Mumbai: Spartan SA scored a hard fought 4-3 win against Steadfast FC in a First Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2018-2019 and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel. For Spartans Striker Saud Sheikh scored two goals while Sajid Shaikh and Vasan Tabapa netted the other two goals to complete the win. Steadfast FC got their goals through Ranzie Kalicharan, Reegan Misquitta and Avlon Dias. In other matches, Mumbai United FC got the better of Maurya Youngstar FA 2-1 and Ratnam FA tamed Vintage Football Club winning by a 4-1 margin.
Results – Div-I: Spartans SA 4 (Saud Sheikh 2, Sajid Shaikh, Vasan Tabapa) beat Steadfast FC 3 (Ranzie Kalicharan, Reegan Misquitta, Avlon Dias); Mumbai United FC 2 (Mahanand Kunal 2) beat Maurya Youngstar FA 1 (Rahul Mathew); Ratnam FA 4 (Kevin Johnson Kevin 2, Sayyed Rehanuddin, Akuma David) beat Vintage Football Club 1 (Singh Shaan).
Mercedes golf today
Former cricketers Ajit Agarkar and S Badrinath would be seen in action in the Mumbai leg of the 19th Mercedes Trophy golf tournament beginning Wednesday. The Mumbai qualifiers will culminate on January 25. Three hundred city golfers are expected to compete for the six available national finals qualification spots in the three-day event being played at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club in suburban Chembur, a media release said Tuesday. The six winners from the Mumbai leg will make it to the national finals in Pune scheduled between March 27-29. The first two legs of qualification in Pune and Bengaluru saw eight spots booked for the National Finals and post the third Mumbai leg, 27 more spots will be up for grabs in the remaining qualification legs.