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Depleted RoversThis year's Rovers Cup football Tournament, scheduled to be held at the Cooperage ground from November 1-15, will be a sca...

Depleted Rovers

This year’s Rovers Cup football Tournament, scheduled to be held at the Cooperage ground from November 1-15, will be a scaled down affair due to the financial crunch faced by its organisers.

“Due to financial constraints the newly-elected committee members of the Western India Football Association (Wifa) have decided to hold the event as an eight-team affair instead of the usual 16 to cut down on expenses,” Wifa spokesman Pervez Ziauddin said.

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“As of now only four outstation teams and Mohammedan Sporting of Dhaka are in the fray along with three local Super League outfits though we had sent invitations to some other teams from outside Maharashtra,” Ziauddin said.

JCT (Phagwara), FC Kochin (Kerala), Salgaocar, Churchill Brothers (both Goa) are the Indian from outside the State and the three local teams which are in the eight-team draw are Mahindra and Mahindra, Air-India and Bengal Mumbai Football Club, according to the Wifa Vice-President.

Mohite to lead

AmarMohite will lead the Maharashtra boys’ team in the Junior Nationals badminton championship to be held at Kohima from November 25 to December 1.

The Maharashtra Badminton Association also announced the team for the Mini Nationals to be held in Vijayawada from November 1-4.

TEAMS

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Junior boys singles: Amar Mohite, Ajit Pathak and Himanshu Thakker. Doubles: Varun Khanvikar/Sameer Bhagwat, Vinayak Putran/Rahul Tipnis, Amar Mohite/Sumed Deorlikhkar.

Junior girls singles: Kranti Sane, Neha Ganguli, Nupura Bhide and Nikhita. Doubles: Kranti Sane/Neha Ganguli, Nupura Bhide/Sim Sim Salaria.

Mini National: Midget boys singles: Rohit Sadani and Anand Pauser. Doubles: Rohit Sadani/Ajay Jayram.

Midget girls singles: Ridhi Pajwani, Aditi Mutatkar and Sayali Gokhale. Doubles: Shipi Kankane/Sayali Gokhale, Ridhi Pajwani/Sweta Khare.

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Sub-junior boys singles: Amar Mohite and Nishad Dravid. Doubles: Amar Mohite/Ajit Pathak, Nishad Dravid/Soham Dravid.

Sub-junior girls: Dhanya Nair, Manasi Bhave, AditiMutatkarand and D Paranjpe. Doubles: Dhanya Nair/Manasi Bhave.

Srinath best

Javagal Srinath was chosen as the BPL Player of the Week by judges Sunil Gavaskar, Vivian Richards and Tony Greig for the period between October 8 to 14.