Mumbai: Indian Navy regained the Super Division crown as they prevailed over defending champions Central Railway SA 7-6 via the shootout, in the final played at the Mahindar stadium, in Churchgate, here on Wednesday.
The Navymen who had last won the title in the year 2017, added their second trophy in the last three months after they emerged champions of the Guru Tej Bahadur, were locked 3-3 in the full time. Thanks to the agility of Navy custodian Tidu Reydan who brought about two saves which paved way for them to over come Central Railways 7-6.
Pawan Rajbhar, Ved Prakash, Nitesh Singh and Partik Singh successfully for Navy, while Victo Singh, Basavaraj Ambigera and Mohd. Nizamuddin managed to beat the alert Navy custodian.
Results (Super Div: Indian Navy: 7 (Rana Pratap, Mohit Singh, Jugraj Singh, Pawan Rajbhar, Ved Prakash, Nitesh Singh, Partik Singh) bt Central Railway: 6 (Victo Singh 2, Yuvraj Walmiki 2, Basavaraj Ambigera, Mohd. Nizamuddin).
AR Boys, BEST advane
BEST Sport Club easily put it across SFC Green in straight sets 25 17, 25 19 in a men’s open second round match of the 64th Bombay Callan Cup volleyball tournament, at the YMCA Abdul Rehman playground, Jhulla Maidan, Agripada, Mumbai Central.
In another match, A.R. Boys produced a steady performance and outplayed Silver Spikers by storming to a quick 25 15, 25 11 victory.
Sellebrity, Catalans win
Sellebrity FC and Catalans SC scored narrow wins in their respective men’s open second round matches of the Bandra Gymkhana Annual Floodlit Rink football tournament 2019, organised under the auspices of the MDFA at the DPRC grounds, Bandra.
Results
Men’s open: Mighty Young Joe: 3 (Anuj Lal, Chris Pires, Karan Koli) bt Macabbi 0; Sellebrity FC: 1 (Chanpreet Singh) bt Juhu Akers 0; Boca Juniors: 2 (Sandesh Malpote, Mathew Roy) bt Shalom United: 0; Catalans SC: 2 (Reeve Pinto, Shawn Menezes) bt Annemators SC: 1 (Abhishek Batishte); Autonomous SC: 3 (Akshay Chavan, Lynyon D’Souza, Raphael Dias) bt Baze FC: 0; Mount Mary Boys: 3 (Yogesh Kadam 3) bt D’Silva Boys SC: 2 (Brolin D’Souza, Ashrafali Mohd). Veterans men: Legends United: 3 (Mukesh Jadhav 2, Nikhil Kotian) bt Elias United 1 (Mangesh Davar).
