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THE FREE PRESSJOURNAL MUMBAI | SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 24, 2019 FPJ SPORTS 9 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE example in leaving out Christan for Spurs' second seven minutes London Eriksen with the Dane one of a later when a lovely flick from Alli number of Spurs players into the sent Son racing down the left and ose Mourinho delivered Tot- final months of his contract and his inch-perfect cross was met by tenham's first away win in showing no signs of agreeing a Moura at the back post. J the Premier League since new deal. "We have to make the The same two players should Kane nets twice as Tottenham overcome West Ham United January in his first game in right decision for the club," Mour- have combined for the visitors' charge with a 3-2 win at West Ham inho said on Eriksen's future be- third just two minutes into the sec- to catapult Spurs up to sixth. fore kick-off, but his decision to ond half when Son sent Moura Son Heung-min, Lucas Moura field a front four of Dele Alli with clean through on goal, but the and Harry Kane got the goals as Son, Moura and Kane worked. Brazilian dragged his shot wide to Mourinho made an instant impact Kane had smashed the ball past the despair of Mourinho, who after replacing the sacked Mauri- beleaguered West Ham goalkeeper sank to his knees on the touchline. cio Pochettino on Wednesday. Roberto after just three minutes Tottenham's celebrations were A much-needed three points will from Alli's pass but was denied by only put on hold for another two help to endear Mourinho to a skep- the offside flag. An injury to first- minutes as Serge Aurier's cross tical Spurs support who were sad choice stopper Lukasz Fabianski picked out Kane to head home and to see Pochettino's five-and-a-half has coincided with a run of eight become the third highest goalscor- year spell in charge of the club end games without a win for West Ham er in Spurs' history with 175. just six months after leading the with a string of errors from Rober- The England captain was furious club to a first ever Champions to spreading a lack of confidence at himself for not adding another League final. throughout the team. on the hour mark as he dallied There was no love lost between The Spaniard could have done with just Roberto to beat and was Mourinho's Chelsea sides and Tot- better when Tottenham did open dispossessed by a last-ditch chal- tenham in the past, but his arrival the scoring nine minutes before lenge from Issa Diop. Michail An- had the desired impact for Spurs half-time when another through tonio pulled a goal back for the chairman Daniel Levy, even if a ball from Alli found Son, whose hosts 17 minutes from time, but by West Ham team devoid of confi- shot had too much power for the the time Angelo Ogbonna scored dence made for perfect opponents. hapless 'keeper. West Ham's second six minutes Mourinho followed Pochettino's However, Roberto was blameless into stoppage time it was too late. Chhetri nets match-winner for BFC Aditya, Myrah FPJ CORRESPONDENT TP, finding himself one-on- Bengaluru one with Bengaluru custodi- an Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. emerge champs Bengaluru FC emerged tri- But the Cameroonian blazed umphant after an action- over, much to the disappoint- All The winners packed South Indian derby ment of the away fans. against Kerala Blasters FC 1- Bengaluru finished an ac- 0 at the Sree Kanteerava sta- tion-packed half with dium here on Saturday. Chhetri hitting the side-net- Though Kerala Blasters ting from close range sec- battled valiantly, Bengaluru onds before the whistle. The captain Sunil Chhetri scored Indian captain, however, was the winner with a brilliant not to be denied 10 minutes header in the 55th minute to Bengaluru FC’s Erik after the re-start. preserve his side’s unbeaten Paartalu goes for an Nobody picked up Chhetri record in the Hero Indian Su- from a Dimas Delgado cor- per League. aerial ball during their ner as he placed a diving The win sees the Blues match against Kerala header expertly into the bot- climb up to second on the Blasters FC on Saturday tom corner to send the home table with nine points from crowd into raptures. five games while Kerala That goal broke Kerala FPJ SPORTS DESK Blasters, winless after the Blasters’ rhythm as Bengalu- Mumbai opening match, are seventh. ru started creating chances The away side showed plen- galore. Aditya Jha (Vibgyor) and Myrah Sachdev (Cathedral) the ba- ty of intent right from the They should have scored a bies of the championship, emerged champions in the boys start, pressing Bengaluru second within three