Enterprising striker Sai Sankhe produced a 5-star performance by scoring five goals in leading Mumbai Knights FA to a convincing 6-1 win against India Rush in a Women’s Premier Division match of the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) League 2022-2023 and played at the Neville D’Souza Ground, Bandra on Sunday morning.
The tall dashing forward scored the first five goals in succession before talented teammate Bhumika Mane scored the sixth goal to complete the winning tally. India Rush striker Sumaiyya Shaikh got the lone goal.
Earlier, South Mumbai United recorded an identical 6-1 margin of victory against Bodyline SC. South Mumbai United’s striker Glynette Picardo scored a brace of goals while Nandani Balla, Florian Pereira, Priyanka Sutaria and Shreya Bhat, all contributed one goal each to complete the margin of victory, while Diti K. scored Bodyline’s only goal of the match.
Results – Women’s Super Div: South Mumbai United 6 (Glynette Picardo 2, Nandani Balla, Florian Pereira, Priyanka Sutaria, Shreya Bhat) beat Bodyline SC 1 (Diti K.).
Mumbai Knights FA 6 (Sai Sankhe 5, Bhumika Mane) beat India Rush 1 (Sumaiyya Shaikh).
Yuva President’s League – Boys’ U-13: Vasai Virar UFA 2 (Fahad Khan, Fabio Marian) beat Charkop FC 0.
Boys’ U-15 play-offs: Offshoots FC 5 (Aayan Pawar, Ishan Vats, Ansh Shetty, Ronit Thakker, Arnav Wareshi) beat Vasai Virar UFA 4 (Vernon Kanchan, Rudra Sunar, Daniel Cameiro, Vaibhav Tank) via the tie-breaker. Full-time – 0-0.