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Rajalingam nets for Solar FC

KARAIKUDI: Rajalingam's 52nd minute strike helped Solar Football Club, Nilakottai defeat Youth Football Club, Krishnagiri and enter the pre-quarterfinals of the 24th Champion Club football tournament, for the Universal Trophy, at Krishna stadium, Velangudi near Karaikudi on Thursday.

In another match, St. Joseph's College, Tiruchi beat Sattur Town Football Club 3-0 via the tie-breaker, after the teams were locked goalless in the regulation time. Mohamed Habib, Gowtham and Gopi scored for St. Joseph's.

Armed Police advances

Armed Police, Madurai beat Maan Mark Basketball Club, Madurai 53-42 to enter the men's quarterfinals of the fifth annual Arokya Trophy State-level basketball tournament in Virudhunagar on Thursday.

The results: Pre-quarterfinals: Armed Police, Madurai 53 (Arunkumar 17, Sankar 13) bt Maan Mark BC 42 (Vignesh 25).

Second round: Maan Mark BC 54 (Vignesh 24) bt Partiveeranpatti BC 42 (Ganesh Narayanan 19).

First round: Tuticorin Basketball Club 45 (Mari Selvam 17) bt Emerald BC, Sivakasi 24 (Ashok Prabu 12); Maan Mark BC 46 (Anand 25) bt Virudhunagar Friends BC 27; Thirumangalam BC 45 (Sundara Pandi 10) bt Kamaraj BC 26; St. Mary's BC, Madurai 48 (Jogin Anthonyraj 14) bt Winrose BC, Virudhunagar 21; Rajapalayam City BC 58 (Udayakumar 25, Yogesh 22) bt Young Stars BC, Batlagundu 52 (Jeyachandran 23).

Women: Nirmalax BC, Coimbatore 47 (Kokilavani 16) bt Pasumai BC, Virudhunagar 30 (Divya 10); Armed Police, Chennai 48 (Vijayalakshmi 23) bt Physiocare BC, Chennai 45 (Sriranjani 23).

W. Rly, C. Rly post wins

Western Railway and Central Railway (Maharashtra) got the better of their opponents in the CDVA golden jubilee Classic Polo all-India volleyball tournament for men and women at Tirupur here on Thursday.

Wednesday evening matches could not be played due to heavy downpour.

The results (round robin league): Women: Western Railway bt SAI (Thalassery) 25-15, 22-25, 25-18, 21-25, 15-13; Central Railway bt Sports Division (Kannur) 25-13, 27-25, 25-9.

Nageswaran scalps six

Off-spinner Nageswaran's six for 35-helped TCPL CC, Koviloor carve out a 200-run victory over Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology in the Sivagangai DCA `A' division on league at Karaikudi recently.

The scores: `A' division: TCPL CC, Koviloor 314 for nine in 40 overs (Solaiappan 42, Murugananthan 47, Varadarajan 52) bt ACCET 114 in 23.4 overs (Nageswaran six for 35); Vanchi CC 183 in 32.1 overs (Suresh 44, Vinoth 57) bt Moonlight Winner CC 118 in 33 overs; Jolly Rovers CC 150 in 34.1 overs (Ilayaraja 50 not out) lost to Aruna Sports CC 151 for nine in 23.1 overs (Hari Viswanathan 54, Paraman 56 not out, Selvarajesh four for 53).

`B' division: Sunlight CC 203 for seven in 25 overs (Halithi 52, Senthilkumar 58) bt Big Birds Brinhavanam Breeze CC 152 in 19 overs.

Basketball tournament

The Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Trophy All India basketball tournament, organised jointly by Tuticorin Basketball Club and Tuticorin District Basketball Association, will get underway at Tharuvai Stadium, Tuticorin on Saturday.

Indian Army (Delhi), Tamil Nadu State team, KSEB, BSNL (Thiruvananthapuram), Army Signals (Delhi), HAL (Bangalore), Punjab State team, South Central Railway, A.O.C (Secunderabad), Vijaya Bank (Bangalore), S.E. Central Railway (Chhattisgarh) and Port Trust (Tuticorin) will play in the men's section.

Central Railway, Southern Railway, Western Railway, South Central Railway, South Western Railway, KSEB and LMR BB Club (Erode) are in the women's section. The tournament will be played on league-cum-knock out basis.

Senthil Kumar is champion

R. Senthil Kumar lifted a total of 647.5kg to win the title in 86kg category at the Tiruchi District strength lifting championship at Tiruchi recently.

The results: (winners only): 50kg: K. Johnson (Vandu gym, 467.5kg); 55kg: P. Karthik (Dr. Madankumar gym, 490 kg); 60kg: H. Nouzath (Premier gym, 552.5kg); 66 kg: Senthil (Vandu gym, 560kg); 72kg: T.A. Karthikeyan (Vandu gym, 595kg); 78kg: T. Saravanan (Champion gym, 622.5kg); 86kg: R. Senthil Kumar (Dr. Madankumar gym, 647.5kg); 92kg: S. Saiyath Mohamed Abas (Premier gym, 607.5kg).