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Pankaj takes Franco to victory over Bad Boys’ Club
MUMBAI: Pankaj Baridas struck the match-winning goal in Franco FC’s 1-0 win over Bad Boys’ Club in the Mumbai District Football Association’s First Division league
MUMBAI: Pankaj Baridas struck the match-winning goal in Franco FC’s 1-0 win over Bad Boys’ Club in the Mumbai District Football Association’s First Division league at the St Xavier’s ground, Parel, on Wednesday.
HITANSHU HOLDS NERVE
National champion Himanshu Jain recovered from 1-5 down to score a 9-8 win over qualifier Nitesh Madan in the Otters Club All India 9-Ball Pool Tournament, on Wednesday.
Madan, however, made good with a straight 9-0 win over Abhimanyu Gandhi in the Pool ‘B’.
RESULTS
Pool A: Rishabh Thakkar bt Manchanda 9-6; Pool B: Himanshu Jain bt Rahul Sachdev 9-6, Sachdev bt Abhimanyu Gandhi 9-1, Jain bt Nitesh Madan 9-8, Madan bt Gandhi 9-0; Pool C: Sahil Nayar bt Shahbaaz Khan 9-5, Divya Sharma bt Yasin Merchant 9-8, Nayar bt Merchant 9-5; Pool D: Dharmender Lily bt Pushpender Singh 9-5; Ayush Kumar bt Sameer Bhalla 9-3; Pool E: Monu Choudhari bt Dhvaj Haria 9-3; Choudhari bt Hasan Badami 9-5; Pool G: Faisal Khan bt Rafath Habib 9-6; Pool H: Lucky Vatnani bt Zenul Arsiwala 9-8.
MSSA FOOTBALL RESULTS
Girls under-16: Hiranandani 2 (Mythri Kidmari, Aashna Khattar) bt Garodia, Ghatkoper 0; Lilavatibai Podar, Santacruz 3 (Tanishka Sikarwar 2, Nidhi Madnana) bt St John The Evangelist, Andheri 0; Greenlawns, BP Road 0 drew CNM, Vile Parle 0; Lakshdham 4 (Anubhuti Pathak 3, Elizabeth Martin) bt Bai Avabai, Bandra 2 (Dinaz Sarkari, Rukshana Jilla); Podar, Khar failed to turn up against NSS Hill Spring; Hiranandani 2 (Krishna Tiwari, Aarya Menon) bt Witty, Malad 0; Utpal Shanghvi 2 (Krish Shula, Malvika Kamaraj) bt Podar. Boys under-16, Fourth Division playoff: St Joseph, Vikhroli 5 (Om Raut 2, Aaron Trinidad, Ethan Fernandes, Deraick Carneiro) bt AKIM Ali Mitha, Madan Pura 1 (Shoeb Khan).
INSTANT FOOTBALL T
The Swami Vivekanand Seva Manch is organising the 30th Pratap Memorial instant football tournament on October 9 and 16 at the Govind Nagar Municipal ground, Malad. For details, call 9619875373/9823292780.
