Brief scores: Bengal CC 157 (Sunil Waghela 31) lost to Esplanade Liberals 158-2 (Sushant Marathe 91, Sanket Bhage 46).

Merchant, Saboo up

Yasin Merchant beat D Joshi 67-61, 19-85, 88-18, 111-1, 104-1, 97-3 and Amit Saboo defeated Nikhil Ootam 63-39, 10-55,67-63, 60-50, 7-62, 76-31, 61-16 in the senior snooker round-robin ties of the Khar Gymkhana selection tournament.

Junior snooker: Rehan Patel bt Rishi Ramaiya 49-43, 20-50, 61-48, 53-66, 74-39; Siddharth Mody bt Neeraj Sharma 76-16, 64-8, 48-28; Tushar Balsara bt Jarvan Chinoy 48-11, 37-48, 46-39, 51-25; Vignesh Sanghvi bt Monty Shah 82-43, 62-32, 66-43; Aditya Shah bt Rishabh Thakar 64-36, 64-55, 57-42; Mahesh Jagdale bt AbhimanyuThakersi 84-18, 71-38, 58-11; Siddharth Parekh bt G Kshatriya 20-60, 61-6, 64-56, 62-40; Kabir Malkani bt Andrew Dyer 45-37, 45-56, 64-31, 46-36; Vishal Madan bt P Khatri 79-18, 33-49, 67-16, 60-24; Kunal Ahuja bt Karan Gupta 49-38, 64-24, 39-43, 72-27; Suyog Sawant bt C Sagar 52-15, 94-31, 70-16; Ritesh Shah bt N Mirani 59-11, 78-14, 92-19; Deepak Khubchandani bt K Chimnani 2564, 72-17, 75-22, 74-34; Abhishek Joshi bt S Masand 60-35, 23-35, 51-20, 39-27. Junior billiards (semis): Ritesh Shah bt Abhishek Joshi 317-247; Vishal Madan bt Deepak Khubchandani 372-221.

Holy Cross champs

Holy Cross, Kurla, edged out Sea Liners, Kalina, 1-0 to claim the MDFA Division III football league title at the St Xavier's ground, Parel, today. Savio Gomes scored in the fourth minute.

Deshmukh advances

Im Anup Deshmukh, the top seed, beat Deepak Tamhane in the first-round of the KD Publicity chess tournament, which got under way at the Andheri Sports Complex, today.

In another first-round game, FIDEMaster Avinash Awate beat 12-year-old Sanket Brahmabhat.