Mithibai, Podar triumph

Saldanha put Amboli in the lead after cutting through the Tata defence and taking a shot fom the top of the box. He struck again in the 29th minute to put the Tata team on the defensive. Saldanha completed the marginand his hat-trick, a minute before half-time, thanks to a pass by Chandu Varodia.

OTHER RESULTS

Div III A:

Salvation Parish Dadar 2 Rolland Lobo, Sabby Alfanso bt Worli Sports Club 1 Timothy Fernandes; Young Dynamos and Sonata failed to turn up for their matches against MTNL and Striker Boys respectively.

ST JOSEPH WIN:

ST Joseph8217;s won the Kalyan Rink football tournament defeating St Roque 3-0 in the final played at Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Kalyan today.

For the winners, Raju scored a brace while Saby completed the rout. In the hard-liners, Masoba Madian drubbed Rambaug 3-0. Rosario Antao, Kelvin D8217;Souza and Agnelo Mirababa scored a goal each.

Mirani Upsets

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Host club8217;s Vijay Mirani stunned favourite Shakeel Ahmed of Calcutta on the second day of NSCI Open Snooker qualifying rounds at the NSCI Billiards Room today. In a see-saw battle which lasted full five frames, Mirani overcame a tough challenge by Ahmed winning8211; 40-64, 58-20, 49-38, 7-64,52-19.

Mumbai8217;s Nishant Dossa beat P Choudhary in another keen encounter. Dossa won the first frame 61-35 but Choudhary pulled back, 35-56, to level scores. Dossa, however, came back strongly to take the next two frames8211; 82-40, 45-34 and put the match beyond Choudhary.

Results QUALIFYING DAY TWO

Rajat Taneja bt Gunjan Narang 3-0 50-18, 53-33, 56-15; Ritesh Shah bt Anup Kedia 3-0 51-37, 81-16, 76-42; Siddharth Parekh bt Jimmy Cardmaster 3-0 72-10, 85-22, 81-33; Ramesh Sadarangani bt Aftab Shivdasani 3-2 43-57, 51-40, 14-54, 72-39, 75-43; Mahesh Jagdale bt Gurudasshan Uppal 3-1 69-25, 42-64, 61=19, 42-21; Sumer verma bt Rehan Sheikh 3-1 75-63, 59-44, 46-57, 92-41; Farhad Tengra bt Jay Jhaveri 3-1 45-63, 54-19, 62-19, 62-19; Nikhil Ootam bt Manau Panchal 3-0 88-37, 75-38, 74-18; Prakash Karande bt Vishnu Kedia 3-0 61-27, 56-43, 62-50; Dhruv Sitwala bt Sanjay Mirani 3-1 57-18, 74-45, 43-58, 50-13; K Nicholson bt Neeran Choudhary 3-2 77-26, 34-54, 34-47, 57-28, 44-23; LionelD8217;Souza bt K Fitter 3-2 43-40, 0-84, 38-51, 53-46, 41-32; Nishant Dossa bt P Choudhary 3-1 61-35, 35-56, 82-40, 45-34; Vijay Mirani bt S Ahmed 3-2 40-64, 58-20, 49-38, 7-64, 52-19

RASHI, AVINASH TRUIMPH:

Rashi Oberoi of Otters won the individual championship in the girls Under-15 category with 19 point while Gayatri Dhumatkar of Khar Gymkhana was second with 17 at the Weekender Invitational Swimming meet organised by Sports Promotion team and Khar Gymkhana.

In the boys under-15 category, Avinash Kriplani of Khar Gymkhana won the championship with 21 points while Sidant Nagrani was second with 17 points.

Results

Boys U-7: 1 Anukul Shenoy MSP 20 points, 2 Siddharth KS MSP, 6; U-9:

1 Sushant Divgikar KG, 11 and Shriram Murali BPCL, 11; U-11:

1 Vivardhan Kanoria CCI, 21, 2 Dhiren Shetty ASP, 12; U-13:

1 Rehan Poncha Otters, 21, 2 Min Kawang Shu ASP, 9; U-15:

1 Avinash Kriplani KG, 21, 2 Sidhant Nagrani Otters, 17;Men:

V Vinodand Rajamani both KG, 17

Girls: U-7: 1 Shreya Nadkarni BPCL, 16, 2 Ruchi Shah ASP, 12; U-9:

1 Nimisha Gupta BPCL, 14, 2 Janvi Parekh JVP, 13; U-11:

1 Ruksheen Palia Otters, 16, 2 Avani Shetty ASP, 12; U-13:

1 Vishaka Naik MSP, 15, 2 Anushka Parwani KG, 13; U-15:

Rashi Oberoi Otters, 19, 2 Gayatri Dhumatkar KG, 17; Women:

Sindoor Thakkar Otters, 6, 2 Radhika Lakhani Otters, 12