Bosco beat D'Assisi to lift MYFC Cup

MUMBAI: Don Bosco beat St Francis D'Assisi, Borivali 2-0 to win the Mahindra Youth Football Challenge at the Karnataka Sports Association ground, here, on Wednesday. Don Bosco's Troy D'Souza gave his team a first half lead. A second goal in the dying minutes of the second half by Vikrant Belwelkar ensured the championship for Don Bosco. St Francis strove hard, but could not breach Don Bosco's defence.
The winners were awarded Rs 30,000, while the runners-up went home with Rs 20,000. Nathan Fernandes (Don Bosco) was declared the Man of Finals, while Ayush Shetty (Don Bosco) was announced Man of the tournament.
Match Results (Finals): Don Bosco, Matunga 2 (Troy D'souza, Vikrant Belwelkar) bt St Francis D'Assisi, Borivali 0
HF Academy beat Naseeb
Hugh Fernandes Academy (HFA) handed Naseeb FC a narrow 2-1 defeat in a Division-III play-off match of the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) league, played at the St Xavier's ground, Parel on Wednesday evening.
Results: Div-III play-off: Hugh Fernandes Academy 2 (Ian Fialho, Madar Vedkar) beat Naseeb FC 1 (Pandhir Ghanjal). Indian Tigers 5 (Nikhil Chavan, Nilesh Yadav, Kailash D, Nikhil D'Souza, Pritesh Kotian) beat Mahim FC 4 (Steven Correira, Stanford Britto, Elroy Fernandes, Shaun vaz). Div-II: NACIL Air India 2 (Vernon Charles, Shaun Misquitta) beat Classic FC 0.
Punjab down Railways
Men's National champions Punjab romped to their third win on the trot, putting it across Railways 92-81 in an engrossing league encounter of the 7th All India Savio Cup-Don Bosco Basketball tournament, played at the Don Bosco court, Matunga here on Wednesday.
Results: Men's: Punjab 92 (Amritpal Singh (Jr) 22, Amjot Singh 22, Jagdeep Singh 22) bt Railways 81 (Prakash Mishra 25, Gagandeep Singh 22, Sunil 16) (Quarter wise scores: 26-21, 51-46, 74-60, 92-81). Southern Railway 72 (Geetu Anna Jose 35, Anita P. 22, Kokila S. 8) bt Chhattisgarh 61 (Pushpa M 27) (Quarter wise scores: 19-16, 29-22, 47-45, 72-61).