HOLDERS Indian Railways bettered a youthful Indian Navy team 3-1 in the final of the MCC-Murugappa Hockey Gold Cup at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium on Sunday.
With this win, the Railways complete its hat-trick of Gold Cup wins, making it the most decorated side with four titles.
In the eighth minute, Shivam Anand scored, before Navy equalised thanks to Aakib Rahim Arif.
Pankaj Rawat scored in the third quarter and Niyaz Rahim added another in the 57th minute. Result: Railways 3 (S Anand 8', P Rawat 37', SN Rahim 57') bt Navy 1 (AR Arif 15').
SDAT clinch jr and sub jr title
M S Nitheesh of TDSA topped the group 1 boys' category and Sreenithi Natesan of Britto Academy topped the girls group 1 category with 35 points each at the state junior and sub-junior aquatics championships on Sunday.
Other winners: group 2: T Kabilan – TDSA; group 3: A P Arya Sathar - SDAT Dolphin; group 4: Sanjeet - S S Sports; group 5 A Adithya - AYA; group 6: Dewan - ORCA. Girls group 2: – Dhivyashree K– Individual; group 3: Sai Meera J – Ansa Dubai; group 4: Sana Gowtham – Life Spring; group 5: – Iyal – TSPA; group 6: A.Adhira – SDAT Trichy. overall group 1: ACES; overall group 2 SDAT Chennai; overall group 3: SDAT Chennai.
Ritvick shines
Riding on RR Ritvick's 55, Chengalpattu defeated Kanyakumari by 123 runs in the TNCA inter-districts U16 tournament for the 'PR Thevar Trophy.'
Brief scores: Chengalpattu 239/9 in 50 ovs (RR Ritvick 55) bt Kanyakumari 116/8 in 50 ovs (MS Prajwol Nath 47, G Devesh 3/21); Dindigul 239 all out in 46.4 ovs (D Piranjan 63, Mohammed Ashfaq 50, N Sai Lakshay 4/54) bt Vellore 181 all out in 44.4 ovs (Pandi 3/21); Ramanathapuram 97 all out in 41.4 ovs (Rohit Bleeson 3/13, R. Saharsh 3/11) lost to Kancheepuram 87/6 in 20.5 overs (Mohammed Shaheem 4/36). Result: Kancheepuram won by 4 wickets by VJD method (Par Score : 86 in 32 overs).
Balamurugan, Amrutha in final
Balamurugan and Amrutha Pushpak entered the final of the UTT-TNTTA state ranking table tennis tournament in the men's & women's category. Results: Men: S Karthikeyan (SK Academy) bt SR Preyesh (SRSA) 8-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6; MR Balamurugan (ITTC) bt S Manikandan (SK Academy) 11-3, 11-2, 8-11, 11-4, 11-13, 11-7; Boys: U19: MR Balamurugan (ITTC) bt S Mehan (Chennai Achievers) 12-10, 11-5, 11-9; PB Abhinandh (Chennai Achievers) bt K Umesh (RTTHPC) 11-9, 13-11, 8-11, 11-5; U17: N Menon (MST) bt S Arwindh (Jawahar TTA) 11-7, 21-19, 10-12, 11-7; P Siddarth (Vinwin) bt M Mohammed (SK Academy) 11-9, 2-11, 11-7, 11-5; U15: K A Bhushan (SK Academy) bt M Ashvajith (SK Academy) 11-7, 11-5, 13-11; Akash R (CTTF) bt S Arwindh (Jawahar TTA) 11-6, 11-7, 11-8. U13:Ashvajith (SK Academy) bt Krish V (Vinwin) 11-7, 11-4,11-13, 11-7; H Tanish (SK Academy) bt M Iniyan (Dronacharya TTA) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8.; U11: HN Siddharth Adhithyan (SSHI) bt Kanish G (Chennai Achievers) 11-2, 11-3, 11-6; R Immanuel (ACE TTA) bt P Sarvin (STTA) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5; Women: Amrutha P (RBRC) bt M Hansini (Chennai) 13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 10-12, 11-3, 11-13, 11-8; S Yashini (SK Academy) bt Thanuja (SK Academy) 11-5, 13-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5; Girls: U19: M Hansini (Chennai) bt Shameena S (Madurai) 11-3, 11-7, 11-9; M Ananya (Chennai Achievers) bt N Sharvani (Mylapore Club) 11-9, 11-9, 11-8; U17: M Ananya (Chennai Achievers) bt B Varnica (SSA-ERD) 11-9, 11-4, 11-9; BR Nandhini (MVM) bt SS Bhuvanidha (Madurai) 14-12, 11-7, 11-7; U15: B Varnica (SSA-ERD) bt K Ananya (SK Academy) 11-5, 11-6, 11-7; A Bavithra (LCC- Neyveli) bt Chinthanaya N (Dronacharya TTA) 11-9, 11-8, 14-12; U13: A Bavithra (LCC- Neyveli) bt Dheshma (SK Academy) 11-9, 11-4, 11-4; A Pooja (LCC- Neyveli) bt R Prathiksha (Vinwin) 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6; U11: D Prathika (SSA-ERD) bt KP Narumugai (ITTC) 12-10, 11-5, 15-13; VG Harshika (Madurai) bt SS Lakshithaa Sri (Bestshot TTA) 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5.
MBC bags Deepam Trophy
The Madras Boat Club (MBC) clinched the men's overall trophy - "Deepam Trophy" in the 84th edition of the Madras-Colombo Regatta.
The Adyar Trophy, which is the women's overall title is won by the Colombo Rowing Club (CRC).