S. Railway poised to win

Chennai: Southern Railway is well poised to take the cup in the all-India Basheer Ahmed Memorial hockey tournament after scoring its second successive win in the semifinal league on Thursday at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium.

Southern Railway, which beat Indian Bank 3-2 needs only a draw on Friday against SAI South.

The results: (semifinal league):

ICF 4 (Ashok Kumar, Sathya Raj, Ramesh Babu) bt SAI South 2 ( Mariya Stalin, Manoj).

Southern Railway 3 (Ganesh, Lakshman Karan, Divakaran) bt Indian Bank 2 (Nishanth).