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Munsiff wins Susai Sr Memorial tournament

HYDERABAD: Munsiff, Hyderabad, won the inaugural Susai Sr Memorial inter-locality football tournament, organised by Shastri Soccer Club, with a hard-fought 5-4 win over Bolarum via tie-breaker in the final at TrimulgherryVillage grounds here on Sunday.

The teams were locked goalless at the end of regulation time. Munsiff emerged winners with Md. Azeem, Md. Mozzam, Siraj, Omer and Salah scoring, while Laxminarayana, Sai Kiran, Raghu and Mallikarjun were successful with Kalyan's attempt blocked by a diving goalkeeper Mohammed Alil Khan to his left.

The winner was richer by Rs.10,000, and the runner-up Rs. 5000. S. Satyanarayana, MP, gave away the prizes.

Bradman XI, SCF

win titles

Bradman XI and Sports Coaching Foundation emerged champions in the under-12 and under-13 categories respectively of the Col. C.K. Nayudu Memorial floodlit cricket tournament at the SCF grounds at Hyderabad.

In the under-12 final, Bradman XI defeated SCF by narrow margin of two runs.

SCF clinched honours in the under-13 category with a comfortable 49-run win against Loyola High School.

Special prizes were given to Sunil Nayudu (man of the series), Harsha (best fielder), Kamraan (man of the match), Daanyal (best wicketkeeper) in the under-12 category and to Nazar (man of the series), Yashasvi Ram (man of the match) and N.R.N. Rohit (best wicket-keeper).

Chinnappa Reddy, technical advisor to State Government (sports) gave away the prizes.

The scores: All finals: Under-12: Bradman XI 81 for three bt SCF 79 for seven.

Under-13: SCF 110 for two (Yashasvi Ram 41 not out) bt Loyola HS 61 (Nazar 34, Yashasvi Ram four for 11).

Match drawn

Rising Stars and Deccan Stars were locked in a two-all draw in the B Division hockey league championship at Gymkhana grounds in Hyderabad. Deccan took the lead in the second minute through Md. Bin Aleem and M.A. Khurram scored the second goal in the 12th minute. But, Rising Stars fought back well to score twice through Rohit in the 14th and 34th minutes.

In other matches, Youth Association got a walkover from MCH Chintalbasthi and Republic Boys Club from MCH Khilwath.

Easy for Vidya Jyothi

Vidya Jyothi Engineering College recorded a seven-wicket win over Swami Vivekananda College of Engineering in the Vandemataram inter-engineering college cricket tournament in Hyderabad.

The scores: Mahaveer College 139 (Chaitanya 51, Ravi five for 40) lost to PRRM College 140 for seven; BV Raju College 152 (Pankaj 36, Nishath 44, Bharath five for 18) lost to JBIET 154 for eight (Nitin 50, Raman three for 15); SHIET 128 for eight (Nipun 35, Srikar three for 14) lost to Vasavi College 129 for three (Srikar 56); Swami Vivekananda College 117 for eight (Sai Pratap three for five) lost to Vidya Jyothi College 118 for three (Sai Pratap 36).

AP softball teams

Andhra Pradesh teams to take part in the 27th senior National softball championships to be held in Puri from January 10 to 15 were announced here.

The teams: Men: Arun Naidu (capt.), D. Abhishek Goud, G. Deepak Kumar, P. Prasanna, N. Rahul, K. Krishna, P. Ashok, N. Karunakar, V. Srinath, C. Mahesh Kumar, B. Narender, Ashish Naik, Praman Mulay, B. Vinod and M. Srikanth; coaches: Tayyab Khan & Sunil; manager: N. Victor.

Women: Ramya Reddy (capt.), K. Manasa, Sukrutha, B.M.A. Vinilla, Lalitha, S.S. Sharon, Harika, N.J. Janet, D. Shruthi, Vasanthi, Jhansi, Neha Ahsan, M. Alekhya, Pranali Wadhavkar and Gauthami; coaches: Kavitha & K. Shobhan Babu; manager: Swati Watve.

MG College wins

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, scored a convincing 100-run win over Balaji Institute of Technology in the SR Champions Cup inter-engineering college cricket tournament in Warangal, according to information received.

The scores: Adishankara College 153 for five (Manikanta 71, P. Sunil 58) bt Balaji Institute of Technology 53 (Girish six for 12); Mahatma Gandhi IT 148 (Vikas 43, Javed Pasha three for 20) bt Mona Engg College 66 (Charan four for 17, Kunal three for 15); Syed Hashim College 177 for four (Teja 47 not out, Mujamil 35 not out, Vivek 32) bt Anurag College 96 (Vivek three for 18); Sanketha Vidya Pareshth College 107 for five (Jagadish 37) lost to St. Ann's College, Chirala, 108 for two (Gana 41 not out, Krishna 33 not out); Sri Krishna Devaraya College, Anantapur, 81 for nine (G. Varun three for three) lost to Swamy Ramanandhathirtha College, Nalgonda, 82 for three (Imran 35); TRR Engg College, Hyd, 118 for eight (Varun three for 17) lost to Vazir Sultan College, Khammam, 119 for four (Asif 40).

Chetan is champion

Chetan Pandit won the boys under-14 singles title defeating K. Pradeep Reddy 6-0, 6-0 in the final of the Moin-ud-Dowla State-ranking tennis tournament at the Secunderabad Club.

The results: All finals: Men: Anant Sitaram bt P.C.Vignesh 6-3, 6-4; Doubles: Vishnuvardhan & Saketh Sai bt A.S. Suresh Krishna & B. Ankesh 6-3, 6-2; Boys under-14: Chetan Pandit bt K. Pradeep Reddy 6-0, 6-0; Girls under-14: Neha Purohit bt Shivani Singh 6-4, 6-4; Veterans doubles: Rama Raju & C. Krishnam Raju bt C. Srinivas & Madan Mohan Singh 6-1, 6-4.