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Journalism of Courage
MUMBAI, JAN 10: Dodgers defeated Dadar Parsees 1-0 in the final of the All-Parsees Instant football tournament held at the Rustom Baug ground, Byculla, today.
The all-important goal was scored in the last minute by Percy Lawyer who neatly headed home a long throw-in by Piran Dubash.
Fareez Vasania of Dadar Parsee was adjudged the Best Player of the Tournament.
Results of semi-finals: Dadar Parsees 2 (Hoshang Mazday Asna, Hoshang Sinor) bt Pune Parsees 0; Dodgers 2 (Percy Lawyer, Rony Sidhwa) bt Bharucha Baug 1 (Asdharisaf Motiwala).
Sharma nets winner
A first-half goal by Shailendra Sharma enabled Khar Gymkhana to just about beat Khalsa XI 1-0 in the BHA Second Division hockey league, sponsored by Punjab National Bank, at the Naigaum Police ground, today.
In another encounter, Golden 20 beat Brothers 2-1.
Belani-Bhagat tops
Second-seeded Shyam Belani and Shyam Bhagat toppled the top-seeded pair of Dara Billimoria and R Khatav 7-6 (11-9), 6-3 in the plus-55 final of theKhar Gymkhana Veterans tennis tournament held at the Gymkhana premises, today.
Other results (all finals): Plus-45: Moti Shewaramani & Dharmu Punjabi bt D A Kapadia & A Natarajan 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.
Plus-65: K C Rai & H Baijal bt Capt A Godbole & Mohan Mirchandani 6-4, 7-5.
