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SB College to meet Mar Ivanios College ‘A’

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: SB College (Changanassery) will meet Mar Ivanios College ‘A’ in the final of the Mar Ivanios Trophy inter-collegiate basketball tournament.

In the semifinals, SB College overcame Sree Kerala Varma College (Thrissur) 107-102, while Mar Ivanios beat LNCPE (Kariyavattom) 77-49.

The results: SB College, Changanassery 107 (Deepumon 37, Nirmal K. Mathew 26, Anu Mohan Das 21) bt SKVC, Thrissur 102 (Eudrick Pereira 25, Amal James 24, Geo 18).

Mar Ivanios ‘A’ 77 (Alwin Baby 16, Ajith 12, Nikhil 12) bt LNCPE 49 (Anish 15).

Cosmos posts win

Cosmos CC defeated Cricket Club of Kerala by five wickets in the Thiruvananthapuram district ‘E’ division cricket league here on Tuesday.

The scores: Cricket Club of Kerala 130 in 25.1 overs (Skandan seven for 27) lost to Cosmos CC 131 for five in 25.5 overs.

Big win for SBT ‘A’

State Bank of Travancore ‘A’ crushed Rovers CC by nine wickets in the Canara Bank-TDCA ‘A’ division cricket league at the LNCPE ground here on Tuesday.

Chasing 159 for a win, SBT’s win was fashioned by half-centuries by openers M.P. Sorab (66 not out) and V. Suresh (62). Earlier Sony K. Cheruvathur took five for 54 to skittle out Rovers for 158 runs in 41.4 overs.

The scores: Rovers 158 in 41.4 overs (Sony K. Cheruvathur five for 54) lost to SBT ‘A’ 159 for one in 21 overs (M.P. Sorab 66 not out, V. Suresh 62).

Silence beats Omega

Silence CC defeated Omega CC by eight wickets in the Thiruvananthapuram district ‘D’ division cricket league here on Tuesday.

The scores: Omega 150 in 26.1 overs (Sunil Dutt 59) lost to Silence 151 for two in 15.3 overs (Hashim 52 not out).

Chess tournament

The 14th YMCA all-Kerala prize money chess tournament will be held at the YMCA hall in Thiruvananthapuram from January 25 to 27. Interested should register their names at the YMCA office before 10 a.m. on January 25. For further details, call 2330058 or 2339078.

National gymnastics

The 48th National senior gymnastics championship was inaugurated by the Kerala Sports Minister, M. Vijayakumar, at the Jimmy George indoor stadium here on Tuesday.

The minister declared the five-day event open in a colourful opening ceremony. The KSSC president, T.P. Dasan, presided.

A demonstration by six selected gymnasts on each of the six apparatuses followed. The team preliminaries will get underway on Wednesday.

Shoban qualifies

Tamil Nadu’s Shoban Babu and Kerala’s G. Chandu won their final qualifying round matches on Tuesday evening and gained berths in the men’s main draw of the Lotus Trophy all-India tennis tournament at Kochi.

C.P. Sudhakara Prasad, Advocate-General, inaugurated the tournament. The main draw matches begin on Wednesday at the Lotus Club and Regional Sports Centre courts.

The results (final qualifying round): Shoban Babu (TN) bt Asif Taj (Ker) 6-1, 6-1; G.Chandu (Ker) bt Binoj Mani (Ker) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Nithyanand (Kar) bt B.Johny (Kar) 6-3, 6-3; Sarath Lal (Ker) bt V.Vaibhav (Kar) 6-3, 6-4; S.Pratheek (Kar) bt Ramesh (Ker) 6-1, 6-0.

Aluva Veterans beats Fort Kochi

Continuing the trend in the ongoing Mar Athanasious Trophy all-India schools tournament here, Aluva Veterans defeated Fort Kochi Veterans 6-5, in sudden death, in an exhibition football match at the Municipal Stadium, Aluva, on Tuesday evening.

The teams were goalless at the end of the regulation period. The match is a regular feature during the Athanasious Trophy which is organised by the former footballers of Aluva.

The seventh Athanasious Trophy, which has seen a good number of games ending in the tiebreaker this year, concludes on Wednesday evening with the final between Rosary HSS (Navelim, Goa) and Kolkata’s L.V. Adarsha Vidyalaya HSS.

Basketball tournament

The Carmel Trophy all-India basketball tournament begins at the St Antony’s floodlit stadium here on Wednesday. The tournament will be an inter-collegiate affair in the men’s section and an open event in the women’s.

The Carmel Club had planned to make the event a collegiate affair in both the sections but since the women’s varsities championship is on at Nellore, the host was forced to change its plans.

Chennai’s Loyola College, St. Joseph’s (Bangalore) and Fr. Agnus (Mumbai) will be the three outstation teams in the men’s section which will be a league-cum-knockout affair. Mar Ivanios (Thiruvananthapuram), Sree Kerala Varma (Thrissur) and St. Berchmans (Changanassery) complete the line-up. The teams have been divided into two groups with the top two progressing to the semifinals.

The women’s event will be a four-team league involving Central Railway (Mumbai), Eastern Railway (Kolkata), South Eastern Railway (Hubli) and KSEB (Thiruvananthapuram). The tournament ends on January 27.

Men’s groupings: Group A: Fr. Agnus (Mumbai), St. Joseph’s (Bangalore), Mar Ivanios (Thiruvananthapuram). Group B: Loyola (Chennai), Sree Kerala Varma (Thrissur), St Berchmans (Changanassery).

Rahul strikes 118

Rahul Raveendran struck an unbeaten 118 to guide Valiant to the final of the Kannur District ‘B’ Division cricket league at Thalassery on Tuesday.

The scores (semifinal): Valiant 178 for 9 in 35 overs (Rayiz 53) lost to Friends CC 183 for 5 in 30 overs (Rahul Raveendran 118 not out).

Thyagarajar Polytechnic wins

Thyagarajar Polytechnic, Thrissur, beat Govt. Polytechnic, Thirurangadi, 3-1 to win the all-Kerala inter-polytechnic table tennis championship, at Kozhikode.

In badminton, Maharajas Technological Institute triumphed, beating GPTC, Attingal.

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