Sunrise Club off to a fine start, score big win
It was a perfect start for the Sunrise Club in the District Football League-2016 on Thursday as they notched up biggest-ever 7-0 win of this season against LDA Club, at the Chowk Stadium. Union Club blanked out CMS, Aliganj 2-0 in other match of the day.
Maintaining total dominance over rivals from the very start of the game, Sunrise Club scored goals on regular intervals and were leading by 4-0 at the lemon break. Minga struck back-toback goals in the 10th and 20th minutes, respectively to push the winners into lead (2-0). Sachin and Utkarsh then netted a goal each to consolidate the lead before the break (4-0).
Things didn’t change much even after a change in the ends and LDA Club kept begging for the ball. Kapil scored in the 45th and 55th minutes, respectively to increase the lead to 6-0 before Binay striking the last goal.
Undoubtedly, CMS lads put a brave show for the first 20 minutes of play when they denied the rivals to score a goal. But Varun’s angular shot from the right flank in the 23rd minute pushed them back. Though they tried to stage a comeback by scoring the equaliser, it remained a distant dream and in the 48th minute, Himanshu struck another goal for the winners to break their tempo. RICH TRIBUTES Badminton players of Lucknow at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium on Thursday paid rich tributes to former eight time national champion Syed Modi, who was killed on this day in 1988. Ravindra Singh, Parsha Naqvi, Ram Kumar Singh, Sheel Dhar Dubey, Krishna Saran etc. were present on the occasion, besides the regional sports officer, SS Mishra. JOINT WINNERS LDA Coaching Centre and Rudransh Club were declared joint winners of the 1st Raj Begum Memorial Cricket Tournament after their final match was abandoned due to rain, at the Northern Railway Stadium here on Thursday. Rushransh Club scored 79 in 17 overs after being sent to bat first. In reply, LDACC innings couldn’t start due to the rain. SDSCA TRIUMPH SDS Cricket Academy scored a thumping 137-run win against Lucknow Cricketers in a league match of the PP Dua Memorial Under-16 Cricket League, at the Lucknow Christian College Ground here on Thursday.