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Saturday, May 27, 2006

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Integral Coach Factory (Chennai) has the last laugh

Coimbatore: Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, brushed aside the challenge of Western Railways (Mumbai) 63-59 to enter the second round of the 48th all-India basketball tournament for men here on Friday.

The results:

Men (knockout): South East Central Railway (Bilaspur) 72 (Prakash Rao 26, Devendra Yadav 15) bt YMCA (Coimbatore) 25 (Sateesh 11); Vijaya Bank (Bangalore) 72 (Roshan 18, Srinivasa Gowder 12, Ashraf Ali 10) bt Rajalakshmi SC (Coimbatore) 38 (D. Sarath 16, V. Guru Prasath 12); BSNL (Thiruvananthapuram) 75 (Bobit Mathew 18, C.J. Punnen 15, T.S. Abilash 11) bt Texcity Sports Club (Coimbatore) 41; ICF (Chennai) 63 bt Western Railways (Mumbai) 59.

Women (league): Western Railways (Mumbai) 73 (Meenakshi Rao 16, Menaka Antony14) bt SRM Rising Stars (Chennai) 31 (P. Lakshmi Devi 13).

Good spell by Abbas

Abbas Ali's six for eight helped Luminous beat Master Thunder CC by 58 runs and enter the final of the Luminous Trophy district-level cricket tournament in Ramanathapuram on Friday.

The scores (semifinals): Luminous 133 for six in 20 overs beat Master Thunder CC 75 in 13.2 overs (Balamurugan 42, Abbas Ali six for eight).

Periapattinam CC 124 for seven in 20 overs lost to Rainbow CC `A' 125 for six in 18 overs.

Indian Bank in last four

Indian Bank stormed into the semifinals of the K.N. Subbraj memorial Trophy all-India hockey tournament with a 2-0 victory over MEG (Bangalore), in Kovilpati on Friday.

After a barren first half, Indian Bank took the lead in the 43rd minute with a penalty corner conversion by Alfred Asir. Thirumalvalavan scored the second goal in the 65th minute, again off a penalty corner.

Other results: KSP 3 (Chitan Krishna, Pradeep, Sundar) bt S. Rly.

Kingsley on song

Four goals in a row by Bharath Kingsley helped Tamil Nadu Special Police, Chennai defeat SIGA Football Club, Chennai 4-1 and enter the semifinals of the fourth annual Don Bosco State-level football tournament in Madurai on Friday.

The results (quarterfinals): TNSP 4 (Bharath Kingsley 4) bt SIGA FC, Chennai 1 (Balaji); Don Bosco Annai SC 2 (Ramu 2) bt Sethu FC, Madurai 1 (Muthukannan); Octobus Marine FC 1 (Dilli Babu) bt ACME SC, Madurai 0; Town Club, Salem 2 (Karthik 2) bt Nadar SC, Tirunelveli 0.

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