Sk Jamal tame Ctg Abahani

A brace each from Emeka Darlington and Wedson Anselme powered Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club to a 5-1 win over Chittagong Abahani in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier League at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong yesterday.

The tenth win in 14 matches means leaders Sheikh Jamal take their tally to 33 points, seven ahead of joint second-placed Mohammedan and Sheikh Russel KC though, even though the Mohammedan have played one match less while Sheikh Russel have played two matches less than the defending champions.

Chittagong Abahani, who were in tenth position with 7 points, came into the match on the back of two successive draws against Muktijoddha Sangsad and Abahani, but they failed to carry the momentum of against star-studded Sheikh Jamal, who played pressing football on a rain-soaked pitch to take a comfortable 3-0 lead by the end of the first half.

Left-back Yeamin Munna gave the visitors the lead in the ninth minute with a placing shot before Emeka headed a Mohammad Linkon cross home to double the lead in the 17th minute. Wedson then made it 3-0 in the 41st minute to join the league's top-scorer Augustine Walson with 14 goals.

Wedson surpassed Walson six minutes after restart before Hanif reduced the margin for the port city side in the 89th minute. However, Emekta struck his 11th goal of the league in the stoppage time to seal the victory. 

UGLY SCENES AT OLD DHAKA DERBY

Here at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Rahmatganj MFS and Farashganj SC shared the spoils of a 2-2 draw. The battle between the two Old Dhaka outfits got ugly as Farashganj's football coordinator Gazi Sarwar Hossain Babu, who is a Jubo League (South) leader, pushed BFF guards to enter the field before threatening the cops.

The Farashganj officials got angry and claimed that referee Chowdhury Nayan was biased and robbed them of their first league win this season.  

Farashganj had taken the lead in the first minute when Peter Akinyele headed in a Farhaduzzaman Babu corner before new-signing Pushbon Mollah doubled the lead seven minutes into the second half by tapping in a low cross from Mohammad Yousuf.

Rahmatganj reduced the margin in the 78th minute, thanks to Farashganj's Nigerian defender David Udoh Bright who sent a Mannaf Rabby cross into his own net.

When Farashganj were sensing their maiden win substitute Mohammad Helal equalised the margin availing a cross from Nurul Absar deep into stoppage time.

The draw took Rahmatganj to 11 points in eighth position while Farashganj SC have four points at the bottom of the table.