N Sanjay defeated LIC's Anup Deshmukh, Vedant Goswami defeated former National champion and IM Ponnuswamy Konguvel of ONGC while IM Neeraj Mishra of Tata Steel crashed to teenager Amardeep Bartakke. Jha defeated Sahu when the latter played a wrong move from an advantageous position. Sahu's 22nd move 22...c3 opened up the game for Jha when Sahu had a clear plan on the queen-side. Jha went on to win in 43 moves.

Jha in the lead may be joined by Sudhakar Babu of Indian Bank or Atanu Lahiri of LIC. Both were playing in the top board. But by all accounts the game seemed headed for a draw.

RESULTS (8th round): Sriram Jha (2330 international rating) 7 points bt IM Shekar Chandra Sahu(2290) 6; Dinesh Kumar Sharma (2375) 5.5 lost to GM Dibyendu Barua (2540) 6.5; N Sanjay (2285) 6.5 bt Anup Deshmukh (2430) 5.5; IM Ponnuswamy Konguvel (2410) 5 lost to Vedant Goswami (2230) 6; IM Verghese Koshy (2340) 6 bt Swayan Baran de 5; Amardeep Bartakke (2220) 6 bt N Neelakanthan (2260) 5; K Vishweshwaran (2240) 5.5 drew with Agrydip Das (2170) 2170.

BHA COLTS IN FINAL: Bomabay Hockey Association (BHA) Colts and Karnataka Postal Board will meet in the final of the 19th Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar All-India hockey tournament at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium, Kolhapur.

Colts defeated Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) 3-1 in the first semifinal while Karnataka Postal Board got past Central Railway, Mumbai 4-1 via tie-breaker.

LACROIX SHINES: Romelly Lacroix helped Voltas SC beat BPCL (Refinery) 3-1 in the Bombay Hockey Association League, sponsored by Punjab National Bank, at the Naigaum Police headquarters ground.

Results: Voltas SC 3 (Romelly Lacroix 2, D Rosario) bt BPCL 3-1 (DeepakPatel).

SHIVLE WINS: DM Patil of JSM Shivle won the 52kg with a total lift of 407.5kg in the Inter-collegiate power-lifting at the University Pavilion.VV Shirke of Joshi Bedekar College stood second and NM Gawade of RKT won the bronze medal.

Results: 56kg1 Ashish Kharkar (Dnyana Sadhana, 412.5kg), 2 PU Narvekar (AP Com), 3 VM Kamatha (Dnyana Sadhana); 60 kg: 1 DS Masavkar (Dnyana Sadhana), 2 SS Bagayatkar (Rizvi), 3 YS Patankar (Siddharth);67.5: 1 NR Raksha (KMC), 2 MM Khan (Khandwala), 3 YU Ovhal (RKT);75kg: 1 Ganesh Mandave (Acharya), 2 Mangesh Nimbkar (Birla), 3 VS Dixit (PD Lions);100kg: 1 MH Kadam (Kirti), 2 S Thakkar (Khandwala);110kg: 1 Vishal Bhosekar (Mithibai, 415kg); 125 kg: 1 SS Shetty (Bhavan's, 640 kg), 2 Pujari Sachin (Sathaya)

RUPAREL WIN: Last year's champion Ruparel scored a comfortable eight-wicket win over HR Commerce in the Inter-Collegiate cricket tournament at the Matunga Ground today.

Result:Jhunjhunwala 355-7 bt Sant Gadge Maharaj 134 (Praful Mahajan3-20);Siddharth 127 (Kamlesh 33, Mahesh Shelke 6-30); Narsee Monje 196 (A TRivedi 40, S Deshmukh 3-43) bt Mithibai 109 (K Gupte 5-77);RA Podar 424-5 (Salil Vaidya 198 n.o., Premjit Tawde 110) bt NR Swamy 156 (Vikas 40, CHatak Vakharia 44-3, Premal Rachh 3-24)

Rizvi in final: AH Rizvi entered the final of light-flyweight category when he defeated TO Khope of KMC in the Inter-collegiate boxing tourney at the University Pavilion.

