Fine all-round show by Tariq-ur-Rehman

Kyani advances

Cyrus Kyani (+40) defeated Nikhil Ootam (+25) 93-84, 47-87, 92-71, 103-27 in a best of five-frame quarter-final tie of the Anthony D’Cruz Open Handicap Snooker Tournament at the Catholic Gymkhana, on Wednesday.

In a pre-quarter-final encounter, Omar Balsara (+20) beat Kunal Solanki (+45) 93-47, 54-99, 118-68.

ACCS move up

Armoured Corps Centre & School (ACCS) beat Army Service Corps (ASC) 6 1/2 goals to 4 to advance in the Oberoi Cup Glucon D Heinz-sponsored Cavalcade and Polo Tournament at the Mahalaxmi race course ground, on Wednesday.

Sandeep Dewan (2), Narendra Singh (2), VS Kahlor and AS Sidhu scored for ACCS. GS Pandher (2), Shakti Singh and DS Garewal reduced the margin for ASC. In an exhibition game, ARC B beat ARC A 7-5. Ramiro Garros (2), Martin Nero (2), Shamsher Ali (2) and Vishal Singh scored for the winners. Pepe Araja (3) and Nicholas Garros (2) accounted for the losers.

Sosa struggles

Dilip Sosa scored a hard-fought 25-5, 10-14, 25-16 victory over Jitendra Vanel in an open singles sixth-round tie of the fifth Mayor’s Cup Carrom Tournament at the BMC Gymkhana, Azad Maidan, on Wednesday.

Results: Open singles (6th round): Dilip Sosa bt Jitendra Vanel 25-5, 10-14, 25-16; Ramesh Deokule bt Mohammed Sajid 25-23, 25-16; Nandakumar Mhatre bt Nitin Boricha 25-0, 25-7; Vilas Dalvi bt Suhas Pomendkar 23-17, 25-21; Narsingrao Sakari bt Arun Kedar 25-16, 25-18; Dilesh Khedekar bt Sallauddin Shaikh 25-2, 25-18; Nagsen Etambe bt Babulal Shrimal 22-6, 17-13; Mahendra Tambe bt Pradeep Jadhav 25-5, 25-6.

Women’s singles (Q-F): Nalini Bolinjkar bt Asmita Kanukale 25-10, 25-11; Anupama Kedar bt Sangeeta Chandorkar 25-10, 25-18; Monaz Tanttra bt Manisha Nagaokar 12-25, 25-6, 25-15; Parimi Nirmala bt Malti Kelkar 25-0, 25-6.

Percept in final

Percept Sports Club beat HTA Sports Club by seven wickets in a semi-final game of the CAG Shield Cricket Tournament.

Brief scores: HTA 130 in 35.1 overs (Ketan Karnik 33; Deepak Jadhav 5-21) lost to Percept 131-3 in 18.4 overs (Amar Arte 50 n.o., Mukesh Walse 36 n.o.).

Indian Oil A top

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) A, represented by Prabha Y Kunder, Uday Bedekar, PT Karamchandani, KR Vyas, R Das and B Maity, beat ONGC C 64-37 IMPs in the final of the PSCB Bridge Team Championship, recently.

IOC will represent the PSCB team at the Nationals to be held at Kasol, Simla.