India File

Sporting win

CALCUTTA: Mohammedan Sporting chalked out their maiden win edging out Port Trust 1-0 in the Calcutta Super Division Football League here today. Nazimul Haque scored the only goal of the match in the 48th minute by deflecting into the net a Joy Kabui pass from the right wing.

Meanwhile, at Siliguri Mohan Bagan lifted the `Sanghati Cup’ defeating arch-rival East Bengal in an exhibition soccer match organised to raise funds for the Chief Minister’s Kargil Relief Fund.

The red and yellow brigade lost the match during the ‘sudden-death’ as defender Sule Musha’s shot missed the net after a barren encounter which wasfollowed by an inconclusive tie-breaker.

Athletics meet

NEW DELHI: The Travancore Marathon and the National Athletics Circuit Meet will be held at Thiruvananthapuram on August 2 and 3 respectively.In marathon, athletes above the age of 21 and below 40 are eligible for participation. The performance in the marathon will be taken into account for the selection of marathoners for SAF Games.

Attractive cash prizes of Rs 100,000 for winner, Rs 50,000 for runner-up and Rs 25,000 for the third place finisher are at stake.

Murali in lead

MADURAI: Former National youth champion BT Murali Krishnan (S Rly) emerged as the sole leader by registering fifth straight victory in the fifth round of the 36th Sri Mapillai Vinayagar Fide Rated Open Chess Tournament here today. Close on his heels was his team mate A Sankar who scored 4.5 points.

Important results (5th round): J Deepan Chakravarthy (Mdu) 4 lost to BT Murali Krishnan (S Rly) 5; Y Syed Anwar (ICF) 4 lost to A Sankar (4.5) JVenkatramana (ICF) 4 drew with MB Muralidaran (Ker) 4; S Paul Arokia Raj (MPSCB) 3.5 lost to K Haridoss (TNSTC) 4; S Rengarajan (LIC) 3.5 drew with JS Kumar (Mdu) 3.5; K Gunasekar (Chennai) 3.5 drew with K Ravi Chandran (Mdu) 3.5; R Antony (Mdu) 3 lost to S Mari Arul (S Rly) 4; MK Alagu Raj (Mdu) 3.5 drew with T Suresh Kumar (ICF) 3.5.