Sport - Football   

Kootanda family emerges champion

GARGANDUR (KODAGU), MAY 24. Three time winners Kootanda family won the Maleyanda Kodava Cup hockey event at the festival beating defending champion Nellamakkada 3-2 in the final on Sunday.

Former international, Kootanda Poonacha, struck first for the winners in the 19th minute, but Somanna restored parity for Nellamakkada, converting a penalty corner in the 21st minute.

In the second half, full back Muddaiah scored off a penalty corner to put the Nellamakkada ahead in the 56th minute. But Kootanda equalised through Santosh in the 64th minute.

Bopanna scored the winner in the 66th minute.

Kootanda has now won the event four times in eight editions.

Earlier, Mandepanda beat Palanganda by 2-0 to finish third.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Sport

News: Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary | Updates: Breaking News |

Stories in this Section

Cricket

• Chavan gives Merchant XI five points
• Kick out weaker one-day teams: Ponting
• England smells victory; Strauss misses century
• Tauqir sings a different tune
• 38-run win for Gold Star Club
• Century by Choudhary
• Thumping win for Indian Airlines
• Ravi powers CCF win
• All-round display by Nitin
• BCCI names probables for under-22 camp
• Royal defeats Metro
• Delhi Police posts win
• Yashpal hits century
• Hussain hits century, England wins
  
  Tennis
  
• Ahuja, Anklesria get past first hurdle
• Rookie Haehnel halts Agassi with ease
• Rushmi has it easy
• Rastogi-Yi lose in final
  
  Hockey
  
• IHF's new training schedule for probables
  
  Football
  
• Real Sociedad humiliates Real Madrid
• It's Monaco vs Porto, but Chelsea may end up winner
• DDA posts win
• Kootanda family emerges champion
• Nilgiris DFA progresses
  
  Basketball
  
• SAI, Sports School take titles
  
  Chess
  
• No problems for Humpy
• Vijay Keerthi emerges leader
  
  Golf
  
• Flesch wins at Colonial
• Aditya triumphs
• Pakistan players to play in Indian circuit
  
  Racing : Horse
  
• Great Crusader wins Kallar Plate
• Donyses works well
  
  Racing : Motor
  
• Sajjad, Sudhakar hog limelight
• Narain Karthikeyan does India proud
  
  Sports : General
  
• Kerala women top pool
• Venkatesh wins tennikoit title
  
  Swimming
  
• Muraleedharan, Cherian fail to cross Palk Strait
• Rohit dazzles
  
  Boxing
  
• Usha wins bronze
  
  Carrom
  
• Ramesh in charge of carrom camp
  
  Sailing
  
• Sanjeev downs Harinath
  
  Wrestling
  
• Juniors return with rich haul from Turkey
  
  Globescan
  
• Top lawyers to defend Murali
  
  World View
  
• Ivanisevic to retire at Wimbledon
• Sri Lanka turns down Pakistan's invitation
• Malleswari aims for gold
• Barnabas Koech wins Prague Marathon
  
  

Copyright © 2004, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu