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Kerala drubs Puducherry

Tirunelveli: Kerala drubbed Puducherry 7-0 in its last match of the four-team league of the 16th South Zone youth National football championship, organised by the Tirunelveli District Football Association, at the Anna Stadium, Palayamkottai, on Friday.

Kerala finished at the top with seven points (two wins and a draw), while Puducherry finished at the bottom without any win.

The other teams, Tamil Nadu (four points) and Karnataka (three points), meet in the last match and the result will decide the winner. If Tamil Nadu wins the match, it will have seven points and the winner will be decided between Kerala (nine goals) and Tamil Nadu (six goals) on goal difference.

Tamil Nadu should win by at least a four-goal margin to come out the winner and qualify for the Nationals final at Assam.

Kerala meant business from the start, but the ground conditions were not good because of the intermittent showers during the first-half. Farhad (third, 69th), Vineeth (28th, 71st) and Dhanesh (57th, 87th) scored a brace each and Tinson (81st) netted one for Kerala.

Kaushik in lead

At Madurai, S. Kaushik (TCA, Chennai) was in the sole leader in the boys' section with five points at the end of the fifth round in the 20th State under-11 chess championship for the Dolphin Trophy on Friday.

Three players — Nandhitha (Namakkal), Ashwini and Radhika (Chennai) shared the lead with 4.5 points each in the girls' section.

Important results: Boys: S. Kaushik (TCA) 5 bt Vasantha Ruba Varman (Che) 4; Alkondan (KK) 4 drew with Osma Salim (Che) 4; G. Yogesh (Mdu) 3.5 lost to Mugil Jeyavel (Che) 4.5; M. Siddarth (Che) 4.5 bt S. Yogit (Che) 3.5; K. Suresh (TVR) 3.5 lost to Somasundaram (Slm) 4; Yeshwanth Devkumar (Nova CA) 3 lost to Ganesh (Cbe) 4; Michael Catherina (Che) 3.5 drew with Hari Vallaba (Che) 3.5; Loknath (NCA) 3 lost to Kumaran (Che) 4; Akash (Che) 4 bt Lakshman Yogesh (Slm) 3; Sivagunal (Thanjavur) 3 lost to Anirudh Prabhakar (Che) 4.

Girls: Ashwini (Che) 4.5 drew with Nandhitha (Nmkl) 4.5; Sujitha (Cbe) 3 lost to Radhika (Che) 4.5; Niranjani (PCA) 4 bt C.R. Asha (Svg) 3; Uma Bharathi (Che) 4 bt Balamliga (Svg) 3; Hema (Mdu) 3 lost to Meenu Priya (Mdu) 4; Krithika Lakshmi (Mdu) 3 lost to Monisha (Che) 4; Nivedita (Kanchi) 3.5 drew with Dharani Shree (Che) 3; Sangeetha (Tir) 2.5 lost to Akshya (Cbe) 3.5; Srinidhi Sridharan (TVR) 3.5 bt Mahalakshmi (Che) 2.5.

Aranthangi BC wins

At Dindigul, Aranthangi Basketball Club (Aranthangi) beat Udumalpet Basketball Club 59-41 in the inaugural match of the 15th annual Cauvery Ammal memorial Trophy State-level basketball tournament at Vadamadurai on Friday.

The results: Aranthangi BC 59 (Bharathidasan 22, Viji 18) bt Udumalpet BC 41 (Chandru 12, Singaravelu 15).

CCE posts win

At Karaikudi, Customs and Central Excise (Tiruchi) blanked South Zone Police (Madurai) 4-0 in the 24th Champion Club football tournament for Universal Trophy, organised jointly by Blues Football Club and Sivagangai District Football Association, at the Krishna Stadium, Velangudi, on Friday.

Justin opened the scoring for the Tiruchi team a minute from the breather.

Muthusamy (47th, 71st) and Renganathan (88th) completed the tally.

Another match between Bodi FC (Theni) and Harathi FC was not played as the latter did not turn up.

Tuticorin in final

At Tuticorin, host Tuticorin entered the final of the 27th annual all-India major ports kabaddi tournament defeating Mumbai 34-18 at the Port Sports Council ground on Friday. Tuticorin will meet Chennai in the final. It beat Visakhapatnam 29-12 in the other semifinal.

Referees' exam

Thanjavur District Volleyball Association will conduct the Tamil Nadu State referees' exam at the SDAT Annai Sathya Stadium, Thanjavur, from June 3 to 5. Last date for entries is May 15. Call 25361134 for details.

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