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Air-India put on Mayor’s crown

Lead by the wily Ashok Shinde and Prashant Chavan, Air-India upset traditional rivals Mahindras 20-15 to claim the Mayor’s Cup kabaddi title. Chembur Kreeda Kendra lifted the women’s title for the second year in succession, edging out Suvarna Yug Pune 8-7.

After the break, with Mahindras leading 6-5, Sagar Bandekar of Mahindras was trapped thrice in the match and that affected the team. Vilas Jadhav collected six points through his incisive raids but that was not enough for the losers. Prashant took the airmen up 10-7 and won the Player of the Series award. Sumati Pujari of Suvarna Yug took the honour for the women.

Results semi-finals

Men: Air-India bt Western Railway 17-15, Mahindras bt Central Railway 24-2.

Women: Suvarna Yug Pune bt Dr Shirodkar 22-12, Chembur Kreeda Kendra bt Vishwashanti 20-16.

Worli wallop

Worli Camp drubbed Santa Cruz 7-0 in the 13th Bipin Memorial football tournament for various camp at Cooperagetoday.

Results

Worli Camp 3 Ansari Shadab, Shaikh Muneer, Ansari Tariq bt Parel Camp 0, Kalina Camp 1 Ashis Saroj drew with Colaba Camp M Rizvi, Borivli Camp Vaibhav Shah bt Santa Cruz Camp 0, Colaba Camp Hasan Shaikh 2, Satish Keer bt Malad Camp 0, Borivli Camp 0 drew with Parel Camp 0, Worli Camp 7 Ansari Tariq 3, Ansari Muzaffar 2, Ansari Shadab, Shaikh Muneer bt Santa Cruz 0.

Shetty shines

Mohan Shetty came back from behind to shut out S Wadhwani 67-107, 124-119, 107-75 in the open handicap snooker tournament for the Sushil R Ruia Challenge Cup at Matharpacady Club.

Results

Mohan Shetty bt S Wadhwani 67-107, 124-119, 107-75; S Marani bt P M Dalvi 106-101, 110-120, 111-105; C Serrao bt G Sarkar1 132-95, 88-115, 115-82; C S Puranik bt S Pereira 107-67; 111-94; R Hemani bt Suyog Sawant 123-102, 119-88; K Khandelwal bt D Oliver 91-108, 107-69, 108-90.

MGMO win

MGMO A beat PM Hindu Bath 8-5 in a MGMO waterpolo league match at Shivaji Parktoday.

Results

Boys’ under-20: MGMO B bt Andheri Swimming Pool B 23-1. Men: MGMO A bt PM Hindu Bath A 8-5, Western Railway bt ASP A 16-2.

TT camp

An open summer table tennis camp will be held at Khar Gymkhana from May 3, 7 p.m. onwards, for two weeks. The camp will be conducted by eight-times National champion Kamlesh Mehta. All participants should report on May 3 at 6.45 p.m.