The Hindu : Sport : Jawahar Club wins title

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Saturday, Feb 25, 2006

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Jawahar Club wins title

HYDERABAD: Jawahar Soccer Club won the Ranga Reddy district annual league football championship with a comfortable 3-1 win over Kamala Nehru Nagar in the final round-robin league match at Valerian Grounds (Bolarum) here.

The winner led 2-0 at the break, thanks to two headers by right-half Suraj, first off a pass from left-out Louis and then from right-out Sanjay.

In the second session, Sanjay scored the third goal for the winners while Amit reduced the margin for the loser.

In another match, Valluvarnagar scored a 2-1 win against Alwal Youth Club with Pramod and Shiva Kumar scoring for the victor while Qadir scored the consolation goal for the losers.

Though Jawahar Club and Valluvarnagar finished the league with seven points each the former was declared winner by virtue of better goal average. Kamala Nehru Nagar finished third in final standings.

Savita to lead

Savita Nirala will lead Andhra Pradesh in the National invitation women's cricket tournament to be held in Bangalore from February 26 to 28.

The team: Savita Nirala (capt), Geeta (vice-capt), Mamata Kanuja, Soujanyanath, Archanadas, Shalini, Rameswari, Uma Maheshwari, Radhika, Dhanalakshmi, Salma, Aruna, Ghousia, Durga Bhavani, Neelima and Suhasini. Coach: Sekhar Raju. ManagerL: Dr.Raghurami Reddy.

Masters pairs event

Jubilee Hills International Centre will organise masters pairs event in bridge on February 26 from 10.00 am at JHIC here. For details, call 94410 83993.

Meanwhile, the following office-bearers were elected at the general body meeting of the AP State Bridge Association for the period 2006-2008: President: A. Subba Raju. Secretary: G. Somi Reddy. Treasurer: Ajit Deodhar.

10K Foundation awards

The Mission Sports venture of the Hyderabad 10K Foundation will felicitate five outstanding sports personalities of yesteryear besides a distinguished coach, a sports administrator and a veteran journalist, at a function to be held in Hyderabad on Saturday afternoon, according to coordinator and former All England badminton champion Pullela Gopi Chand.

The five sportspersons are Dharmalingam Kannan and Md Yousuf Khan (football), L.A. Iqbal (ball badminton), Satyanarayana (hockey) and Pratap Kumar (athletics).

K. Komuriah of Warangal district will receive the `outstanding coach' award and prominent chess personality Nasiruddin Ghalib the `best sports administrator' award. Veteran scribe Eka Venkata Subba Rao of Guntur will receive the award for his contribution to sports journalism.

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