Nikhil struck twice as Nirmala College (Muvattupuzha) defeated host Mar Thoma 3-0 and entered the semifinals of the 47th Mar Thoma Trophy all-Kerala inter-collegiate football tournament here on Wednesday.
The results (quarterfinals): Nirmala (Muvattupuzha) 3 (Sajin 18th, Nikhil 31st & 58th) bt Mar Thoma (Thiruvalla) 0; Mar Athanasius (Kothamangalam) 1 (Dinil 62nd) bt Maharaja’s (Ernakulam) 0; Christ (Irinjalakuda) 2 (Binu Varghese 19th, Sreejith Raj 48th) bt Sacred Heart (Thevara) 0.
Original Article on: The Hindu
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Thursday 28 January 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.