MDFA Elite Div football
Defending champions Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) eased to a comfortable 3-1 win against Mumbai Customs in an Elite Division encounter of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2018-2019, and played at the Western Railway ground.
In a well-contested encounter, ONGC took the lead through Sunil Lohar in the 69th minute, but Customs put up a spirited fight back and restored parity through Hekmat Singh’s 80th minute striker. ONGC produced a late charge and scored twice in the final seven minutes through Nitesh Monde and Arif Shaik to complete a deserving win.
Later in the day, Western Railway enjoyed complete dominance and stormed to a facile 4-0 win against Central Railway. Prolific striker Reuben D’Souza netted a brace of goals while Charanjit Singh got one. The fourth was a gift as Akshay Kamble scored an own goal.
Results – Elite Div: Western Railway SA 4 (Reuben D’Souza 2, Charanjit Singh, Akshay Kamble-OG) beat Central Railway 0.
ONGC 3 (Sunil Lohar, Nitesh Monde, Arif Shaik) beat Mumbai Customs 1 (Hekmat Singh).