Palekar and Sampada reign supreme

In the sub-junior boys singles final, top seed Sagar Chopra beat second seed Rohit Sadani 15-0 15-5 in just 25 minutes. Saumya Padhye, the top seed, got the better of unseeded Jui Agaskar 11-4 11-3 to claim the sub-junior girls’ title.

Rangers top table
Rangers trounced East Indians 3-0 in their concluding fixture and topped the first phase of the 12-team NIIT-Sponsored Kalina Football League at the St Mary’s High School ground, Kalina, on Sunday.

Joe Lobo, George D’Lima and Neil D’Costa scored for reigning champions Rangers. The four who qualified for the Super League phase are: Rangers (29 points), Traffords (28), Indian Airlines Colony (23) and Air-India Colony (22).

Other results: United Boys 0 drew with Egyptian Boys 0; Traffords 1 (Selwyn Carvalho) bt Rovers 0; Oceanics 2 (Sunil Galbano, Savio Cardoz) bt Village Boys 1 (Dinesh D’Souza); Indian Airlines Colony 3 (Karan Sawand, Raj Singh, Hikmath Singh) bt Nester’s Compound 1 (Remy Fernandes); Air-India Colony 3 (Prem Malhotra 2, Romi Singh) bt Sealiners 0.

Brace by Kiran
A BRACE of goals by Kiran F, saw Versova Village Boys beat Lal Bahudar FC 2-1 in a MDFA Football League tie at the St Xavier’s ground, Parel, on Saturday. Zubar scored for the losers.

In another game, Food Corporation of India (FCI) held Jai Ambe 1-1. Gaston D’Costa netted for FCI and Savio M for Jai Ambe.

Other results: World Network 2 (Stanny D’Mello, Clifford H) bt Jet Airways 1 (Arish); Juhu Spark 1 (Anselm C) bt Punjab National Bank 0; Good Shepherd 0 drew with Gulf Oil Sainath 0.