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Jawahar Union won the B Division League Bangalore Blues Cup 2011-12, on March 4th. They beat Bangalore Kickers to win the cup.Both teams have been promoted to A Division for the year 2012-13. Five teams - BWSSB, Young Muslims, Goans, Sunrising and BHEL (EPD) have been relegated to C Division. Thirteen teams had participated in the championship held in Bangalore Football Stadium.  Jawahar Union team with the championship trophy. Pic: Bangalore District Football Association A R Khaleel, Founder President of Jawahar Union, received the championship trophy on behalf of the team. ⊕

Army Green won the 15th Field Marshall K M Cariappa Memorial Hockey Tournament on February 19th. The team beat MEG'A' by 4-0. For Army Green, the goals were scored by Roam, Hemlet, Gabriel and Binoy at the 20th, 31st, 35th and 57th minutes respectively.⊕

On February 15th, Day 15 of the B Division Bangalore Blues Cup 2011-12, Bangalore Kickers and Royals emerged winners. The tournament is being held at the Bangalore Football Stadium and is organised by Bangalore District Football Association. In the first match, Bangalore Kickers beat BWSSB by 3-2. For Kickers, Diyananda scored two goals at the 46th and 59th minute, and Suri scored one goal at the 15th minute. For BWSSB, both goals were scored by Joseph, in the 31st and 33rd minutes.In the second match, Royals beat Minerva by 4-0. For Royals, Saravana, Murthy, Venu and Roymond scored at the 7th, 13th,…

Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) will conduct an Entrance/Promotional Football Referees Examination in the last week of April. Candidates in the age group of 18 to 28 years can apply. Candidate should have passed SSLC examination and have knowledge of football. Classes for the exam will be conducted during March. The exam will be held at Bangalore Football Stadium.For details, contact M S Krishnamurthy, Chairman of the Referee Board of KSFA or M R Ranganath, Referee Instructor and KSFA Administrator. Ph: 9880179080/ 9880649888/ 25512996 ⊕

On Day 7 of the B Division football league Bangalore Blues Cup 2011-12, Young Muslims beat Goans by 6-3. In the match on January 31st, Vishwajeeth, Abilash and Akilesh scored two goals each for Young Muslims.Vishwajeeth scored at the 6th and 12 minute; Abilash at the 33rd and 42nd minute, and Akilesh at the 35th and 50th minute. For Goans, Dinesh scored at the 49th minute; John Gilbert scored two goals at the 46th and 61st minute.In the second match, Royals beat Bangalore Kickers by 2-1. Akash and Shin scored for Royals at 31st and 34th minute respectively. Dayananda scored…

Karnataka lost bronze medal to Uttar Pradesh in the 38th Junior National Volleyball Championship for Boys, which ended on January 29th in West Bengal. Karnataka ranked fourth in the Boys Championship.UP beat Karnataka by 79-59 (28-26, 25-09, 26-24). Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh won gold and silver medals respectively.In the Girls Championship, Karnataka ranked fifth. The state team was defeated in the quarter final itself by Uttar Pradesh by 96-81 (21-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-16). West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu won gold, silver and bronze respectively.⊕

Kodava Samaj, Bangalore, will conduct Field Marshall K M Cariappa Memorial Hockey Tournament from 9th to 19th February at KSHA Stadium under the auspices of Karnataka State Hockey Association (KSHA). Teams affiliated to KSHA may send the entry to Kodava Samaja Recreation Club or KSHA office. For further details, contact C S Poonacha/A B Palangappa - 9480490611/9448082668. ⊕

BEML, Bangalore and HAL won in the D S Murthy and V Karunakaran Memoral Hockey Tournament matches held on January 17th.In the first match BEML, Bangalore beat RBI by 4-0. For BEML, Surendra scored two goals at the 29th and 39th minute. Ramesh scored a goal at the 49th minute and Subbaiah scored one at the 58th minute.In the second match, HAL beat ABHA by 8-1. For HAL, Mohammed Nayeemuddin scored four goals at the 21st, 27th, 45th and 56th minutes. Nagasreeni scored a goal at 31st minute, Teja Babu at 34th minute, Ponnanna at 39th minute and Sujith Kumar…

Results of D S Murthy and V Karunakaran Memorial Hockey TournamentJanuary 10: In the first match, PCTC beat Postal by 6-2 via tie-breaker. During regulation time, teams were tied at 2-2. For PCTC, J Purthy and Kerketta scored at 14th and 56th minute respectively. For Postal, Chalke and Naveen Shekar scored at 26th and 28th minute respectively.January 9: BEML, Bangalore beat RWF in the first match by tie-breaker. The teams were tied at the score of 1-1. For BEML, Aravind had scored a goal in the 42nd minute. For RWF, Jayaraj had scored in the 36th minute.January 8: In the…

In the match on January 5th, Blue Star HC beat Chitradurga HC by 5-0. For Blue Star HC, goals were scored by Shyam at the 5th minute, Mandanna at 11th minute, Nanaiah at 33rd minute, Shan Bopaiah at 40th minute and Mandanna at 51st minute.Match Schedule for January 6th:Blue Star HC Vs ITI at 3 pmRainbow HC Vs BEML, Bangalore at 4.30 pm⊕