IFA bar on foreigners

The IFA will not allow foreign players in any club other than the Premier division from next season, it was decided at the governing body meeting on Thursday. ?We will not allow foreigners in the lower divisions as this has been affecting the game in the state,? IFA secretary Subrata Dutta said.

Dutta said the Kishore Bharati Stadium will be used by the IFA for the junior footballers. ?We will also form a goalkeeper?s academy there with the help of actor Mithun Chakraborty, who has assured financial help,? he stated.

Mohun Bagan lose again

Mohun Bagan lost their third CAB league match in a row, this time by 138 runs to Calcutta Customs.

SUMMARISED SCORES

• Calcutta Customs 309. Mohun Bagan 171 (Sourav Mondal 5/33). Calcutta Customs won by 138 runs.

• Tollygunge Agragami 307. Rajasthan 200 (Kunal Bajpayee 7/47). Tollygunge won by 107 runs.

• Barisha SC 267. Town Club 213/7 (Mayukh Biswas 54, Sujoy Parui 5/85) Match drawn.

• CPT 196. Paikpara SC 200/6 (S. N. Mishra 54 n.o.). Paikpara won by 4 wkts.

• Shyambazar Club 381/7. Ananda Bazar Patrika SC 158/9 (Arghya Mitra 60; S.A. Ahmed 5/47, Anirban Chatterjee 3/59). Shyambazar won by 223 runs.

• Kalighat 379/2. Wari AC 238 (Jasbinder Singh 71; Avik Chowdhury 4/19). Kalighat won by 141 runs.

• ERSA 247. DKS 249/6 (Gautam Shome 55, Soham Ghosh 51, Gaurav Mukherjee 50). DKS won by 4 wkts.

School cricket

Calcutta Boys? beat St Xavier?s by two wickets in the SLOBA-organised inter-school meet on Thursday.

Brief scores

St Xavier?s 154/5 (Soldar Rahman 49, Agneev Ghosh 27 n.o.). Calcutta Boys? School 155/8 (Debapriya Sur 85 n.o., Arijit Banerjee 33). Calcutta Boys? won by 2 wkts.

TODAY IN SPORT

CRICKET: Ranji Trophy: Bengal vs Madhya Pradesh ? opening day at Eden Gardens from 9 am.

CRICKET: Inter-school matches organised by SLOBA at St Lawrence ground from 7.30 am.

TENNIS: AITA Talent Series meet: Matches at Calcutta Gymkhana from 10 am.