At the Corporation Stadium on Friday, Railways easily defeated Pondicherry 10-1 in Group H matches of the Santosh Trophy qualification event, while host Kerala thrashed Lakshadweep 10-1.
In the sixth minute, Kerala took the lead thanks to a deflection from the Lakshadweep goalie, whose mistake was exacerbated by the defenders. All of that made it possible for S. Muhammad Ashiq to produce an incredible close-range volley.
Muhammad Ajsal entered the area from the right side three minutes later, outran the Pondicherry defence, and skilfully returned the ball to Naseeb Rahman, who added the final touch. The floodgates opened after the host took a 2-0 lead.
The 20th minute saw another goal from Ajsal. Then, in the 37th minute, E. Sajeesh made it 4-0, and he would score again in the 78th and 89th minutes. Mohammed Rishad and Muhammad Musharaf were the other goal scorers, with Gani Nigam scoring two goals.
Tennis
Top seed Sehaj out in semis
At the Assam Tennis Complex on Friday, Izyan Ahmad of the United States defeated top-seeded Sehaj Singh Pawar 6-3, 7-5 in the boys’ semifinals of the ITF junior tennis event.
Izyan will face Arjun Rathi, the winner of the last competition, in the championship match.
Sehaj partnered with Frenchman Aaron Gabet to win the doubles championship.
Sohini Mohanty and Aishwarya Jadhav won the girls’ doubles championship.
POLO
Dhruvpal shines in DGST Trophy
At the Jaipur polo venue on Friday, Army Service Corps (ASC) defeated Cavaliers 6-3 in the DGST Trophy polo event final, led by four goals from Dhruvpal Godara.
It was decided that Aryaman Singh was the “most valuable player.” The trophy was handed by Lt. Gen. Preet Mohindera Singh.
Chirag Duhan in semifinals
Chirag Duhan defeated Czech second seed Dominik Palan 6-3, 6-4 on Friday in the USD 15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament quarterfinals in Luanda, Angola.
Chirag and Italian partner Lorenzo Lorusso also advanced to the doubles semifinals.
Topics #Football Qualifiers #Indian Sports #Keralan Railways #Santosh Trophy
