India File

Naren champion

KOCHI: VR Naren Kumar with co-driver Ramkumar of MRF emerged champion in the four-wheeler class of the Popular Rally, a round of the Castrol National Rally Championship. In Group N too, MRF swept the first three places, with Karandip Singh co-driver Jaidas Menon coming first.

In two-wheeler class, Krishnamoorthy Prasad of Mysore, the 1997 Overall National champion, won the overall championship on his Pacer Yamaha RX 135.

SAI make final

NEW DELHI: Nemai Sardar scored the all-important goal for Sukhantanagar Vidyaniketan SAI against Rangadih SBH School West Bengal in the junior U-17 semi-final of the inter-schoolfootball tournament for Subroto Mukherjee Cup today. In the sub-junior U-14 quarter-final, Mount Carmel, Mizoram defeated Golden Valley Public School, Haryana 6-1.

Central Rly win

FARIDKOT: Central Railway, Mumbai beat Northern Railway 4-2 on the second day of the eighth Baba Farid Gold Cup Hockey Tournament. Siraj Din scored a hat-trick with Shamim Beg getting the other for Central Railway. Brij Naib Singh got both the goals for the losing side.

Eves tri-series

NEW DELHI: India, New Zealand and England eves will play a triangular one-day series at Sharjah from October 25, a Women8217;s Cricket Association of India release said today. The Indian women will also clash with Australia and South Africa in another tri-nation tournament at Dubai in February next.

India will also tour the US for a tri-series involving England and New Zealand.