All hell broke loose after Rhino defender Sanjay Munde struck Uday Gade with his fist and ran away when there were 12 minutes of play left. Gade, in a bid to retaliate, chased Munde all over the field. The Police supporters from the south side joined in chasing the Rhino player and a little later the entire crowd invaded the field and play was brought to a halt.

Fortunately nobody was injured in the fracas and wiser counsel prevailed after the MDFA officials succeeded in pacifying the crowd and play resumed after a 15-minute break. Both, Munde and Gade, were given the marching orders by referee Augustine Mascarenhas.

The pending decision regarding the Holy Family and Naiguam Police Headquarters tie, which ground to a halt when there were four minutes of play left, will be replayed. HolyFamily were leading 3-1 when Naigaum Police appealed for bad light.

Rhino began on a promising note but fulfilled little in the opening half. It was Police who took the lead in the 27th minute. Uady Gade and Santosh Chavan combined to a nicety before Gade broke free at the top of the box and beat Rhino goalkeeper Ajay Lonthe with a rising shot to the 'keeper's right.

In the second-half, Rhino's Ajit Kokate and Satyawan Sawant missed sitters before the Parel outfit rallied to restore parity in the 54th minute through a spot-kick, which was awarded after a Police defender handled the ball in the box. Amol Khaire scored with a shot to the left of goalkeeper Murthy Dravid.

Earlier in the First Division game, Khalsa Gymkhana walked out in protest nine minutes from the close after Bad Boys Club took the lead. They claimed that it was an off-side goal.

Balwani flexes muscles
Ishaan Balwani today staged a remarkable comeback to reach the boys' under-11 semi-finals as the second-leg of the four-legAir-India-SRAM Junior squash tournament at the Willingdon Sports Club. After losing the opening two games rather closely, Balwani recovered to take the next three 7-9, 7-9, 9-4, 9-6, 9-1 quarter-final win over a Jay Dalal.

Results (quarter-finals)
Boys: Under-15: Yogin Thakur bt Satbir Singh 9-6, 8-10, 9-6, 9-4; Pre-quarters: Rishabh Vora bt Ishaan Sakraney 9-3, 9-0, 9-1. Under-13: Jay Bhagat bt Harsh Sethi 10-8, 9-4, 9-7; Naishadh Lalwani bt Manek Mathur 9-5, 5-9, 9-5, 9-5. Pre-quarters: Nikhil Seth bt Nirvan Siga 9-3, 9-0, 9-0. Under-11: Ishaan Balwani bt Jay Dalal 7-9, 7-9, 9-4, 9-6, 9-1. Girls: Under-19 (first roound): Priyanka bt Anaheeta 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; Rachita Vora bt Shaila Pandole 9-6, 9-3, 9-5; Natasha Sabarwal bt Nikita Emanuel 3-9, 9-4, 9-4, 9-6. Under-15: Natasha Lall bt Shailee Shelke 9-0, 9-2, 9-1.

Shaikh to coach
Squash coach Abdul Shaikh of Canada has been invited by the Squash Racquets Association of Maharashtra (SRAM) and Indian Squash Professionals (ISP) to coachyoungsters at Otters Club and Cricket Club of India (CCI) here. Shaikh would coach at Otters Club from November 3-8 and at CCI from 9-11.