MDFA Div-2 football
Sporting Options recovered from an early setback and fought hard to overcome Khiladi Connect 2-1 in a Second Division match of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2018-2019, and played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.
Tejendra Singh scored in the third minute to give Khiladi Connect the lead. Stung by that reverse, Sporting Options regrouped and made a strong reply and seven minutes later drew level when Asif Dayatar found the net before Rohan Luhera scored the decisive winning goal in the 70th minute to help Options walk away with all the three points.
In another match, Athens XI romped to a 2-1 win against Sirf Keval SC to pick the three points. Athens strikers Umar Qureshi (16th minute) and Nikhil Makwana (38th minute) were bang on target with a goal each, while Sirf Keval pulled one back through Umair Khan (63rd minute) strike.
Results – Div-II: Sporting Options 2 (Asif Dayatar, Rohan Luhera) beat Khiladi Connect 1 (Tejendra Singh).
Athens X1 2 (Umar Qureshi, Nikhil Makwana) beat Sirf Keval 1 (Umair Khan).