CRICKET
Tamil Nadu defeats Uttar Pradesh by four wickets to win Women’s Under-19 T20 Trophy 2024
Tamil Nadu defeated Uttar Pradesh by four wickets to win the Women’s Under-19 T20 Trophy 2024 on Friday.
Tamil Nadu won the toss elected to field as Janlin Chandra’s four-wicket haul resulted in Uttar Pradesh being bundled up for 67 runs in 19.2 overs.
The eventual champion then managed to chase the total with five balls and four wickets to spare with a scoreline of 68/6.
-Team Sportstar
FOOTBALL
Manzi’s brace helps Malappuram blank Thrissur in Super League Kerala
Forty days after winning the opener in Kochi, Malappuram FC tasted its second win in the Super League Kerala with a 3-0 victory over Thrissur Magic FC at the Payyanad Stadium here on Friday night.
And just 10 minutes turned the match around with Malappuram’s Spanish striker Pedro Manzi scoring twice, the first with a nice header and the second with a penalty, and substitute Alex Sanchez adding another towards the end.
The match between the two teams which had a common home ground here and which were languishing at the bottom of the six-team league table – Malappuram and winless Thrissur were in the fifth and sixth rungs respectively – was a scrappy affair in the first half.
Both the teams created chances but the players often appeared confused once they entered the box. The Malappuram defence held the fort well and its goalkeeper Muhammed Sinan pulled off some fine saves.
Pedro Manzi celebrates scoring a brace for Malappuram FC against Thrissur Magic in Super League Kerala.
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Pedro Manzi celebrates scoring a brace for Malappuram FC against Thrissur Magic in Super League Kerala.
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After missing three or four chances, fumbling inside the box, Malappuram came up with some nice moves towards the end of the first half. It began with Faslu Rahman and Muhammed Jasim and moments later, Spaniard Joseba Beita sent a long pass into the box from the right to Brazilian Sergio Barboza.
Two men were virtually blocking his way and Barboza’s cross to Manzi bounced off a defender and rose high and the latter met it nicely and headed it home to give Malappuram the lead in the 44th minute.
Ten minutes later, Malappuram was awarded a penalty when Manzi was brought down by Thrissur defender Dany inside the box and the Spaniard sent the ball to the right corner neatly to make it 2-0.
Later, Alex Sanchez, who had entered in the 71st minute, went on a solo run, foxed the Thrissur goalkeeper Pratheesh and added to the goal tally.
A few minutes before that, a Thrissur attempt hit the bar and another try towards the end was nicely blocked by a Malappuram defender. With nine points, Malappuram is now level with Thiruvananthampuram Kombans but continues to stay in the fifth rung since the latter has a superior goal difference.
Match result
Thrissur Magic FC 0 lost to Malappuram FC 3 (Pedro Manzi 44 & 54-p, Alex Sanchez 84)
-Stan Rayan
BASKETBALL
Hansraj Prabhakar tournament: Ghai helps Oxford School thump St. Cecilia’s
Yuvraj Ghai scored 20 points to help host Oxford School to a 58-37 victory over St. Cecilia’s School in the 35th Hansraj Prabhakar basketball tournament at the school courts in Vikaspuri, on Friday.
RESULTS
Under-18 boys: Oxford 58 (Yuvraj Ghai 20) bt Manavsthali 6.
Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, 37 bt St. Cecilia’s 2.
DPS, RK Puram, 40 (Raunak 15) bt Sanskriti 22 (Ranvijay 12).
Under-17 girls: Mamta Modern 43 (Kanika 13) bt Oxford 16 (Bhavya 10).
Apex Public School 36 bt Manavsthali 18.
DPS, RK Puram, 31 bt Venkateshwar 18.
Under-14 boys: Oxford 37 (Raj 12, Naitik Sapra 12) bt Adarsh 16.
Venkateshwar 38 (Manhar 12) bt Fr. Agnel 33.
Under-16 boys: Oxford 56 (Tanishq Sharma 19) bt SD Public School 52.
Montfort 47 (Maadhyam Batra 15) bt Mira Model 38 (Atharv 11).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
Nehru Juniors: Siddharth scores four to hand victory to Ghumanhera Risers Academy
Siddharth scored four goals to help Ghumanhera Risers Academy, Delhi, to a 7-3 victory over SR Higher Secondary School, Dahod, Gujarat, in a league match of the Kanwarji 52nd Nehru junior hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Friday.
RESULTS (LEAGUE)
Directorate General NCC, Blue, 14 (Ajay Kumar Gond 3, Shahrukh Ali 3, Ketan Khushwaha 2, Mohd. Atif Raynee, Aryan Singh, Neeraj Prajapati,Rahul Yadav, Harsh Singh) bt Government Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Bankner, 1 (Mandeep Kumar).
Maharana Pratap Sports College, Dehradun, 3 (Manish Kunwar, Virendra Koraga, Sarthak Mahar) bt Manmohan Singh Academy, Shahabad, 0.
Lalpani Government HS, Manipur, 2 (L Sushil 2) drew with Krida Prabodhini, Pune, 2 (Laxman Chimanaji 2).
Ghumanhera Risers Academy, Delhi, 7 (Siddharth 4, Nishast, Yuvraj Singh, Kapil) bt SR HSS, Dahod, Gujarat, 3 (Alpesh Vala, Rutvik Solanki, Chirag Patel).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
China Challenger: Sai Karteek Reddy loses doubles semifinals
Sai Karteek Reddy in partnership with Rio Noguchi of Japan was beaten 4-6, 6-1, [10-8] in the doubles semifinals by Pruchya Isaro and Wang Aoran in the $133,250 Challenger tennis tournament in Shenzhen, China, on Friday.
RESULTS
$133,250 Challenger, Shenzhen, China
Doubles (semifinals): Pruchya Isaro (Tha) & Wang Aoran (Chn) bt Sai Karteek Reddy & Rio Noguchi (Jpn) 4-6, 6-1, [10-8].
$25,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (semifinals): Brian Bozemoi (Ned) & Filiberto Fumagalli (Ita) bt Maximus Jones (Tha) & Parikshit Somani 6-7(9), 6-3, [10-7].
$15,000 ITF men, Winston-Salem, USA
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Dhakshineswar Suresh bt Viktor Markov (Bul) 6-3, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan