SAI swamps KSP

Madikeri: Forward Nitin Thimmaiah scored five goals including a hat-trick as Sports Authority of India (SAI), swamped Karnataka State Police 6-1 in the Super Division hockey league match here on Wednesday.

In the other match, Army Green got the better of Canara Bank 4-2.

The results: SAI 6 (Nitin Thimmaiah 1st, 31st, 45th, 59th, 65th, Aiyappa 47th) bt KSP 1 (Magesh 3rd); Army Green 4 (B. Bengra 11th, Suresh Kumar 23rd, Romen Singh 61st and Jagir Singh 66th) beat Canara bank 2 (Lakshman Rao 5th and Somanna 56th) .