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Stanley scores the winner

CHENNAI: Arrows’ Nigerian import Stanley scored a stunning, decisive long-ranger against defending champion Indian Bank in the St. Joseph’s-CFA senior division league here on Tuesday. Stanley’s vicious right-footer from 40 yards curled into the net after Arrows was awarded a free-kick in the 35th minute. This was the only goal scored in the match.

Though Indian Bank dominated most of the fixture, it was an outing of missed opportunities for the side.

Despite dominating ball possession and constructing several approaches to the opposition’s goal, it failed to finish well.

In the 29th minute, Elamurugan had the vacant Arrows’ goal in his sights but failed to drive home from barely 10 yards. On numerous occasions, Arrows’ goalkeeper Kandasamy ventured out of his domain to thwart an Indian Bank attack.

The second half began with Indian Bank searching desperately for an equaliser. It created a flurry of chances early on: Gunasekar’s weak header was tipped over the bar by an alert Kandasamy and Nirmal Kumar shot wide when he had just the goalkeeper to beat.

The only occasion on which Indian bank managed to find the net was an ‘offside’ goal in the dying minutes of the game.

Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of India beat Chennai Soccer 2-0 in the first division league. C. Kannan and J. Fernando scored.

Charles bats well

M. Charles’s unbeaten 72 enabled Cognizant Testing Services beat Kotak Mahindra Bank by 99 runs in the Seven Star Cricket Association-Corporate Twenty20 tournament held here.

The scores:

Cognizant Testing Services 160 for six in 20 overs (S. Vikram 27, M. Charles 72 not out, Syed Basha 33, Jayakanth three for 30) bt Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd 61 in 14.5 overs (R. Rakesh three for 17).

T20 cricket tournament

VS Sports Network will conduct a corporate Twenty20 cricket tournament during the first week of January 2009. The last date for entries is December 26 and for details contact 97909 10341 or 09000 420341.

Kamal adjudged best

R. Kamal (FCI) was declared the ‘Best Lifter’ in the Chennai District weightlifting championships here recently. Tamil Nadu Special Police (Armed Wing) won the team championship while FCI finished in second place.

The winners: 56 kg: V. Rajesh (ICF); 62 kg: S. Sebastian Joseph (SDAT); 69 kg: R. Kamal (FCI); 77 kg: Ram Prakash (Police); 85 kg: M. Pramasivam (SDAT); 94 kg: Chandraskar (Sri Devi); 105 kg: R. Mohan Kumar (Sri Devi); +105 kg: P. Muralidharan (FCI).

Manian is chairman

S.S. Manian has been elected chairman of the South India Body Building Association for a four-year term beginning 2009. Other office bearers: Benny Francis (president), Bette Gowda (working president), R.L. Thiruvengadam (gen. secretary), and M. Panicker (treasurer).

Jr. National badminton

The 33rd junior National badminton championship begins at the A.J. Stadium in Sivakasi on Wednesday. The tournament will see participation of more than 350 players from 29 states.

The inter-State championship will be held on December 10 and 11, while the individual events begin on December 12.

In the boys’ section, B. Sumeeth Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) is the top seed, followed by K. Nanda Gopal (Andhra Pradesh) and Aditya Prakash (Karnataka).

In the girls’ category, Anuradha Shirkhande (Air India), N. Sikki Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) and P.C. Thulasi (Kerala) are the top three seeds in that order.

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