Balwant’s brace helps Mohun Bagan return to winning ways
KOLKATA: Balwant Singh slammed a brace in a magical two-minute display as Mohun Bagan bounced back from a goal down to beat DSK Shivajians FC 3-1 in the I-League here today.
With the Mohun Bagan defence caught napping, Milan Singh Ongnam put the Pune outfit ahead in the 33rd minute but the Mariners nosed ahead with Balwant’s double strikes (42nd and 44th) from Pritam Kotal assists.
Mohun Bagan earned a penalty in the 87th minute after Gourmangi Singh brought down substitute Jeje Lalpekhlua and captain Katsumi Yusa (89th) minute sealed the issue with Shivajians goalkeeper Subrata Paul diving the other way.
Having drawn their last two matches, Mohun Bagan have caught up with arch-rivals East Bengal, though the Mariners remained second on points difference. In another match, Mumbai FC drew with Bengaluru FC. VIENTIANE(LAOS): India won the silver medal at the women’s Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy having won five matches and lost one.
In the seven-nation roundrobin competition, India beat Laos 22-7, Philippines 12-5, Nepal 43-0 and Malaysia 26-12. On the second day, India beat Pakistan 5-0 but lost to South Korea 0-29. DOHA (QATAR): Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her partner Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic suffered a major blow as they crashed out of the ongoing Qatar Open after going down in the semi-finals.
They lost 3-6, 6-1, 8-10 to USA’s Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia.