S. Rly. in semifinals

KOVILPATTI: Southern Railway and Canara Bank entered the semifinals of the K.R. Educational Institutions-Lakshmi Ammal Memorial all-India hockey tournament here on Friday.

The results: Quarterfinals: Southern Railway 2 (Gowtham, Diwakaran) bt Tamil Nadu Police 0; Canara Bank 3 (John Varghese, Somanna, Sunil Benjamin) bt G.K. Motors 1 (Saravanan) .