MUMBAI, JANUARY 4: Delhi’s Hemant Duggal defeated local hope Himanshu Thakkar 21-17 to qualify for the men’s singles main draw of the NSCI Grand Prix all-India prize money (Rs 4 lakh) badminton tournament on Tuesday.
Results (final round qualifying)
Men singles: H Duggal (Del) bt H Thakkar (Mah) 21-17, M Singh (Del) bt A Choudhary (Asm) 21-17, R Kulkarni (Mah) bt KR Shivkumar (TN) 21-9, J Xavier (Ker) bt PSV Nagendra (Ktk) 21-14, S Thomas (Ker) bt P Modi (Mah) 21-7, P Gehlawat (Del) bt V Diju (Ker) 21-9, KA Anish (Ker) bt H Tawade (A-I) 21-4, A Shinde (Rlys) bt J Dhule (Mah) 21-6.
Doubles: BG Kiran/Guru Prasad (Ktk) bt S Rabade/R Deshpande (Mah) 21-10, E Raghawan/R Shrivasa Reddy (TN) bt Madhur Kalia/Ashish Chadha (Del) 21-20, Vijay Khanna/Mohammed Ali (AP) bt Jayendra Dhule/Kiran Makode (Mah) 21-15, Anup Shridhar/A Bakshi (Ktk) bt B Paithankar/H Thakkar (Mah) 21-16.
Women singles: Aditi Biswas (Ktk) bt Gauri Narayan (AI) 15-6, Swati Moghe (Guj) bt Riddhi Pajwani (Mah)15-7.
Wellingdon top
Wellingdon YMCA and Mischief Makers, Pune won the mini boys and girls titles respectively in the third Fr Agnel Open basketball tournament at Fr Agnel Complex, Vashi.
While Wellingdon accounted for Ghatkopar YMCA 48-40 in the final, Mischief outplayed Agradneya 52-30.
Results: Mini boys (final): Wellingdon YMCA 48 (Siraj Ansari 14, Zahiruddin Shaikh 11) bt Ghatkopar YMCA 40 (Rajaram G 16, Jayesh Kambli 9) HT 17-21; (semis): Wellingdon YMCA 44 (S Afzal 15, A Siraj 19) bt Mastan YMCA 20 (Mohd Aziz 6) HT 12-19; Ghatkopar YMCA w/o Indian Gymkhana.
Mini girls final: Mischief Makers, Pune 52 (Shweta S 14, Afreen K 13) bt Agradneya Vyayamshala 30 (Devashree Patwardhan 11) HT 13-11.
Manchanda wins
A Manchanda (St Xavier’s) beat Saket Wali (NM Commerce) 9-1, 9-0, 9-3 in the final of the Inter-Collegiate squash tournament at the CCI court on Tuesday.In the tussle for the third place, Vijay Jangra (RKT) beat Kapil Todwala (Somaiya Arts) 9-5, 9-6, 3-9,9-2.
In the team championship final, St Xavier’s beat MMK College, Bandra, 9-0, 9-2, 9-4. Govt. Law beat RKT 9-2, 9-4, 5-9, 9-2 for the third spot.
Dayanand nets winner
A Lone goal by Dayanand Shetty turned out to be the match-winner for Dadar XI A against St Jude in the WIFA Div. II football league tie at the Cooperage.
Other results: Division II: Ralph SC 3 (Steven Gupta, Sudhir Kumar, Puran Singh) bt Voltas 0. Division III: HCI 0 drew KPB Hinduja College 0.
Sudhir Kumar shines
Five goals, including a hat-trick, by Sudhir Kumar enabled Kanara Brothers trounce Nidyadaini Sports Club 8-0 in the fifth Karnataka football league at the Karnatak Sports Centre.
Anand Rocha, Rosewalt Mathias and Manoj Puthran were the other goal-getters. The Jai Bharat-Satya Vijaya match, in Group B, ended goalless.
Salvi adjudged best
Sandesh Salvi of Kanvinde Vyayam Mandir (Dombivli) was adjudged Mavli Mandal Sri in the Thane District Amateur Bodybuilding contest held under theauspices of the Sri Mavli Mandal, Thane.
Results: Group I: Sandesh Salvi (Kanvinde Vyayam Mandir). Group II: Rajendra Raval (Shiv Shankar Vyayamshala, Kalyan). Group III: Shekher Ambokar (Sri Tisai Health Centre, Kalyan). Group IV: Ganesh Koli (Kanvinde, Dombivli). Team championship: 1 Sri Tisai Health Centre, Kalyan 20 points; 2 Kanvinde, Dombivli 14 pts.
Yashodam supreme
Yashodam won the Goregaon East P Ward MCC Inter-School march past competition at the St Thomas High School ground, today. Gurukul finished as runners-up.