May 14 :
May 14:
Quit-pro-quo at Mohun Bagan
There is either a huge communication failure between Mohun Bagan officials, or it is simply another stunt. On Tuesday the club's football secretary Debashish Dutta quit his post, ostensibly because coach Subrata Bhattacharya had criticised the obtuse state of affairs in the team-forming of the club. Though he mentioned 'personal reasons' in his resignation letter to the secretary, Dutta told reporters later that Bhattacharya's criticism had 'hurt him'.
'We do not have the funds and it is obvious that we will not be able to retain the champion team,' Dutta said.
Incidentally, the impasse obviously has a great deal to do with the secretary's initial weird decision of not making a team this year till his rivals withdrew a court case. The secretary has now called an executive committee meeting Wednesday to 'discuss' the issue.
Norinco win big
Norinco thrashed Indian Aluminium 5-0 in a Telegraph Merchant's Cup match at the CCFC ground Tuesday.
Results: Norinco 5 Indi
an Aluminium 0; The Taj 3 Price
Water House Coopers 0; Bharat
Petroleum 4 Blue Star 3; Jet Air
ways 0 Bata India Ltd 0; KQ
School Advantage 0 Usha Mar
tin 0; Citicorp 1 Confrieght Ship
ping 1; INFAR 5 HTA 1; ITC In
fotech 2 Madhya Bharat Papers
1; Selvel A 5 J Thomas 1; Tata B 1
Apeejay Surrendra Group 1;
Bayview Technologies 2 Magors
1; Tata Tea 3 Digital Think B 1
Sarkar dead
Renowned soccer player of the 1950s and 60s, Nilesh Sarkar(67) breathed his last Tuesday, following severe cerebral attack at his Bally residence. He was known as Hattrick Sarkar in his playing days for his penchant for scoring hattricks. The centre-forward, popular among his fans for his skill and goal-scoring abilities, had played for both East Bengal and Mohun Bagan in a career spanning almost a decade. He had also represented the state side. Sarkar is survived by wife and two sons.
Big win for Bagan eves
Mohun Bagan trounced Rampur MS 10-0 in a in a women's league match Tuesday. Sujata Kar was the top-scorer with three goals while S. Sinha, S. Sapui and G. Devi scored two goals each. B Devi scored the 10th for Bagan. In another match Itika Memorial beat Samannoy by a solitary goal, Tumpa Mondal scoring.
Sub-jr cricket
Mithun Goswami of Sonai MCCC was the stand-out performer on the second day of the Amabar Roy sub-junior cricket tournament Tuesday. He took six wickets for seven runs that helped his team to an easy nine wickets victory.
Washout
All the matches of the BHA Group A league were washed out following torrential showers in the afternoon.
TODAY IN SPORT
FOOTBALL: Telegraph Merchant's Cup: Transways vs Selvel B, India Foils vs Telegraph Sports, ITC B vs Transworld, The Park vs Eveready Industries (All matches at 7 pm); Allied Domecq vs Assam Co, Marine Container Services vs ICRA, Hyatt Regency vs Eveready Solutions, ITC A vs Seagrams (All matches at 7:30 pm); Airtel vs ABN Amro, Tata A vs O&M, Britannia vs ICICI Bank, BDA vs Volga (IFB Agro) (All matches at 8 pm) Matches at CCFC ground.
Women's league: Mohun Bagan AC vs Youth Footballer (SAI); Nabajanma vs Bally Gramanchal (Howrah Stadium) All matches at 4 pm
CRICKET: Ambar Roy sub-junior cricket tournament (Eden Gardens)