M. Bharath's brace handed Southern Railway a 3-0 win over SBI in the St. Joseph's-CFA senior division league here on Thursday.
The defeat signalled relegation for SBI as the second-last team in the competition with four points and a solitary game in hand.
Jaison Baby put Southern Railway ahead in the 16th minute when a lapse in SBI's defence line following a corner resulted in a goalmouth skirmish. Baby's right-footer, although mild, still found the net through the maze of defenders.
A few minutes later, Mohd. Habib squandered a chance to equalise when he went one on one with the Southern Railway goalkeeper, Amalraj.
Habib's shot was saved by the custodian diving to his right at full stretch.
SBI's Mathan brought down Venkatesan in the box in the 77th minute, resulting in a penalty for Southern Railway, which was converted by Bharath for 2-0. Bharath added to the tally in the 86th minute when his long-ranger from about 30 yards whistled past the airborne goalkeeper and into the goal. Amalraj was named Man of the Match.
In the first division league, a brace each by M. Karthick and A. Ranjith helped Universal beat Perambur Blues 5-3.
Srayas triumphs
Tiruichi's Srayas clinched the boys' under-10 singles title at the Nippon Paint-SDAT state junior badminton tournament, with a 21-9, 21-10 win over Siddhanth Gupta, here at the Nehru Indoor stadium on Wednesday.
The results:
Boys' under-10 (singles, final): P.V. Srayas bt Siddhanth Gupta 21-9, 21-10.
Girls' under-13 (singles, quarterfinals): R. Ramya bt J. Sifra 21-12, 11-21, 21-18; R. Priyadarshini bt K. Deepta 11-21, 22-20, 21-12; A. Arthipriyanka bt D. Keerthana 21-15, 21-16; S. Samitha Devi bt Vaishnavi 21-16, 21-18.
Doubles (semifinals): K. Deepta & R. Thanushree bt B. Neela & Ramya 21-18, 21-13; R. Priyadarshini & A. Arthipriyanka bt R.B. Madhumitha & B. Preethi 21-11, 21-11.
Selection trials
Thiruvallur District Basketball Association will conduct selection trials for boys and girls in the under-16 age group on April 23 at 8 a.m. at the ICF South Colony basketball ground.
For details, contact Mathiyalagan (ph: 9383216113).
Cricket camp
MAS Cricket Club will conduct summer coaching camp between April 25 and May 31 at C. Kandaswamy Naidu College in Anna Nagar and Dunlop Ground, Ambattur.
Contact: G.V. Manivannan, Ph: 9444122716 and M.A. Subramanian, Ph: 9382851449.
