Nikhil enters fourth round

Mumbai, March 15: Nikhil Oottam entered the fourth round of the open handicap snooker tournament for Anthony D'Cruz Trophy defeating Kaiza...

Mumbai, March 15: Nikhil Oottam entered the fourth round of the open handicap snooker tournament for Anthony D’Cruz Trophy defeating Kaizad Fitter 67-110, 77-71, 88-53 at the Catholic Gymkhana on Wednesday.

MLWB (NAIGAUM) upset title contenders BEST `A’ 2-1 in the team event of the Mayor’s Cup carrom tournament at the BMC Gymkhana, Azad Maidan to enter the last eight stage, on Wednesday.

Other results (3rd round): Boricha `B’ bt Income Tax 2-1 (Naresh Rathod bt Suryakant More 25-11, 1-25, 25-17; Vinod Parghi bt Mangesh Palshetkar 25-2, 25-11; Nitin Boricha lost to Dipak Sawant 25-2, 14-25, 25-4. Ganesh CC bt Boricha `A’ 2-1 (Vilas Dalvi bt Dinesh Boricha 18-25, 25-14, 25-11; Praveen Janak bt Ramesh Pubal 25-15, 25-11; Nandakumar Mhatre lost to Dilip Sosa 25-8, 25-11. BMC `A’ bt PD Audit 2-1

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(Manu Baria bt Jitendra Kale 25-7, 25-12; Santosh Jadhav bt Michael D’Souza 25-6, 25-7; Shamji Padaya lost to Dilesh Khedekar 7-25, 25-7, 25-9.

Spark.com winners

India will be represented by spark.com in the women’s World Bridge Olympiad, to be held at Amsterdam in August. In the selection trials, held at the Andheri Sports Complex on Monday, Spark.Com beat Nadar team by 6.33 IMP. Spark.Com was represented by Renu Patel (captain), Hilda Paymond, Vasanti Shah and Gurpreet Ankleshwaria.

Fr. Agnel in final

Fr. Agnel, Bandra, entered the final of the Inter-Engineering Football Tournament on Wednesday, when they edged past Thadomal Shahani College of Engineering 1-0 at the St Xavier’s ground, Parel, on Wednesday.

Both sides were locked goalless at half-time. The all-important goal was scored by Danny Mathew. In the final to be played on Thursday, Fr. Agnel will meet Saboo Siddik. The latter beat Fr. Agnel (Vashi) 1-0 in the other semi-final. Akram Khan scored for the winner.