Somaiya scramble into final

Mumbai, Oct 2: Somaiya Arts and Commerce will clash with Jhunjhunwala in the final of the Inter-Collegiate Basketball tournament. In the ...

Mumbai, Oct 2: Somaiya Arts and Commerce will clash with Jhunjhunwala in the final of the Inter-Collegiate Basketball tournament. In the semi-finals at the Indian Gymkhana today, Jhunjhunwala, the defending champions, trounced NM Commerce 68-25. But Somaiya and last year8217;s runner-up Xavier8217;s made up for the drab first match by serving a sizzler. Somaiya eventually won by a wafer-thin 75-74 margin, after the game was tied 71-71 with 24 seconds to go.

Amit More and Nilesh Jadhav scored 35 and 25 points for the winning team.

RESULTS

Jhunjhunwala 68 Prashant Sawant 16, Manoj Chaudhari 11, Ramesh Iyer 11 bt NM Commerce 25 Ashutosh Ruia 12 HT 46-18; Somaiya Arts amp; Commerce 75 Amit More 35, Nilesh Jadhav 25 bt Xavier8217;s 74 Yogesh Jaiswal 22, Sylvan Desmond 20, Vinod Subramanium 17 HT 38-39.

Rizvi beat MMK

Altaf Shaikh8217;s fine spell four for 23 helped Rizvi College beat MMK by 10 wickets in the Under-19 final of the DSO suburbs Inter-school crickettournament, for the CK Nayadu Trophy, at Fort Vijay, Azad Maidan, today.Electing to bat first on a wicket rendered lively by overnight rains, MMK were bundled out for 53. Altaf received support from Imran Baig 2-14. The Rizvi openers, Amol Sisodiya 20 not out and Imran Khan 31 not out, knocked off the required runs without any ado.

CITY MEET: The CK Nayadu Trophy tournament for city schools and colleges begins at The Oval on October 4. All interested colleges are requested to assemble at the venue. The Vinoo Mankad Under-16 and Under-14 tournaments will begin on October 5 and 6 rexpectively.

Stephen 8216;tricks

Stephen Menezes scored a hat-trick as Catholic Gymkhana defeated Sachivalaya Gymkhana 3-0 in the first division match of the WIFA Football League at Cooperage. In the other match, Bombay Muslima won 2-1 against Young Boys. Shambu and Bashir netted for the winners while Sauiad Ahmed reduced the margin for the losers.

Air-India held

Nester8217;s Compound held WIFA SuperLeague champions, Air-India 3-3 in the Our Lady of Egypt Church Sports Committee organised Kalina Football league at the St. Mary8217;s High School, Kalina today.

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Results: Indian Airlines 3 Karan Sawant, Mahesh Vichare, Sunil Hardwaria bt CST Road, Vidyanagari Mark Red, Black and White 2 Stephen Menezes, Don Guha; CST Road, Vidyanagari Red and Black 10 Vivek Oberoi 3, Neil D8217;Costa 3, Vincy Rebello, Sachin Shivraman, Joe Lobo, Caitano Fernandes bt Behind the Church 1 Jollwyn Pereira; Big Village, Green 3 Vincent Rebello, Seby Miranda, Errol Rodrigues bt Kolovery Village 2 Walter Paralkar 2; Big Village Bhat, Orange 1 Sunil D8217;Souza drew with Big Village Matharwar, Red 1 Karl Rodrigues; Big Village Matharwar, White 1 Kingsley Rebello drew Kalovery Village, Red 1 Ronald Gomes.

Khalsa Gym win

Khalsa Gymkhana won 3-1 against Borivli Rangers in the MDFA conducted football league match at the Xavier8217;s ground, Parel. Rajesh Kohran, 2 and Aditya Menon scored for Rangers while PratikNarkar reduced the margin.

Other results: DBYC A 6 Suresh Aela 3, Chand Thakur, S Francis Dias, John Fernandes bt BMMPK 0.