keeper spoils day for Mari Nagar

The trouble started a minute after Clarence Lobo had scored a second time for Tata Electric, in the 64th, after Keith Fialho had put Mari Nagar ahead in the 16th. Right out Hilal Khan took the ball ahead for Mari Nagar, when a Tata defender blocked him and pushed the ball out of the sideline.

That upset Hilal, who abused the Tata player and threatened to hit him. Hilal was already carrying agreen card, and umpire Hardeep showed him the yellow. Even as Hilal left the field, Naresh began his protest. He told the table to either change the referees or to revert the yellow card.

Otters oust Jindal

Abhijit Kukreja clinched a keen encounter against Vijay Jangra, 10-15, 15-9, 17-15, as Otters Club A shut out hosts Jindal A 4-1 on the opening day of the Rs 10,500 Jindal Cup handicap squash team tournament, organised by the Professional Squash Association, at the Jindal Recreation Centre, Vasind, about 35 km from Mumbai, on Saturday.

The match saw the return of the talented Juneja twins, Gurav and Rohan, who are studying in the US. Both had a good lung-opener against Arvins Singh and Deepak Yadav, respectively.

Results

Otters A bt Jindal A 4-1: Gaurav Juneja bt Arvind Singh 15-11, 15-12; Rohan Juneja bt Deepak Yadav 15-12, 15-13;; Abhijit Kukreja bt Vijay Jangra 10-15, 15-9, 17-15; Gaurav Mittal bt Sunil Verma 6-15, 15-10, 15-14; Vijay Sonawane lost to Ashish Bhagra 11-15,11-15.

Willingdon Catholic Gym bt The Leela 3-2: Karan Batra lost to Priyanka Yadav 12-15, 14-17; Bipin Batra lost to Sameer Wali 16-17, 15-12, 14-15; Aditya Manjrekar bt CS Pawar 13-15, 15-11, 15-9; Rohan Gracias bt Riyaz Shaikh 15-12, 7-15, 17-16; Rajesh Sonawane bt Hillary 15-9, 15-13.

Otters Club C bt Khar Gym 3-2: Saket Wali bt Suraj Shetty 15-12, 10-15, 15-11; Supreet Singh bt Viren Shah 15-13, 17-16; Karan Bhatti bt Gautam Acharya 15-10, 15-12; Kabir Kapoor lost to Kunal Jani 13-15, 11-15; Siddharth Samantre conceded the last match.

Otters B bt Jindal B 3-2: Taran Machra lost to Anil Verma 15-8, 16-17, 12-15; Santosh More bt Ashwini Bhosle 15-7, 9-15, 17-16; Vishal Kapoor bt Vikas Jangra 12-15, 15-8, 17-15; Parth Doshi lost to Satbir Singh 10-15, 11-15; Mihir Kapoor bt Nitin Bhosle 15-13, 15-11.

Sneha moves up

Sneha More rallied to beat Shailaja Ramesh, 10-25, 22-16, 20-7 in a women’s singles first-round match of the Kshatriya Union Club carrom tournament, sponsored by Indian Oil,Colgate Palmolive, Philips and LIC, at the Vanmali Hall, today.

Other results

Women’s singles (1st round): Shubhada Sawant bt Dipti Herwadkar 25-0, 25-6; Kavita Dere bt Shaila Kadam 25-5, 25-5; Komal Kajrolkar bt Meenaskhi Natarajan 25-0, 18-11; Suvarna Gawde bt Shradha Kelkar 25-0, 25-9; Ujjwala Sakpal bt Nirmala Thombre 25-6, 25-0; Trupti Kambli bt Medha Kamble 25-4, 25-13; Vandana Tawde bt Ranjana Sawant 25-5, 25-12.

Fatima prevail

Fatima Beach Boys defeated Cafe Royal 2-0 in the Chatrapati Shivaji Trophy Division I A football tournament organised by the Mumbai District Football Association at St Xavier’s Ground, Parel today. Santosh More and Roy Fernandes were the scorers.

Nigel Fernandes’ hat-trick helped Bosco beat Gajant Laxmi 4-0 in a Division II A encounter. Chris Noronha was the other scorer.