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Yakubu 'tricks in Churchill's upset win

MARGAO, MARCH 9. Ghanaian Yakubu Yusif scored a hat-trick as bottom-placed Churchill Brothers rallied to stun Sporting Clube de Goa 3-1 for its second win in the ONGC Cup ninth edition of the National Football League at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda here on Wednesday.

While Sporting Clube took the lead in the 25th minute through Edeh Chidi, Yakubu found the target in 34th, 63rd and 87th minutes to complete his hat-trick.

Churchill is now at the 10th spot (10 points), pushing State Bank of Travancore (SBT, 9 points) and Vasco Sports Club (8 points) to the 11th and 12th positions respectively.

Sporting Clube maintained its seventh place with 14 points from 9 outings.

At lemon-break both the teams were locked at 1-1. — UNI

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