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MUMBAI, JANUARY 9: Star-studded Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) launched their campaign in the Bombay Hockey Association super league by trouncing...

MUMBAI, JANUARY 9: Star-studded Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) launched their campaign in the Bombay Hockey Association super league by trouncing whipping boys Companeroes 6-1 at Mahindra Stadium today. Lacking bench strength, some of the boys doing duty for India in Barcelona, the oilmen were forced to field veterans MM Somayya and Romeo James.

In a Division I tie, Rajput drubbed Khalsa XI 4-2.

Naseer Baquar dazzles
Naseer Baquar of HR Commerce finished in a blaze of glory in the Inter-Collegiate Cycling championship held at the Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Worli, today.
Results: 1000m time trial: Naseer Baquar (HR Com.) 1:24.15 sec, Chirag Bulsara (Burhani), Gupta Dindayal (Rizvi). 1000m sprint: Naseer Baquar (HR Com.) 13.47 sec, Chirag Bulsara (Burhani), Dindayal Gupta (Rizvi). 4000m lap race: Naseer Baquar (HR Com.) 23 pts., Chirag Bulsara (Burhani), Dindayal Gupta (Rizvi). 3000m scratch: Naseer Baquar (HR Com.) 5:53.00 sec, Chirag Bulsara (Burhani), Dindayal Gupta(Rizvi). 4000m individual pursuit: Naseer Baquar (HR Com.) 6:20.03 sec, Chirag Bulsar (Burhani), Dindayal Gupta (Rizvi).

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Jagdish Chander top
Jagdish Chander bagged the Sterling Travels Trophy, the symbol of supremacy in the Willingdon Sports Club golf tournament, yesterday. In addition, he was also the lucky winner of a ticket to London.

In the women’s section, Sonal Singh bagged the overall trophy, Ute Thiemann was the runner-up and the closest-to-the-pin award was claimed by Rani Maheshwari.

Anish Kanchan ‘tricks
Union Bank of India trounced GM Breweries 5-1, after the two were level 1-1 at half-time, in the 19th Bro Paulus football tournament at the St Francis D’Assisi High School ground, Borivli, today.

The hero of the game was UBI’s Anish Kanchan who scored his second hat-trick of the competition. Senthil Raj and Ryan D’Souza were the other scorers for the bankmen. S Lobo had equalised for Breweries.

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Earlier, D’Assisi Ex-Students Charitable Association beat HolyFamily (Andheri) 3-1 after leading 2-0 at the breather. Agnel Picardo, Avinash Puthran (2) netted for the winners. Anand Sutar reduced the margin.

Anuj Shelke best
Anuj Shelke bagged the under-15 individual honours in the St Francis D’Assisi’s annual athletic championships.
Other champions: U-14: Michael Barretto. U-13: Ashwin Suvarna. U-12: Sunny Mascarenhas. U-11: Siddesh Shetty.

Fr Agnel triumph
Hosts Fr Agnel defeated CTES 62-24 in the men’s section of the 3rd Fr Agnel Open basketball tournament today.
Men: Indian Gymkhana 38 (Chandrashekhar 11, Mahesh 11) bt Andheri YMCA 31 (Sanjeev 11) HT 17-16 FT 31-31; Income-Tax 40 (Satish Warrier 16, Krishna 12) bt LTG 29 (Jason 10, Johann Nazareth 11) HT 27-19; Fr Agnel 62 (Bharat Shetty 14, Renjith George 12) bt CTES 24 (Mridul Singhvi 6) HT 23-17.
Boys U-18: Ghatkopar YMCA 48 (Chetan Shetty 15, Ashish Lad 8, L Satyam 8) bt SoB 37 (Chinmay Bhandarkar 14, Lino Gracias 7) HT 17-18; Somaiya SC61 (Nilesh Jadhav 28, Pankaj Rane 11) bt Fr Agnel B 46 (Varun 10, Jibu 6, Saju 6) HT 27-13.