MUMBAI, June 29: Vikrant Patwardhan and Samapada Shetye were given top honours in the men's and woman's section of the Vanita Samaj Open Badminton Tournament.SEEDINGS
Men's Singles: 1- Vikrant Patwardhan, 2- Amrish Shinde, 3- Mayur Ghatnekar, 4- Nimish Goyal. Doubles: 1- Rajeev Bagga/Milind Ghate, 2- Amrish Shinde/ Mayur Ghatnekar, 3- Bhushan Akut/Mangrish Palekar, 4- Mayur Tawade/Vikrant Patwardhan. Sub-Jr Boys: 1- Amit Singh, 2- Swapnil Vyavaharkar, 3- M Gonsalves, 4- Aditya Kulkarni. Midget Boys: 1- Sagar Chopra, 2- Rohit Sadani, 3- Abhinav Kapoor, 4- Varun Govande. Mini Boys: 1- Akshay Dewalkar, 2- Kaustubh Khare. Ladies Singles: 1- Sampada Shetye, 2- Kirti Kadam. Doubles: 1- Sampada Shetye/Kirti Kadam, 2- Asavari Patwardhan/Hufrish Nariman. Sub Jr Singles: 1- Ramya Venkat, 2- Neha Vad. Midget Singles: 1- Shivani Mayekar, 2- Amruta sawant, 3- Shweta Khare, 4- Druti Deshpande. Mini: 1- Anagha Bhide, 2- Girija Swaminathan.
St Joseph's in semis
A fine hat-trick by Clive Cowenssaw St Joseph's (Mira Road) beat Fatima Khar 3-1 in the quarter-finals of the Guru Nanak football Cup organised by MDFA at the St Xavier's Ground, Parel.
Oswald Dias reduced the margin for Fatima. Joseph's now meet Cafe Royal in the semi-finals.
Ziauddin remembered
Glowing tributes were paid to former All India Football Federation (AIFF) president, M Khalifa Ziauddin in a condolence meeting held in his remebrance at the Cooperage, on Sunday.
Among those to speak on the occasion were thespian Dilip Kumar, Dr A Undre and Haroon rashid, editor, Inquilab. President of the western India Football Association (WIFA) and vice-president of AIFF announced that the WIFA super division league will now be called the Ziauddin League.
MCA extends date
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) had extended the last date for trasfer of registration of players from June 30 to July 6, 1998. Inclement weather was cited as the reason for the extension by Prakash Kelkar, Hon. Secretary (Registration), MCA.
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