 4-51).

Union Bank supreme
Union Bank of India trounced Fleetfooters, Borivli, 3-1 to emerge best in the Bro Paulus Memorial football tournament at the St Francis D’Assisi school ground, Borivli.

Keenan Oliver (2) and Ryan D’Souza netted for the bankmen after Epraun Andrews had given Fleetfooters the lead. UBI were richer by Rs 7,000 and Fleetfooters pocketed Rs 4,000.
Best defender: Vijay Thapa. Best half:Keenan Oliver. Best forward: Ryan D’Souza.

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K’taka Amateurs held
Kanara Bros rallied to hold Karnataka Amateurs 3-3 in a Pool A tie of the fifth Ramnath Payyade Memorial Karnataka football league at the Karnatak Sports Centre, Churchgate, today.
Results: Karnataka Amateurs 3 (Sunil Pereira, Shashi Shetty, Agnelo Fernandes) drew with Kanara Bros 3 (Sainath Kotian, Prakash Shetty, Jaya Salian); Jai Bharat 2 (Francis Dias, Nelson D’Souza) bt Saraswati SC 0.

Block Boys top
Block Boys, Parel, beat Holy Cross, Santa Cruz, 3-2 via the tie-breaker in the final of the second Gajanan Krida Mandal Rink football tournament at the Waman Dubhashi Kreedangan, Vile Parle (E). Santosh More, Lawrence Fernandes and Manuel D’Souza netted for Block Boys. Rajendra Singh (2) scored for the losers.

Sushant, Ashwini best
Sushant Bangera of St Francis D’Assisi, Borivli, and Ashwini Mahadik of Gokhale High School, Borivli, were adjudged the best boy and girl athletes, respectively, inthe two-day Borivli Malayali Samajam-conducted Mumbai Suburban Inter-School athletic meet, co-sponsored by Hindustan Lever, Punjab National Bank and Parle, at the Sports Authority of India ground, Kandivli.
Team championship boys: Children’s Academy, Kandivli. Girls: Gokuldham HS, Goregaon. Marchpast: 1 St Anne’s, Borivli; 2 Gokuldham.

Kedar-Tambe top
Arun Kedar and Mahendra Tambe won the open doubles final in the 9th Mumbai District Carrom championship, sponsored by Amco, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Hindustan Petroleum, Saraswat Co-op Bank and Mumbai District Central Co-op Bank at Sharda Mangal Karyalaya, Naigaum, on Friday.

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RESULTS
Open doubles final: Arun Kedar & Mahendra Tambe bt Harji Boricha & Dilip Sosa 25-13 25-19.
Mixed doubles (semis): Suhas Pomendkar & Nalini Bolinjkar bt Nagsen Etambe & Anupama Kedar 13-25 25-24 25-20; Mahendra Tambe & Nirmala Parimi bt Horji Boricha & Monaz Tanttra 25-13 25-16.