Date:01/05/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/05/01/stories/2009050156491800.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Dindigul enters semifinals

KARAIKUDI: Dindigul won a penalty shootout 2-0 against Chennai and entered the semifinals of the 25th sub-junior State football championship, organised by the Sivaganga District Football Association, here. The teams were locked 2-2 at the end of regulation time.

Other results: Quarterfinals: Sivaganga 3 (Suresh 2, Karthikeyan) bt Pudukottai 0.

Pre-quarterfinals: Nilgiris 2 (Mithun, Ashok Raj) bt Kancheepuram 1 (Viji).

First round: Ramanathapuram 6 (Aravind 2, Akthar Ali, Abdul Rahman, Mohammed Faris, Firdous Khan) bt Karur 0; Madurai 8 (Antony Irudayaraj, Saddam Hussain 2, Joshua 3, Nirmal Kumar, Vignesh) bt Namakkal 0; Thanjavur 3 (Amirdeen 3) bt Kanyakumari 2 (Ajin 2).

Coaching camp

The Erode District Cricket Association will conduct a summer coaching camp for the under-13 and 16 boys at the Railway Colony Institute Grounds from May 1 to 15. Contact R.J. Balaji, at 9443598326.