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KSEB clinches women’s title

Principal Correspondent

KURIANOOR: KSEB (Thiruvananthapuram) edged out SAI (Thalassery) 61-58 in extra-time to win the women’s title in the 8th Maxtulin Champions Trophy basketball tournament at the St. Thomas Floodlit court here on Saturday.

SAI girls gave KSEB a run for its money and led 43-38 at the end of the third quarter. KSEB levelled the scores at 51 with less than two minutes left for play.

The scores were 53 all at end of regular time. KSEB won the extra-time 8-5 to take the title.

BSNL (Thiruvananthapuram) will meet Customs and Central Excise (Kochi) in the men’s final.

In the semifinal, BSNL defeated Mar Ivanios College (Thiruvananthapuram) 53-44 while Customs and Central Excise trounced KSEB 64-42.

The results: Men: Semifinals: BSNL (Tvm) 53 (Rahul Krishna 12, Vijobi Vakkachan 11, Ullas Jose 10) bt Mar Ivanios College (Tvm 44) (Algin Baby 17, V.G. Ajith 12); Customs and CE (Kochi) 64 (S.S. Deepu 2

7, Subash J.Shenoy 12, V. Vivek 10) bt KSEB (Tvm) 42 (R. Manoj 17, S.D. Abhilash 10). Women (final): KSEB (Tvm) 61 (S.S. Anjana 23, Lajitha 20) bt SAI (Thalassery) 58 (G. Reshma 12, Shijimol K. Sunny 10, Smitha Jacob 10). Semifinal: SAI (Thalassery) 50 (Seena Joseph 12, Shijimol K. Sunny 11, Anu Mathew 10) bt Assumption College (Changanassery) 35 (K.S. Anu 10, Giji Mathew 10).

The Kerala Sports Council president T.P. Dasan and Kozhikode Mayor M. Bhaskaran have promised all possible help for the Women’s Football Club, Calicut.

They were speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the club at the Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode on Saturday.

WFC thrashed

Women’s Football Club, Calicut, however, was thrashed by Malappuram Soccer Girls 0-3 in an exhibition match played after the inaugural function.

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