Results: Lt fly: 1 Sameer Lonkar (Ruparal) bt Jigar Mehta (MV & LU); Fly wt: RR Mhatre (ASC) bt Imran Yusuf (Mahrashtra); A Survase (Bhavans) bt PR Pathare (KMC);Bantam: OB Yadav (Lajpatrai) bt RJ Mishra (MV & LU); M Ahmed (Mah) bt MS Alva (KMC);Feather: Yusuf Khan (Wilson) bt Kiran Shinde (Kirti); RA Bhilare (Lajpatrai) bt SA Chatbar (Mithibai); Lt Wt: SR Singh (Laj) bt MM Tripathi (MV & LU); A Jadhav (Siddharth) bt VV Ingawale (Siddharth); Lt Welter: JP Patil (KMC) bt MM Attari )MV & LU); M Devatval (Laj) bt H Pawar (Kirti); Welter: W Mushter (Mah) bt SG Joshi(Pendharkar)Sant shines: ENS New English's (Bandra) spin twin Prasanna Sant (3-27) and Amay Waingankar (3-20) ran through CL Boys, Dadar, batting for a 95-run victory in the second round of the MSSA-Colgate Inter-Schools Giles Shield cricket tournament (40-overs) at Azad Maidan.

Brief scores: IES Modern English 97 (Dhanajay Sawant 38 n.o., Shallesh Shetty 6-23) lost to Vasant Vihar 98-3 (Ganesh Shirkant 40 n.o.). Bhativedanta Swami Mission (Juhu) 72 (Swapnil Jadhav 3-15) lost to St Stanislaus 74-0 (Swapnil Jadhav 42 n.o.). IES New English (Bandra) 186 (Rahul Belnekar 46, Amey Waigankar 34; Yogesh Bhalerao 3-29) beat C L Boys (Dadar) 91 (Amit Anjarlekar 33, Santosh Nishad 3-21, Prasanna Sant 3-27, Amey Waigankar 3-20). St Joseph's (Wadala) 101 (Sagar Dumbre 4-33) lost to St Xavier's Boys Academy 104-3 (Sagar Dumbre 57 n.o.). St Andrew's (Bandra) 91 (J D'Mello 30, Sunny Dhamnaskar 4-19) lost to Shardashram (Marathi) 97-3 (Sunil Lingayat 32 n.o.). IES Nabar Guruji 100 (Vikaram Rawat 4-24, Darpan Shelar 5-7)lost to Bright English (Bhandup) 101-4.

Agnelo nets five : Five goals by Agnelo Fernandes was the highlight of St Anne's, Orlem, 11-1 triumph over St Joseph's, Malad, in the second-round of the MSSA-Colgate Jr Aga Khan boys under-16 hockey tournament at the St Andrew's ground, Bandra, today.

Results: Boys (2nd-round): Don Bosco, Matunga, 2 (Nigel D'Souza, Baptist D'Souza) bt Don Bosco, Borivli, 0; St Andrew's, Bandra, 3 (Adil Mukadam 2, Imran Khan) bt St Stanislaus B 0; St Anne's, Orlem, 11 (Agnelo Fernandes 5, Savio Nayak 3, Snedon Pereira 2, Ruben Bent) bt St Joseph's, Malad, 1 (Dheeman Kadam); St Stanislaus A, Bandra, 9 (Kyle Mascarenhas 4, Russel Drego 2, Jonathan Fernandes, Delano D'Souza, Avlon D'Souza) bt St Theresa's, Bandra, 0.

Girls under-16 Knock-out: St Francis Xavier, Kanjur Marg, 2 (Evette Colaco, Nutan Kudkar) bt St Teresa's, Santa Cruz, 1 (Rachael Silva); St Joseph's, Vikhroli, 2 (Marushka Dias 2) bt Canossa Convent, Andheri, 0; St Joseph's, Bandra, 2 (Mitchelle Fizardo 2) btDurello Convent, Bandra, 1 (Rachelle D'Silva).

Heena dazzles: Heena Khan's 26 points were the feature of Apostolic Carmel's, Bandra, 56-0 victory over St Anne's A, Fort, in the MSSA-Colgate Inter-School girls' under-16 basketball tournament at the MSSA-Castrol Schools Sports Centre, Azad Madian, today.

Results: Apostolic Carmel, Bandra, 56 (Heena Khan 26, Nandita Gomes 14, Fiona Dharmai 6) bt St Anne's A, Fort, 0; Mary Immaculate, Borivli, 43 (Neha Deshpande 18, Charmaine Caldera 10, Reema Patel 8) bt Holy Name, Colaba, 18 (Ashwini Gade 8, Ahmedi Shaikh 5); Canossa Convent, Andheri, 13 (Rochelle L 13) bt Convent of Jesus & Mary 8 (Karen Rebello 5); IES V N Sule Guruji failed to turn up against The Scholar School.