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FCI rallies to defeat Chennai Port Trust

Chennai: Food Corporation of India recovered from a 0-1 deficit at half-time to take full points against Chennai Port Trust by the odd goal in three in the senior division hockey league at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium on Thursday.

After Port Trust found the target nearing half-time with Gopi converting a penalty corner, FCI levelled with Nandakumar’s goal after resumption.

Midway through, FCI picked up the winner through Venkatesan. There will be a break in the schedule and the league resumes on February 18.

Arrows posts win

Arrows FC defeated TNSP 2-0 in the CFA senior division football league on Thursday.

Murugan converted a pass from Ezekeil in the seventh minute to open the account for Arrows. Raj Mohan scored in the 45th minute, successfully netting a pass from Sanjay Gandhi. The win helped Arrows maintain its unbeaten run.

In first division, Southern Railway beat Chennai Port Trust 3-1. Bharath scored a brace (10th and 72nd minutes), while Rajesh netted one in the 20th minute. Naveen reduced the margin in the 37th minute.

NTC-A beats ETC-A

NTC-A beat ETC-A 2-1 while MCC-B defeated Gandhinagar-A 2-1 in the TNTA ‘A’ zone tennis league being held here.

The results: ‘A’ zone: NTC-A bt ETC-A 2-1 (Siddarth Kaushik & Vishnu lost to Rameez Samad & Arjun Anand 2-6, 3-6; Hari Prasanth & P.S. Surya Prasanth bt Shivakumar Palani & S. Mubeen 6-4, 6-4; S. Prasanth & Md. Niyaz bt Surya Narayana & Karthick Kailash 6-0, 6-3); MCC-B bt Gandhinagar-A 2-1 (Jasper Cornelius & Rushmi Chakravarthy bt Meenakshi Sundaram & Gautam Karthik 6-2, 6-4; Hiten Kumar Joshi & Nihal Kapoor bt Sudhakar Rao & P. Balakumar 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Ganesh Amarnath & H.E. Srinivas Shastry lost to Vijay Kannan & Sai Jayalakshmi 4-6, 3-6). ‘D’ zone: Madras Club ‘B’ w/o MMC ‘A’; Presidency-B w/o Gandhinagar-C; Presidency-B bt Cosmo ‘B’ 3-0.

Loyola in final

Loyola College entered the final of the Vivekananda inter-collegiate cricket tournament with a two-wicket win over New College in the semifinal. Loyola will face Vivekananda for the title.

The scores: New College 97 in 42.3 overs lost to Loyola 98 for eight in 32.4 overs.

St. Joseph’s triumphs

St. Joseph’s College of Engineering (Chennai) won the men’s team championship logging 85 points in the TIES-2008 at Keezakharai (Ramanathapuram district).

The team won in chess, badminton, kabaddi, best physique, ball badminton and tennis. It finished runner-up in weightlifting and hockey and bagged third place in football.

The players were felicitated by Babu Manoharan, Director, St. Joseph’s College.

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