Mumbai face Vyas in University final

Men (semi-finals): Mumbai bt Indore 3-0 (S Thakkar bt K Nilkanth 9-3 9-0 9-3; A Manchanda bt V Patni 9-0 9-0 9-0; V Jangra bt S Rajopadhya 9-0 9-1 10-8); Jodhpur bt Delhi 3-0 (Harinderpal bt Robindro Dube 9-6 9-6 9-1; Deepak bt Rahul Pandit 9-3 9-4 9-2; Gautam Sharma bt Harjinder Singh 9-4 9-2 10-9).

Quarter-finals: Indore bt Osmania 3-2; Delhi bt Pune 3-1 (R Dube bt Arun Yadav 9-0 9-0 9-1; Rahul Pandit bt Swapnil Rajopadhya 9-3 9-3 9-5; Harjinder Singh lost to Anish Goving 7-9 4-9 5-9; Tarun Gill bt Sachin Taneja 9-2 9-1 9-0); Jodhpur bt Chandigarh 3-0 (Harinderpal bt Puneet Singh 9-0 9-1 9-5; Deepak bt Mandeep Tiwana 9-5 9-1 9-3; Gautam Sharma bt Gaurav Liberhan 9-2 9-1 9-4); Mumbai bt Jaipur 3-0 (S Thakkar bt M Gupta 9-0 9-0 9-1; V Jangra bt Yogender Pal 9-0 9-2 9-4; A Manchanda btR Kumar 9-0 9-0 9-1).

Xavier’s lift title

ST Xavier’s College blanked Mithibai 5-0 to clinch the maiden Mumbai University inter-collegiate women’s football title at School Sports Centre, Azad Maidan.

Loveena Figueiredo scored four goals, including a hat-trick, for the champions. Natasha Mendonca was the other scorer. Earlier in the hardlines, Narsee Monjee defeated BPCA 1-0, Koneru Gandha scoring.

Karandikar tops

Sanjay Karandikar is assured of title after five rounds of the Datamatics Cup 2000 chess tournament for the blind with a round to spare on Wednesday. In the fifth round, Karandikar defeated Joseph Demello to take his tally to five points. Irrespective of the sixth round result, Rajesh Oza (four) will not be able to prevent Karandikar from winning.

In the partially blind section, Swapnil Shah and Shirish Patil lead the table with four and a half points.

Kedkar stretched

Former National champion Arun Kedkar was extended by Nareh Jadhav 6-25, 22-8, 25-3 in the ninthDistrict carrom championship at Sharda Mangal Kridalaya, Naigaum.

Other results: Open singles: Prakash Nagpure bt B V Munj 25-6, 20-25, 25-13; Ashok Bidwadkar bt Vilas Sawant 15-18, 22-0, 25-12; Satish Patkar bt Pawan Mistry 4-25, 25-18, 25-13; Govind Parmar bt Chatur Baria 0-25, 25-23, 20-6; Pramod Mayekar bt T R Naidu 21-25, 25-0, 25-0; S Nakti bt Yeshwant Koli 18-20, 23-15, 23-10.