In the men's league finale, Sheikh Russel handed their rivals a 3-1 defeat at the Woodenfloor Gymnasium to retain the title as well as taking sweet revenge of their first leg defeat to Biman.

Both Russel and Biman ended level on 22 points after 12 matches but the champions had the edge by virtue of set difference.

Russel, who had lost 3-2 in the first leg, flew in Indian paddler Ranabir Das for the super league match and he won both of his games against Manash and Hamlet, 3-0 and 3-1, respectively.

Mahbub blanked Hamlet 3-0 while Mostafa lost Russel's only set, 3-1 to Pappu.

The Abahani eves, however, emerged unbeaten champions when they outplayed Biman in straight sets for their sixth win with Rumi, Saleha and Soma defeating Tumpa, Seema and Rahima respectively by identical 3-0 margins.

Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury distributed prizes as chief guest.