Digvijay fires one-over

MUMBAI, Feb 20: Seasoned amateurs Digvijay Singh and Sheeraz Kalra helped V Thomas finish leaders in the open category halfway through th...

MUMBAI, Feb 20: Seasoned amateurs Digvijay Singh and Sheeraz Kalra helped V Thomas finish leaders in the open category halfway through the Seagram’s Blender’s Pride Corporate national Golf at the par-70 Bombay Presidency golf Club here.

The Chennai-based firm garnered 62 points thanks to Digvijay’s gross score of 71 which saw him accumulate 37 points alone.

In the handicap category, Sahara Airlines represented by I S Bindra and capt Sanan from Delhi were in the lead with 67 points. The first day performance left the result wide open tomorrow as a score of at least 70 points is expected to win the overall tournament.

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Swati ensures title: International Women Master Swati Ghate ensured the title in the All India Fide-rating chess tournament here today with one round to spare.

In the tenth round Swati, unbeaten so far, outwitted Arjun Uberoi with ease to increase her tally to nine. Even if Swati loses her last game to second placed Ravikumar (eight points) tomorrow, she will win the title on a betterprogressive score.

Rumania, SaiNath in final: Rumania pipped Kirol Boys 6-5 via the tie-breaker in the semi-final of the Don Bosco football Challenge Cup for seniors organised by Don Bosco Youth Centre at St Joseph’s ITI Ground today. The teams were tied at 1-1 after full time with Joe D’Souza (Rumania) and Nitin Shetty finding the net.

In the tie-breaker Anthony D’Souza, Caitan Fernandes, Udhay Pandey, Joe D’Souza and Tony Fernandes scored for the winners. Nitin Koli, Romco Patil, Sanjay Kar and Dinesh Shetty struck for Kirol.

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In the other semi-final Sainath ousted Rose XI with a solitary goal by Johnny Dias.