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October 22: Himanshu Thakkar, junior second seed, prevailed 15-6, 5-15, 15-13 over men8217;s second seed Vivek Gautam in the men8217;s singles quarter-finals of the Maharashtra State Open badminton tournament at the Bandra Gymkhana, today.
Other results
Men8217;s singles QF: Mayur Ghatnekar bt Murli Subramaniam 15-10, 15-8.
Jr boys singles QF: Akshay Thakkar bt Rahul Tipnis 13-15 15-9 15-6; Himanshu Thakkar bt Swapnil Vyavaharkar 15-4 15-3.
Suresh scores hat-trick
A Hat-trick by a suresh was the feature of Don Bosco Youth Centre A8217;s 5-1 rout of BPT Reynolds in the MDFA Division I-B football league at the St Xavier8217;s ground, Parel, today.
Johnny Dias and Ashish Patel were the other scorers for DBYC. Suraj Singh reduced the margin.
In the Division III tie, Podar swamped Fatima Beach Boys 7-0. B. Mel 3 hat-trick, Rishi Chouhan 3 hat-trick and Samir Sengupta scored.
Xavier8217;s triumph
St Xavier8217;s Sports Club Vile Parle bt Larsen amp; Toubro 2-1 in the Late KosalramVeterans football tournament on their homeground, today.
Results: St Xavier8217;s SC 2 Louis Conception 2 bt Lamp;T 1 RV Hosabettu; Bombay Customs 3 Santimano Geovani, Albert Pinheiro, Jerome Mathias bt RCF 1 Sushil Kumar; Western Railway 1 bt Mahindras 0.
Muzumdar to lead
Amol Muzumdar will lead MCA Colts in the Police Shield cricket, starting on October 30.
Team: Amol Muzumdar captain, Nishit Shetty, Mandar Phadke, Kiran Powar, Praful Dhule, Nilesh Patwardhan, Rahul Thakur, Zanak Mistry, Vishal Mahadik, Sandip Dahad, Vinay Dandekar, Vinit Sarang, Naushad Khan, Ramesh Pawar and Dushyant Kadam.
Hrishikesh Shende Govt. Law will lead Mumbai University in the same tournament.
Team: Hrishikesh Shende captain, Sudesh Nayak Ruparel, Vijay Singh Rizvi, Amit Mungekar Ruparel, Premjit Tawde Podar, Rakesh Mithbaokar R Jhunjhunwala, Grisom Bhat NM Com., Darshan Shivalkar Ruia, Musavir Khote Rizvi, Wilkin Mota Podar, Amol Bhalekar Ruia, Sachin ShindePatkar, Ankur Jadhav JM Patel, Darshan Panchal Podar, Siddharth Hazare Rizvi, Swapnil Hazare Bhavan8217;s, Ravikant Chavan Ruparel and Prashant Kamble R Jhunjhunwala.
The selected varsity players must submit their eligibility through their Principal on October 25 at 2 pm to the Director of Phy. Education amp; Sports, University Sports Pavilion.
