August 20: Greater Bombay Police (GBP) overpowered Vendan Institute 4-1 in the MDFA Division I football league for the Chhatrapatti Shivaji Maharaj Trophy at the St Xavier's Ground, Parel, today.The cops, who led 3-1 at the interval, shot into the lead as earlys as the second minute through Baba Kohram who accepted Dilip Lad's pass from the right before beating Aditya Bhatkar in goal.Vendan Institute, however, were on level terms thanks to Abhishek Yadav who latched on to Joshua Lewis' pass to get the better of GBP custodian Vittal Mahadeshwar from close range.Dilip Lad regained the lead for the cops in the 29th minute after Kapil Chavan did the spade work and two minutes later GBP consolidated through Venkatesh Todalkar who scored after a solo effort.Chauhan swelled the lead for GBP in the 47th minute to put the cops 4-1 up and the issue beyond doubt. Vendan, however, could have reduced the margin but Mahadeshwar showed fine reflexes to thwart Lewis' header in the closing minutes.Earlier in the day Cafe Royal blanked Nelson Boys (Sahar) 3-0 in a Third Division encounter.After a barren first half, Francis Pereira put Cafe Royal ahead from Savio D'Souza's pass.The winners went two-up when Kennen Oliver scored after combining with Peter Fernades.A left-footer by Oliver completed the tally after Leroy Nunes laid a pass.Don Bosco cruise past St Mary'sDon Bosco (Matunga) `B' outplayed St Mary's (Kalina) 4-1 in an under-16 (III) Inter-Schools football play-off at the St Xavier's Ground, Parel, today.Ivo Miranda, Euston Fernandes, Agnelo Pereira and Abhishek Menon netted for the winners. Anthony Peitade scored for the Kalina school.Results: St Xavier's Ground (Parel): U-14 (III) play-off: ANZA (Byculla) 4 (Arjun Bhadari, Bijapur Moshin, Quereshi Tanveer, Shaikh Imran) bt St Xavier's (Andheri) 0. MSSA-Castrol Schools Sports Centre: 12-I-B: Don Bosco (Matunga) 2 (Amod Shah, Nilesh Negi) bt Christ Church (Byculla) 0; 12-I-C: St Mary's SSC 2 (Zubin Anklesaria, Craig Soares) bt OLPS (Chembur) 0; 12-II-B: Campion School 6 (Suhail Rajpal 2, Bhatia Ashish 2, Lorenzo Dumasia Joshua) bt ANZA (Byculla) 0; 12-II-C: St Andrew's (Bandra) `A' 4 (Naeem Jagani 2, Tyron Pereira, Naushad Merchant) bt Our Lady of Salvation (Dadar) 0; St Joseph's (Vikhroli) 0 drew with Dr Antonio D'Silva (Dadar) 0; 12-III-B: Holy Family (Chembur) 0 drew with Fr Agnel (Vashi) 0; 12-III-B: Smt PG Garodia (Ghatkopar) 1 (Sumeet Kachaliya) drew with St Andrew's (Bandra) `B' 1 (Manish Shinde).Tipu Sultan play truant: Tipu Sultan failed to turn up for their Gulf Oil Wesren IndiaFootball Association (WIFA) Senior Division League football match against Central Bank of India at the Cooperage, today.The reason of their non-appearance was not immediately knownIn a Division I league match played earlier during the day at the same venue, Punjab National Bank held Sachivalaya to a goalless draw.