minutes and girls respectively, in the MSSA inter-school chess cham- hard and forcing mistakes terms and should have taken lead in the 28th minute when Bengaluru defence. But there of Chhetri’s goal when Re- pionship, at St Sebastian and Loretto Convent School, Chem- from the reigning champi- the lead six minutes later. Harmanjot Khabra played were nervous moments for henesh gave away the ball bur here recently. ons. The first chance did fall Bartholomew Ogbeche fed Udanta Singh free down the the away side in defence too. cheaply inside his own box. Prisha Kesarwani (girls) from the Arya Vidya Mandir Juhu for Kerala Blasters when Ser- Raphael Messi Bouli into the right wing. The winger’s Albert Serran headed over Dimas received the ball and and Aditya Patil (boys) cornered glory in the under-10 section gio Cidoncha picked out box. cross from the byline was from point-blank range after took a shot at goal, but Raju in the contest which witnessed over 1900 students taking part Rahul KP at the far post with He tried to return the headed in by Raphael Augus- Augusto pulled back a ball Gaikwad blocked it heroical- in this three-day tournament in different age groups. a lovely cross. However, the favour, but a sliding Ogbeche to, but the linesman deemed from the byline in the 36th ly. Dhirubhai Ambani International School B K C emerged as youngster mistimed his just could not get there. the ball to have gone over the minute. Bengaluru, however, saw the champion school and ran away with the The Asian Age header and the chance went Bengaluru, after a slow line before Udanta got the Six minutes later, Messi off the rest of the game with Trophy. abegging. start, started to get more on cross in. Bouli wriggled clear of Al- ease to claim bragging rights An energetic Kerala the ball and create chances. An unfazed Kerala contin- bert Serran to latch on to a in what is turning into an in- Blasters continued to dictate They thought they had the ued to ask questions of the long goal kick from Rehenesh tense rivalry. Rudra Dhandy Jaipur girls Jesmi, Saloni rule Mumbai rescues Karnatak FPJ SPORTS DESK and I only see it growing in the years to FPJ SPORTS DESK / Mumbai Mumbai come. I would like to wish all the partic- ipants the very best of luck.” Rudra Jesmi Sojan, and Saloni Ambwani Winners of the Mumbai qualifiers, Dhanday's from Maharani College, Jaipur Jesmi and Saloni said, “Though it was fighting emerged victorious in the Red Bull an easy win for us, the road to the finals century Shuttle Up’s Mumbai Qualifiers at Khar was a tough one. Mumbai has some helped Kar- Gymkhana here on Saturday. The duo amazing players and a win here has just natak Sport- put up an impressive show against Di- given a much needed boost to our confi- ing Association score 230 vya Jha, 18 and Samidhya Machindar, 17 dence. It is a great platform for bad- runs before their first in- from Somaya Sports Academy to win minton players like us who want to nings folded 51.1 overs the finals in straight sets 21-4, 21-10 in showcase their talent in order to grow against Parkophene Crick- just 25 minutes. They will now play the further. Our next aim is to win the Na- eters in their Group-A league National Finals which will be held in tional Finals and play against Ashwini, match on the first day of the Hyderabad on December 8. she is one of our idols and playing two-day match of the 72nd Currently ranked 4th in state of Ra- against her would be a dream come Police Invitation Shield jasthan, Jesmi Sojan and partner Saloni true.” Cricket Tournament, at the Ambwani qualified for the Mumbai Karnatak Sporting Associa- Qualifiers through Red Bulls College Winners of the other city qualifiers: tion, Cross Maidan on Satur- Qualifiers which was held in Jaipur ear- Delhi qualifiers day. Brief scores lier this month. Previously, the duo rep- Winners: Kavya Gandhi / Rageshri Garg resented their school in School Games Group-A: Karnatak Sporting Federation of India's (SGFI) World sport, be it in viewership numbers (5th Runners-up: Anahita and Ojashwini Association: 230 (Rudra Dhanday School Badminton Championship most viewed) or participation (2nd most Hyderabad qualifiers 126; Pardeep Sahu 6-57) vs which was held at Pune in April last played), the tournament aims to further Winners: Poorvi Singh / Vanshika Kapila Parkophene Cricketers. Islam year. The pair practices together in boost and improve participation and Runners-up: Likhita Gouti / Maitreyi Gymkhana:140 (Samit Shetty 37 n.o; Prashant Solanki 3-35) vs Jaipur’s DMR Sports Academy in popularity amongst aspiring women Guwahati qualifiers Eagle Thane Strikers 71-2 (Srujan Jaipur.

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