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Rajilal hits a sparkling hundred to fashion Globstar Telecom’s win

KOCHI: State junior player Rajilal hit a sparkling century (109, 77b, 12x4, 4x6) as Globstar Telecom (Aluva) defeated TCA (Kayamkulam) by 89 runs to enter the first phase quarterfinal of the 57th Cordiant Pooja all-India cricket tournament at the Tripunithura Palace Oval on Tuesday.

The scores: Globstar Telecom 249 in 40 overs (Rajilal 109, Jins K. George three for 45) bt TCA 160 in 31.5 overs (Jithin three for 21).

Don Bosco, Rajagiri in last eight

Don Bosco HSS (Irinjalakuda) and Rajagiri PS (Kalamassery) marched into the boys’ quarterfinals of the 22nd Fr Francis Sales all-Kerala schools basketball tournament at the Rajagiri floodlit stadium, Kalamassery, on Tuesday.

With Sacred Heart (Thevara) losing both its matches in the three-team boys Group ‘A’, Don Bosco and Rajagiri advanced to the knock-out stage.

The results (league):

Boys: Group A: Don Bosco HSS 47 (Amith Sebastian 10, Thomas Joy 10) bt Sacred Heart HSS 15; Rajagiri Public School 40 (Don Mathews 10, Mukesh Laxman 10) bt Sacred Heart 28 (Mejo K. George 12).

Group B: Cherupushpam HSS (Chandanakampara) 62 (Lijo Mathew 24, Tinu Jacob 13) bt St. Thomas HSS (Pala) 41 (S. Dileep 15, P.S. Deepu 13); St. Thomas 35 (Deepu 14) bt MAM HSS (Koratty) 22 (Anzil Alphonse 10).

Group C: St. John The Baptist HSS (Nedukunnam) 35 (Jaison Jose 16, Bernard Thomas 10) bt Rajgiri HSS ‘B’ 17.

Girls: Group A: Cherupushpam 56 (Reshma 10) bt Rajagiri PS 32 (Laiza 10).

Group B: Bhavans Vidya Mandir (Elamakkara) 32 bt Rajagiri HSS 7.

RSC chess from today

Kerala’s K. Ratnakaran, Tamil Nadu’s R.R. Laxman and R. Balasubramaniam are in the fray in the Sunny Diamonds-RSC all-India FIDE-rated chess tournament which begins at the Regional Sports Centre in Kochi on Wednesday.

Around 300 players will figure in the five-day tournament which carries a prize fund of Rs. one lakh.

Vinson M. Paul, IG of Police, will inaugurate the tournament on Wednesday. P.P. Sunny, Managing Director of Sunny Diamonds, the tournament’s main sponsor, will be the guest of honour.

Christ Nagar, GMC register wins

Christ Nagar Youth Movement and GMC Club recorded wins in the Thiruvananthapuram district ‘A’ division league basketball in Thiruvanathapuram on Tuesday.

Christ Nagar defeated Lourde Matha College 52-29, while GMC beat Engineering College (Barton Hill) 49-29.

The scores: Chirst Nagar Youth Movement 53 (Bincy 15, Bony 14) bt Lourde Matha College 29; GMC 49 (Anil 10, Chandrasekhar 10) bt Engineering College (Barton Hill) 29 (Akhil 14).

Gold for Sona

P.H. Sona Farhan of Vidyodaya School (Thevakkal) won the girls’ above-41kg gold in the CBSE South Zone schools taekwondo championship at Girinagar (Kochi) on Tuesday.

The results: Girls: Above-41kg: 1. P.H. Sona Frahan (Vidyodaya, Thevakkal), 2. Manasi Rajeev (Navy), 3. Aparna Ravi (Sree Narayana, Kollenkode) & Maria Teresa Paul (Infant Jesus, Aluva). Up to 41kg: 1. P.H. Ayesha Tanya (Vidyodaya), 2. Vineetha Kuriakose (Navy), 3. Nancy K. Baby (Infant Jesus). Up to 38kg: 1. Subrata Rai (Navy), 2. Faseek (Infant Jesus). Up to 32 kg: 1. Rasna Varghese (Vidyodaya), 2. Aakankoha Agarwal (Navy). Up to 26kg: 1. Devika Sajeev (Infant Jesus), 2. Varsha Nambiar (Vidyodaya).

Thiruvananthapuram girls in final

Thiruvananthapuram entered the final of the State junior women’s cricket tournament held at the DB College ground in Sasthamcotta on Tuesday.

In the semifinal, Thiruvananthapuram defeated Palakkad by 29 runs and will meet the winner of the second semifinal between Kollam and Thrissur.

Kollam overcame Kannur by 14 runs while Kozhikode defeated Thrissur by 32 runs.

The scores: Semifinal: Thiruvananthapuram 69 for four in 15 overs (Asha 39) bt Palakkad 40 for six in 15 overs (Ashwathymol three for 14).

Quarterfinals: Kollam 82 for four in 15 overs (Jincy 37) bt Kannur 68 for six in 15 overs (Jincy three for 13).

Kozhikode 77 for nine in 15 overs (Priya five for 16) bt Thrissur 45 for nine in 15 overs (Babitha five for 14).

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