Delhi beat Goa, enter semis Delhi made heavy weather of their victory over SAI Goa 3-2 in the quarter-final league of the All India Iron Ore Football Tournament at Rajara near Durg in Madhya Pradesh, according to reports reaching here.Delhi, who were comfortably placed till the 51st minute with a 3-0 lead, survived anxious moments at the last stage of the game due to poor goalkeeping by Vicky Sharma, who conceded two easy goals. Delhi led 2-0 at the interval.Neeraj Chaudhary put Delhi in the lead in the 34th minute and two minutes before the breather Abijoy Basu converted a penalty to increase the lead. Abijoy scored the team's third goal in the 51st minute.However, C Lawrence scored two goals in the space of seven minutes (60th and 67th) to reduce the margin. In another league match, Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) beat Citadeel (Goa) 1-0. Hardip Singh netted the winner.Manohar shines Manohar Singh (37 and 3 for 36) helped S.P. Xl beat DDA by one wicket in a poolB match of the first Hari Singh Tyagi TYCA League at the Mohan Meakins ground, Mohan Nagar.DDA: 156 in 33.3 overs (Sumit Tomar 57, Suresh 47, Manohar Singh 3 for 36).SP Xl: 157 for 9 in 35 overs (A.Tyagi 41, Manohar Singh 37, Kamal 2 for 20, Deepak 2 for 24).Surender soars Four goals in a row by Surender Kumar was the highlight of Chota Nagpur Blues 8-4 victory over Independent club in the Delhi Hockey Championship at the Shivaji Stadium here today. P Kujur, Prabhat Dung, T Xalxo and Aditya Dung were the other scorers for the winners. For Independent, Lalit Joshi, Anil Walia, Naresh Sharma and Joginder Singh were the scorers.In another match, Hoshiarpur Sports club beat Brothers club 8-0 after leading 5-0 at half time. Rajbir (2), Kaurnesh, Bhanwar Singh, Rahul Jha, Rajesh (2) and Harjinder were the scorers. Delhi Tigers got a walk-over Delhi Development Authority who failed to turn up owing to the death of one of their player Suresh Chander. Suresh had representedDelhi in the nationals.Jagdish hits ton Jagdish Singh's all-round effort (100 not out and 3 for 19) enabled Bright Star beat Delhi Police by seven wickets in the inaugural Dwarka Prasad Memorial Tournament. Delhi Police: 176 (Sunil 75, Inderjeet Singh 49, Jagdish Singh 3 for 19, Shiv Kumar 2 for 22, Raju Grewal 2 for 34); Bright Star: 180 for 3 (Jagdish Singh 100 not out, Vishal Sharma 38, Hemant Pathak 30 not out).Pankaj excels An unbeaten 72 by man-of-the-match Pankaj Kaul who struck six boundaries in his 75-ball knock, helped Hilton beat Vasant Continental by four wickets in the ninth inter-hotel tournament at Siri Fort ground. Vasant Continental: 160 (Ashok 24, Rajan Vohra 2 for 20, Amit Saroj 2 for 27, Rahul Saxena 2 for 29); Hilton: 162 for 6 (Pankaj Kaul 72 not out).Founder's Day Air Force Bal Bharati School, Lodhi Road will celebrate its 42nd Founder's Day on Saturday at the school premises. An exhibition of Art and Sciencewill be held on the occasion apart from the cultural programme to be presented by the children.
