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Five city lads among soccer probablesMARGAO: Five Mumbai Varsity players are among 28 probables for the All-India Universities (AIU) squa...

Five city lads among soccer probables
MARGAO: Five Mumbai Varsity players are among 28 probables for the All-India Universities (AIU) squad that would participate in the Asian Inter-university football championship.

Probables: Abhishek Yadav, Srikant Nayak, Agnelo Fernandes, Hekmat Singh, Jinto Jose (Mumbai Varsity), Noel Fernandes, Tushar Lotlikar, Umer Muttawali (Goa), Elwaseg Badr, V P Muthu, Senthil Kumar, Lordwin Anand, Nasif Mohammad (Madras), Surjeet Mandu, Brahma, B Hora (Gwalior), Swatan Kumar Das, Ranjan Dey, Bhola Sardar, Ranjit Ghosh (Calcutta), Sukhvir Singh, Dharmender Singh, Amarjeet Singh, Vijay Kumar (Punjab), F Jegan, V Manimaran, J Auxino (Bhartidasan), P Kumawat (Devi Ahilya Varsity, Indore).

Rahman champ
CALCUTTA: Top seed International Master Zia-ur-Rahman of Bangladesh annexed the Millennium Open Chess crown by virtue of his superior tie-break after tallying 8.5 points.

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In a four-way tie for the first place, Goodricke National Chess Academy’s SuryaShekher Ganguly was declared runner-up while the third and fourth place honours went to Enamul Hossain (Bangladesh) and T V Karthikeyan (Tamil Nadu) respectively.

Army in final
GANGTOK: Riding on a solitary first-half goal, Army XI entered the final of the 21st All-India Governor’s Gold Cup football tournament humbling Calcutta’s Mohammedan Sporting in the first semi-final. Irudaya Raj nodded in the match-winner in the 31st minute.

Guru teach lesson
NEW DELHI: Guru Pratap Singh Academy (Ludhiana) beat Piloo Modi School, Narukot (Gujarat) 27-0 in their first match of the 17th sub-junior Nehru hockey meet.

E Bengal draw
AGARTALA: East Bengal ended their exhibition encounter with Bangladesh’s Abahani Limited in a goalless draw at the Umakanta Academy Ground.