WAINGANKAR XI CLINCH U23 TROPHY
MUMBAI: Hemant Waingankar XI won the Under-23 Shalini Bhalekar Trophy after drawing their last match against Jahangir Pithawala XI on Thursday.
In reply to Pithawala’s first innings total of 419, Waingankar XI finished at 314/5 when stumps were drawn on the third and final day of the match. Ashay Sardesai smacked a century to remain unbeaten on 128, whereas Abhishek Shrivastav made 60.
In another match, Dilip Vengsarkar XI defeated Chandrasekhar Sant XI on the basis of first innings lead.
BRIEF SCORES: Jahangir Pithawala XI 419 drew with Hemant Waingankar XI 314/5 (A Sardesai 128*, A Shrivastav 60, Srujan Athawale 41); Dilip Vengsarkar XI 304 & 299/5 (K Chikhalikar 103, A Anand 96, N Patil 59) bt
Chandrasekhar Sant XI 191 on first innings lead.
BSAM Grassroot Snooker Challenge
RESULTS: 1st round: S Mulay (Chiplun) bt A Jadhwani (Chembur Gym) 3-1 (2657, 77-39, 54-22, 69-33); D Jariwala (Garware CH) bt S Mahadik (Goregaon SC) 3-1 (36-48, 70-61, 66-24, 58-13); R Sangani (Bombay Gym) bt K Vohra (Otters Club) 3-1 (73-15, 32-65, 63-34, 51-44); S Pillai (Thane) bt S Kakad (Khar Gym) 3-2 (73-63, 43-45, 28-56, 54-36, 77-38); D Pagaria bt M Merchant (CCI) 3-1 (38-63, 58-17, 65-41, 64-1); M Shah (Garware CH) bt R Jain (MCF) 3-2 (4048, 60-30, 52-17, 37-62, 70-44); A Doshi (Parel) bt D Pinkiyar (SPG) 3-1 (47-14, 44-54, 57-17, 49-14); R Mayavanshi (MHC) bt V Jain (Mazgoan) 3-1 (12-47, 52-4, 64(34)-35, 58-15).
31st Inter-parish 5-a-side Rink Football Tournament
RESULTS: Men Veterans: Vakola Veterans 1 (N D’souza 1) bt Royalers, Juhu 0; Men’s – Pre-quarter-finals: St. Anthony’s ‘A’, Vakola 5 (R Miranda 2, P Kamble 1, S Salian 1, J D’souza 1) bt Our Lady of Salvation ‘A’, Dadar 2 (P Parkar 1, A Fernandes 1); Immaculate Conception ‘B’. Borivali 7 (R Abranches 2, D Pereira 2, C Pereira 2, S Shetty 1) bt Our Lady of Fatima, Vidya Vihar 2 (L Soares 2).
KSA Adv Kudrolli football tournament
RESULTS (quarter-finals): Kanara Bros SC 2 (A Rathod 1, S Menezes 1) bt Union SC 0; Karnataka SC 1 (A Bhatkal 1) bt Udaya SC 0.
SUPPORT POURS IN FOR WOZNIACKI
SINGAPORE: World No 3 Caroline Wozniacki said she hopes to become an inspiration for fellow sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis as her shock diagnosis drew support and sympathy on Friday.
The 28-year-old Dane revealed she was suffering from the condition after crashing out of the WTA Finals. The reigning Australian Open champion and former world No 1 has since received a flood of supportive messages and well wishes on social media.
STEPHENS PIPS KERBER, ENTERS WTA SEMIS
SINGAPORE: A confident Sloane Stephens stormed into semi-finals at the WTA Finals with a convincing straight sets victory against top seed Angelique
ANAND BEATS FRIDMAN, ABHIJEET LOSES
ISLEOFMAN,UK:HAVING taken a bye in the last round, a fresh Viswanathan Anand outclassed Daniel Fridman of Germany but compatriot Abhijeet Gupta lost to Hikaru Nakamura of the United States in the sixth round of Isle of Man International chess tournament here on Friday.
Overnight joint leader Grandmaster Gupta ran out of steam and surrendered to Nakamura on a day when B Adhiban also did well to hold Levon Aronian of Armenia to a creditable draw.