In brief

C’ Division

KATHMANDU: Amir Loktan scored a hat trick as Sanepa Club defeated Satdobato Youth Club 3-1 in the Western Union Martyrs Memorial ‘C’ Division League Football here at the Dasharath Stadium on Tuesday. Raju Lama pulled back one for Satdobato. Earlier, Nawajyoti Youth Club beat Chandeswori Youth Club 1-0 on a 37th minute goal from Ujjwol Shrestha. — HNS

Basketball

KATHMANDU: Valley Public School advanced to the semi-finals in the girl’s section with a 18-12 win over Mahendra Bhawan at the first Forward Inter-school Basketball Tournament on Tuesday. The boy’s team of Valley Public also won 47-24 over Gillette. In other boy’s matches, North Point edged out Puspanjali 45-27, VS Niketan beat Bishnumati 38-21, Greenland overcame hosts Forward Academy 53-41 and Grammar Public defeated National Model 37-22. — HNS

Table tennis

KATHMANDU: Bibek Karki of Dharan and Avash Aryal of United School won the Under-12 and Under-14 championships respectively in the Hareram Joshi Memorial Table Tennis Tournament on Tuesday. Bibek defeated fellow city-mate Prateek Thapa while Avash overcame Prabin Sherpa of Siddhartha Banasthali in final. — HNS

Mickelson wins

NORTON: Phil Mickelson outplayed Tiger Woods on the front nine and closed with a 5-under 66 to win the Deutsche Bank Championship by two shots on Monday. Woods wound up with a 67 and tied for second with Arron Oberholser (69) and Brett Wetterich (70). Mickelson finished at 16-under 268 and earned $1.26 million, moving him atop the standings in the US PGA Tour Playoffs. — AP