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MUMBAI, MAY 17: Grace Periera scored the winner for Maharashtra when they defeated Bihar in one of the quarter-final league football match of the Senior National at Shillong today, according to the information received here from Surinder Karkera, the manager of the team.
In other matches, Bengal got past Kerala 5-0, Manipur edged past Goa 3-0 and Orissa rattled Assam 5-1.
On may 19, Manipur will meet Bangal in the first semi-final while Orissa will take on Assam.
Raja Adatrao best
RAJA Adatrao beat Ranji star Sairaj Bahutule by three runs (11-3=8) and (8-3=5) in the final of the 16th Late Khanderao Rangnekar Single-Wicket cricket tournament, conducted by Sporting Clubs’ Committee at the Central maidan, Thane, yesterday. The competition was sponsored by the Satish Pradhan Sports Foundation.
Results
Semi-finals: Sairaj Bahutale (21 n.o.) bt Rajesh Pawar (13-6=7); Raja Adatrao (32 n.o.) bt Sushant Manjrekar (17-9=8). Best fielder: Santosh Kudalkar (wk) and Chetan Tambde.
Kapil DevXI wins
Kapil Dev XI defeated Vengsarkar XI by 12 runs in an overnight rain-restricted match of the Elf-Vengsarkar Under-14 cricket tournament at the Elf-Vengsarkar Academy ground, Oval maidan, today.
Brief scores
Kapil Dev XI 168-6 in 35 overs (Rahul Belnekar 45, Sanket Bhave 53, Karan Joshi 39) bt Vengsarkar XI 156-8 in 35 overs (Varun Kansara 33, Rohit Tayade 37). MoM: Sanket Bhave.
Franco dazzles
A fine performance by Franco D’Mello (34) helped Good Counsel beat Mastan YMCA A 56-55 in the first Savio Open State-level basketball tournament, sponsored by Colgate, at the Don Bosco school court, Matunga, today.Results (Q-F): Good Counsel 56 (Franco D’Mello 34, Nikhil Kalia 6, Tyrell Valladares 5) bt Mastan YMCA A 55 (Shaikh Faisal 26, Shaikh Obed 15, Mohd Shamsher 4). Ht: 24-28.; Indian Gymkhana 44 (Akshay Vanesh 12, Venkatesh C 13, Ramkumar K 4) bt Agradneya Vyamshala 21 (Rahul Bhangale 6, Saurabh K 4, Ninad Katre 4). Ht: 23-13.; NNH 17 (Sayed Parvez 6 Karim Ahmed 5, ShaikhRehatullah 4) bt Wellinton YMCA B 2 (Amir Ansari 2). Ht: 10-0.
Easy for MGMO
MGMO beat Andheri Swimming Pool 22-4 in an under-20 league match of the GMAAA water polo championship at their home pool, today.
Results
MGMO 22 (Kabir Thakur 4, Swapnil Shinde 3, Sanket Shinde 3, Sidesh Mhatre 3, ArunNegi 2, Siddharth Sengupta 2, Tejas Pathare 2, Atish Mantri, Shashank Pilankar, Sarang Sankpal) bt ASP 4 (Samir Gadgil 2, Vishal Nayak 2).Under-17 (semis): MGMO 6 (Siddesh Mhatre 4 including hat-trick, Arun Negi, Waridhi Joshi) bt STC 2 (Lloyd Alphonso, Hemant Kale).; MGMO League (final): MGMO 12 (Atish Mantri 4, Siddharth Sengupta 4, Swapnil Shinde) bt PM Hindu Bath 2 (Nitin Malhotra,Kaustubh Joglekar).
