MSU in last eight

Chennai: Madras Sporting Union and ASC Centre, Bangalore, sealed quarterfinal berths in the Don Bosco-Fr. McFerran Trophy football tournament with first round wins on Tuesday.

Two goals from corners gave MSU a 2-0 win over Manipur Brothers Sporting Union.

MSU went ahead in the 18th minute, thanks to an error from Manipur Brothers keeper K. Kangjamba. Striker Amoafo flicked on a corner from left winger David straight at Kangjamba, who let it bounce off his chest and into the net.
In the 81st minute, MSU wrapped it up. A short corner from the right flag was played to P.C. Riju. The forward measured a floated ball into the far post, where centre half Ronald leapt and headed cleanly in.
Earlier, ASC Centre beat Taltala Dipti Sangh of Kolkata 4-2 on penalties, after the game had ended 2-all.
Natarajan stuns Nani K.A. Natarajan upset second seed Nani Rao 7-5, 7-5 in the pre-quarterfinals of the 65 & over event of the T.S. Santhanam memorial National veterans’ tennis championship here.
The results (pre-quarterfinals):
65 & over: D. Balal bt A.V. Dayanandhan 6-2, 6-3; C. Natarajan bt Ramakrishna Rao 6-2, 6-0; T. Parthasarathy bt T.S. Balakrishnan 7-6(2), 6-3; Dr. Cherian bt C.H. Naidu 1-6, 6-2, 6-1; Philip Tharakan bt Somayajulu 6-2, 6-0; K.C. Sharma bt V. Mohd. Ali 6-0, 6-3; K.A. Natarajan bt Nani Rao 7-5, 7-5.
55 & over: C.R. Gangadharan bt Mohd. Oomer 6-0, 6-0; M.S Venkatachalam bt T.V. Subramaniam 6-0, 6-1; N.D. Deshpande bt T.N. Prasad 3-6, 6-2, 3-0, concd.; P. Patnayak bt Premkumar Karra 6-4, 4-5, concd.; Kamal Arvind bt K.R. Nirmal Kumar 6-4, 6-3; P.R. Raju bt M.D. Franklin 6-1, 6-4; A.G. Krishnan bt Rajendran 6-0, 6-2; A.S. Chatwal bt Deenadayalan 6-1, 6-1.
Inter-schools cricket The P.C. Sekhar memorial (under-14) inter-schools cricket tournament, organised by the P.S. Senior Secondary School and sponsored by the Chemplast-Sanmar Group, gets underway at the School premises on Wednesday.