SPORTS
IMPHAL TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2014
TRAU cruise into MSL final
TRAU and TRUGPU players battle for the ball possession
By Our Sports Reporter
IMPHAL, Oct 20 : Tiddim
Road Athletic Union (TRAU),
Kwakeithel booked a berth in
the final after defeating Tiddim
Road Unique Gammy Players'
Union (TRUGPU), Nambol by
a margin of 4 goals to two in the
ongoing 9th Manipur State
League organised by All
Manipur Football Association
(AMFA)
under
the
sponsorship
of
MLA
Khumukcham
Joykishan
Singh at Mapal Kangjeibung,
Imphal.
In today's semi final clash,
TRUGPU were dominated by
the TRAU players who went
out on the attack from the first
minute.
Soon after the kick off,
TRAU took the lead when its
defender A Herojit struck
home an early goal in the 3rd
minute off a curling freekick
from L Bikram.
TRAU's S Ratan slotted
another goal to help his team
take a comfortable 2-0 lead in
the 23rd minute of the match.
Minutes later TRAU's L
Bikram successfully converted a defence splitting
cross from defender A Herojit
to make the scoreline 3-0 in
the 27th minute.
On the other hand, with 3
goals down TRUGPU however did not give up and put
more men in the attack and
started making inroads into
the territory of TRAU. The
offensive style paid dividends
when M Robinson scored to
reduce the margin in the 37th
minute.
The first half ended with
TRAU leading the match by
3-1.
After the lemon break,
TRUGPU continued with its
offensive style and tried to
come back into the match. The
efforts of TRUGPU seemed
to pay off when N Rakesh
netted another goal in the 79th
minute to bring down the
margin.
However, TRAU kept up
with their game and Kh
Naoton slammed home the
fourth goal to register a convincing
win
against
TRUGPU.
TRAU's L Gouro, M
Meina, S Ratan and
TRUGPU's Kh Keneth and P
Romesh were cautioned with
the yellow card during the
match.
MATCH RESULT
TRAU
4 TRUGPU 2
Next Match
Knock-Out Stage
on 21.10.14 at 1.30 pm
NEROCA Vs USA
Relegation match on
on 22.10.14 at 12.15 pm
NISA Vs FCK
at 2.15 pm
NACO Vs KLASA
Mizoram footballer dies after TYC Annual sports meet concludes
over-zealous celebration
AIZAWL, Oct 20 : Young Mizoram footballer Peter
Biaksangzuala has died after injuring his spinal cord while
celebrating a goal he had scored, media reports said Monday.
Peter, 23, fell backwards on his head as he took a series
of somersaults after scoring an equaliser for his Aizwal-based
team Bethlehem Vengthlang FC in a Mizoram Premier League
match. He was a native of Khawzawl town in Mizoram.
Peter’s team was trailing Chanmari West FC by a goal for
62 minutes when the midfielder scored the equaliser.
He celebrated with a series of somersaults, landing on his
head and remained on the ground in pain. He was carried off
the field and admitted to the Aizawl Civil Hospital.
His team lost the match 2-3. All attempts to repair his
spinal cord at the hospital failed and he passed away Sunday.
Footballers often injure themselves while celebrating a goal,
but there is no record of overzealous celebration causing death
of players. –– Agencies
Pallikal, Harinder Pal win
squash challenger titles
MUMBAI, Oct 20
Ace woman squash player
Dipika Pallikal and Asian Games
gold medallist Harinder Pal
Singh on Sunday won titles in
their respective categories at the
JSW Squash Challenger Circuit
here.
In the final matches here,
they defeated their Egyptian
counterparts in straight
games. In the woman’s draw,
the Incheon Games bronze
medallist Pallikal got the better of her opponent Nouran
El Torky 14-12 12-10 11-7 in
a contest that lasted 46 minutes. “Nouran was a great
competition and I enjoyed
playing with her after such a
long time. I am very happy to
win the circuit in front of the
home crowd, and the fact that
this is my first tour title of the
year, it is all the more special,” said the jubilant
23-year-old squash star from
Chennai.
In the men’s draw, Sandhu
made a remarkable comeback
in the first game and sealed
the result in his favour by
pipping Egypt’s Shehab
Essam Hosny 11-9 11-7 117 in 50 minutes. The
25-year-old scored the first
point in the opening game but
soon trailed 7-1. Sandhu
clawed his way back to win
the first game 11-9. –– PTI
Players of Saivom YC posing for the camera
By Our Sports Reporter
IMPHAL, Oct 20 : The 37th
Tengnoupal Youth Club
Annual Youth Club Sports
Meet, 2014 concluded on
October 18.
Saivom Youth Club
(SYC)
defeated
FC
Khannou by a margin of five
goals to three in the men's
football final match while
Independent Girls downed
Sporting Club TPL in the
senior girls' football final
match.
In the senior boys' volleyball final, PR K (B)
outplayed PRK (A) to claim
the champions' title while
PR (A) stunned Independent Girls in the senior girls'
volleyball final.
Altogether 36 teams from
Tengoupal subdivision in
Chandel district participated
in the sports meet.
Kuki Women's Union
(KWU) Headquarters vice
president Avei Haokip
graced the closing function
as chief guest and distributed the prizes to the team
champions.
Children camp cum sports meet concludes
By Our Sports Reporter
IMPHAL, Oct 20 : The 44th Children Camp cum Sports Meet,
2014 of Model English School, Sinakeithei Ukhrul District
concluded on October 18.
The function was graced by ATSUM president Muan
Tombing and Manipur film actor Gokul Singh as chief guest
and guest of honour respectively.
Muan Tombing sponsored the sports goods and gave Rs
2000 to the school during the function.
Altogether 900 people including students, parents and
spectators attended the function.
FLAME House clinched the overall team title of the championship while SPARKS House and Torch House claimed the
the runners up title, informed a release issued by Model
English School, Sinakeithei Ukhrul District.
Champions
warmly received
By Our Sports Reporter
IMPHAL, Oct 20 : Two
police officers, who
brought laurels not only
to the Manipur Police
Department but also to
the State by winning
different medals in the
recently concluded
18th All India Police
Golf Tournament, were
warmly received by
DGP Shahid Ahmad at
his office chamber
today.
Jail SP Gon Lian
Mang and Home
Guards Commandant Y
Ashokkumar represented
the State Police Department in the tournament,
held in Bangalore from
October 14 to 16.
Manipur police won
nine medals in different
individual events, out of
which seven were
bagged by Ashokkumar
and two by Gon Lian
Mang.
More than 100 police
personnel from the State
police and Central
paramilitary forces took
part in the tournament.
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