B’lore Eagles defeated ADE FC 3-0 to take an unassailable lead atop the BDFA A-division league and was thus crowned champion here on Saturday.
Eagles, which became a BDFA affiliated club in 2011, has steadily risen through the ranks earning promotions from as low as the C-division and will ply its trade next season in the Super Division.
The results: A-div: B’lore Eagles FC 3 (K. Manivanan 48, M. Sujikumar 58, 70) bt ADE FC 0. Super div: Students Union FC 5 (Amoes 11, 36, 75,Sunil 28, Samanth 33) bt RWF FC 2 (Rajesh 37, Nandakumar 85) .
Chengappa stars for Kodava Samaja
P.S. Chengappa starred with a 67th minute winner as Kodava Samaja beat Canara Bank 3-2 to clinch the Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Memorial hockey tournament here on Saturday.
The result: Final: Kodava Samaja 3 (Abhinav Ganapathy 20, M.B. Aiyappa 35, P.S. Chengappa 67) bt Canara Bank 2 (Pradhan Somanna 13, Nikkin Thimmaiah 39).
Special awards: Best goalkeeper: H.T. Sanjay (DYES); Best defender: V.R. Raghunath (Kodava Samaja); Best midfielder: P.S. Guria (ASC & Centre); Best forward: Nikkin Thimmaiah (Canara Bank); Player of the tournament: K.P. Somaiah (Canara Bank) .
RBI advances with hard-fought win
RBI men notched up a hard-fought 3-1 win over ESIC to enter the semifinals of the all India Public Sector badminton tournament at the Padukone Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence here on Saturday.
Tremendous comeback
After RBI had taken a 2-1 lead, Kritesh looked set to seal the deal after he won the first game against Anmol in the fourth match. But Anmol made a tremendous comeback and won the second game 24-22.
In the third, Anmol clawed his way back from 11-16 courtesy some thundering smashes.
But at 17-17, he suffered a lapse in concentration, as Kritesh won four points in a row and closed the contest.
The results:
Quarterfinals: Men: HPCL bt LIC 3-0 (Ansal bt Kiran 21-2, 21-5; Laa Tanwar bt Siddharth 21-13, 16-21, 21-18; Ansal & Laa bt Siddharth & Jarson 22-20, 21-11).
FCI bt Coal India 3-0 (Kaushik bt Abhishek 21-3, 21-5; Srujan bt Ansuman 21-13, 21-7; Mayank & Dayinder bt Ansuman & Ankit 21-7, 21-15).
RBI bt ESIC 3-1 (Shovik bt Shubham 21-19, 23-21, Anjan & Ranjan bt Firoz & Viplav 22-20, 21-6; Bhaskar lost to Viplav 21-13, 21-8; Kritesh bt Anmol 21-13, 22-24, 21-17).
Women: Air India bt CWC 2-0 (Shikha bt Deepshika 18-21, 21-11, 21-19; Prajakta & Sanyogita bt Deepshika & Sanya 21-8, 21-7).
RBI bt BSNL 2-0 (Rasika bt Jyoti 21-4, 21-8; Meghna & Poorvinha bt Nanditta & Bipasha 21-8, 21-5).
AAI bt LIC 2-0 (Mahima & Karishma bt Tharranve & Yaishali 11-4 (retd.); Aditi bt Lalitha 21-9, 21-3).
FCI bt ESIC 2-0 (Utsava bt Hena 21-11, 21-10; Namita & Anamika bt Hena & Vindu 21-15, 21-13).
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport / February 25th, 2018
