MUMBAI: Kanpur professional Shiv Kumar widened his lead, in the Mahindra Golf Rankings for Golfer of the Year Award, over nearest rival Firoz Ali of Calcutta by 34.0 points at the end of the fifth event in the Wills Professional Golfers Association of India Tour.

The top ten: 1.Shiv Prakash, 2.Firoz Ali, 3.Arjun Singh, 4.Basad Ali, 5.Vijay Kumar, 6.Gaurav Ghei, 7.Ali Sher, 8.Sanjay Kumar, 9.Rafiq Ali, 10.Islam Mohd.

EB drub Sporting

CALCUTTA: East Bengal registered one of their biggest wins at the Salt Lake Stadium here today, defeating Mohameddan Sporting 7-1 in a Calcutta Super Division Football League second phase match. Four goals were scored in each half with Sporting contributing only the equaliser after Ghanian Suley Musah had put East Bengal ahead.

East Bengal midfielder Basudeb Mondal added two for his team in the first half. The fourth goal for East Bengal found Bhaichung Bhutia setting up an unmarked Renedy Singh with a measured pass. Renedyhad little difficulty in placing past Sporting goalkeeper Debasis Kundu, doing services in place of an indisposed Shanti Majumdar.

Bhutia once again played a crucial role a few minutes later, grabbing a pass from Jackson Egyogopang and putting Emmanuel Opoku in the clear who scored with a calm head.

Bhutia himself got the sixth goal for his team and substitute Bijen Singh struck the last off a melee, to add the final salt on Sporting's wounds.