July 9: MLWB, Worli held Young Challengers Sports Club to a 2-2 draw in the MDFA Div II football league at the St Xavier's Ground, Parel.Young Challengers drew first blood in the 26th minute through Nandakumar Parab but MLWB soon drew level.Manish Solanki converted a penalty in the 31st minute, MLWB's Leon Raj brooking the award after handling the ball.Satyavan Laad regained the lead for Young Challengers In the 39th minute, after N Parab lobbed over the onrushing goalie Santosh Pawar.But a last-minute goal, Solanki's second, enabled MLWB salvage a point.HUMRE RALLIES: Vinayak Humre recovered to beat Pravin Tella 9-23, 23-9, 18-12 in a fourth-round match of the Kshatriya Union Club carrom tournament at the Vanmali Hall, Dadar, today.Another three-game battle in the same round saw Sanjay Desai rally to down Sagar Alley 20-22, 25-5, 25-11.Other taut fourth-round tussles brought victory to Raoji Gawde, 25-8, 3-25, 25-18 winner over Dattaprasad Shembekar while Balu Kanukale also needed the decider to oust Rajendra Nanche 25-21, 16-23, 25-7 to progress.Other results (4th round): Vineet Dadarkar bt Deepak Sonawane 21-6, 21-20; Ashok Patil bt Nitin Boricha 23-13, 20-13; Sanjay Nagaokar bt Jaywant More 25-8, 25-0; Harji Boricha bt Santosh Sudrik 25-12, 25-2.
