Ascend International (BKC) beat Holy Family (Andheri) 5-4 via tie-breaker in the final of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association-organised U-8 five-a-side football tournament at the Neville D'Souza turf in Bandra yesterday. Among the attendees for the exciting final were an animated Bollywood super star Aamir Khan with wife Kiran Rao, jumping and cheering from the sidelines for their son, Azad, who was playing for Ascend.

Positioned as a defender, Azad denied quite a few opposition attacks by successfully clearing the ball from just outside the penalty area. Aamir, who celebrated his 54th birthday yesterday, was over the moon. "I'm very happy to be here to see this final. It's just lovely to see all these kids, some six, some seven and some of them eight-year-olds, playing so wonderfully," Aamir, told mid-day.