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Viva to play without foreign stars

KOCHI: While the country’s football majors get ready to bring out its foreign stars on the Federation Cup stage in Ludhiana, there was big disappointment from Viva Kerala on this count.“We will be playing the Federation Cup without our foreign stars from Ghana,” said the Viva Kerala Chairman P. Bhaskaran from Chandigarh on Monday evening.

“There are problems...their NOC (no objection certificate) from the Ghana Football Association has not come yet.”

Debutant side

The Kochi-based Viva — which will be making its debut in the National League this season — unveiled its new stars including striker Wisdom Abbey, a former under-17 World Cupper, and midfielder Yaw Amankwa Mireku who played for Ghana in the World Cup qualifiers, a couple of months ago in Kochi.

“But we’re sure the issue will be settled before the National League,” said Mr. Bhaskaran.

Goalkeeper T.G. Purushothaman will lead the side in the Federation Cup. Viva opens its campaign on September 6 against Air-India.

Kollam takes lead

Kollam took the first innings lead against Alappuzha in the South Zone inter-District under-22 cricket match at the Medical College ground in Kottayam on Monday. The two-day match ended in a draw and Kollam took two points from the tie.

The Kottayam-Pathanamthitta match at Nehru Stadium also ended in a draw. The teams got a point each as the first innings couldn’t be completed.

The scores: Alappuzha 127 & 156 for four in 32 overs (Kevin Oscar 67, Fathil 54) drew with Kollam 196 in 48.2 overs (Adarsh 51, Vimal Raj four for 79); Kottayam 212 in 76 overs (Hari 45, Tariq 40) drew with Pathanamthitta 43 for no loss in 12 overs.

Adarsh, Lakshmi triumph

P. Adarsh and Lakshmi Prabha won the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively, in the KDTTA all-Kerala open prize-money tournament in Kozhikode on Sunday.

The results (finals): Men: P. Adarsh bt Vijay Arjun Das 11-6, 11-7, 11-6, 12-14, 11-8. Semifinals: Adarsh bt Glady Gorrea 11-6, 11-9, 11-5, 14-12; Vijay bt Abhinav Ranjith 11-7, 11-6, 11-5, 12-10.

Women: Lakshmi Prabha bt Shikha Jacob 11-4, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3. Semifinals: Lakshmi bt Adheena K. Lathif 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9, 13-11; Shikha bt Aparna D. Nair 11-7, 9-11, 16-14, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4.

Youth: Boys: Vysaksh Ravi bt Vishnu Narayanan 11-7, 11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9. Semifinals: Vysakh bt Arun Kumar 11-7, 11-3, 11-1, 11-6; Vishnu bt Naveen Kurian 11-5, 6-11, 15-13, 8-11, 7-11, 11-4, 12-10.

Girls: Lakshmi Prabha bt Adheena K. Lathif 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 12-10. Semifinals: Lakshmi bt Shikha Jacob 11-8, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8; Adheena bt Anjali Vasudevan 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8.
Champions Trophy basketball

The eighth Champions Trophy basketball tournament will get underway at the St. Thomas floodlit courts in Kurianoor on Tuesday. The five-day tournament held as part of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Pathanamthitta District Basketball Association will feature leading teams of the State in both men’s and women’s sections.

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