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Narrow win for Indian Army

Periakulam: Indian Army (Delhi) scraped past Integral Coach Factory (Chennai) 73-72 in a sensational semifinal round-robin league match in the 49th annual P.D. Chidambara Sourya Narayanan memorial trophy all-India basketball tournament here on Sunday.

The results (semifinal league):

Indian Army, Delhi 73 (Jayaram Jat 25, Arockia Babu 14, Jigin Joseph 13) bt ICF, Chennai 72 (Vinoth Kumar 24, Ashwin 18, Sikkander Oli Raja 15).

IOB, Chennai 97 (Chandrasekar 19, A. Paul 17, Dinesh 15, Mathew 13) bt CRPF, Jalandhar 54 (Rajbir Singh 14, Asif Ahmed 18). Quarterfinals: CRPF, Jalandhar 84 (Bhavan Kumar 18, Dalbir Singh 10, Asif Ahmed 19, Ambrish Kumar 21) bt Vijaya Bank, Bangalore 82 (Murali Mohan 34, Austin 14, Roy 10); Indian Army 75 (Rajesh 17, Dania 10) bt DLW, Varanasi 47 (Sathish Kumar 17, Ameer Singh 13); IOB, Chennai 132 (Harish 27, Suresh Kumar 18, Ravikumar 13, Chandrasekar 10) bt Silver Jubilee SC 79 (Vikramdas 15, Arun Pandian 10, T. Arumugam 25); ICF w/o AOC, Secunderabad.

Vigneshwaran shines

A century by N. Vigneshwaran (114) helped Sri Vasantha Sweets CC post a seven-wicket win over Mansur Youngsters CC in the Canara Bank-Dindigul DCA first division cricket league at Dindigul on Sunday.

The scores: First division: Mansur Youngsters 232 in 46.4 overs (K.K. Mani 56) lost to Sri Vasantha Sweets 236 for three in 36 overs (N. Viggneshwaran 114, Mukil Alagan 59 not out).

Vignesh Sports 275 for nine in 50 overs (John Lessley 71, M. Abdur Rahman 50, Rajesh four for 45) bt Nike 118 in 25.2 overs (Suresh 51, R. Gokul four for 40).

Second division: Seeni Bala 156 for five in 18 overs (Prabu 56) bt Infant Jesus 41 in 12.1 overs (Sathish five for 27).

Godsons 150 for three in 20 overs (Doss 43, Sundar 45) bt Harivarna 125 in 17.3 overs.

Peter scalps five

Peter’s five for 11 helped King’s CC defeat Bharath CC by six wickets in the Kanyakumari DCA second division league at Nagercoil on Sunday.

The scores: Bharath CC 149 in 30 overs (Chinna Kannan 47, Peter five for 11) lost to King’s CC 150 for four in 18.3 overs (Rajesh 42); Bharath CC 126 in 28.1 overs lost to Sunshine CC 127 for two in 20 overs (Anilkumar 49).

Tuticorin Port SC triumphs

Tuticorin Port Sports Council emerged winner, with an all-win record in the four-team league, in the fifth State-level invitation volleyball tournament organised by Lia Volleyball Club at Padarnthapuli near Ellayapuram on Sunday.

Friends Volleyball Club, Melur finished runner-up with two wins and a loss while Winner Volleyball Club, Panakudi finished third with its only win over Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti.

The results: Tuticorin Port bt Winner VBC, Panakudi 25-22, 25-23, 25-21; Tuticorin Port bt FVC, Melur 25-18, 25-21, 25-19; Tuticorin Port bt Sethu Institute of Tech. 25-17, 25-21, 25-20.

FVC, Melur bt Winner VBC 25-15, 25-21, 25-19; FVC, Melur bt SIT, Kariapatti 25-19, 25-21, 25-22.

Winner VBC, Panakudi bt SIT, Kariapatti 25-17, 25-20, 25-22.

Satish scores

A 59th minute strike by Satheesh helped Sun Sports Club, Dindigul defeat Acme Sports Club, Madurai 1-0 and enter the semifinals of the 32nd annual Vinodhkumar memorial Trophy State-level football tournament organised by AKP Sports Club at Sivakasi on Monday.

Earlier on Sunday, Acme Sports Club beat host AKP Sports Club 5-3 via tie-breaker, after the teams were level 2-2 at the end of regulation time.

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