Six from NE in 22-member Indian squad:
New Delhi: Five Manipuris and one from Tripura have been selected to represent India in the AFC Under 13 Girls Football Festival to be held in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from June 23 to 27.
The Manipuri players are Elangbam Panthoi Chanu (Goalkeeper), W Linthoingambi Devi (Defender), T Ranjita Devi (Defender), H Sunita Devi (Defender), Th Purnima Devi (Defender) while Mampi Bhowmick (Forward) is from Tripura.
Former player RK Amusana Devi from Manipur will be the deputy coach.
Myanmar, Japan, Singapore, Korea Republic, China and hosts Vietnam are the other participating countries in the festival.
Full squad:
Goalkeeper: Elangbam Panthoi Chanu (Manipur)
Defenders: W Linthoingambi Devi (Manipur), T Ranjita Devi (Manipur), H Sunita Devi (Manipur), Th Purnima Devi (Manipur), Sithara Hari Kumar (Kerala), SK Alivia (Karnataka), Varalakshmi Mani (Puducherry)
Midfielders: Tanvi Bhargava (Chandigarh), Masuka Somesh (Karnataka), Raksha Pawar (Uttarakhand), Salma Fernandes (Goa), Subhaprabha Rout (Orissa), Sangeetha Viagulasamy (Puducherry), Viswa Kirti Patel (Gujarat)
Forwards: Josline D Souza (Goa), Preeti Shinde (Goa), Luica Gracy Simoes (Goa), Karishma Oram (Orissa), Veerpal Kaur Bawa (Punjab), Mampi Bhowmick (Tripura), Kanmozhi Muthukrishanan (Tamil Nadu).
Chief Coach: Shukla Dutta
Coach: RK Amusana Devi
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Ticket to Beijing
Manipuri woman judoka earns Olympic berth:
New Delhi, May 31: Commonwealth champion Kh Tombi Devi and Diviya will represent India at the Beijing Olympics, the Judo Union of Asia said today.
Kh Tombi Devi, who qualified in the 48 kg category, and Diviya (78 kg) earned their Olympic berths as per the points they received in the Asian Judo Championships.
Kh Tombi Devi is from Manipur and is presently working with the CRPF. She won the Gold medal in the Commonwealth Judo Championship in January this year. She also bagged the bronze in the Asian Judo Championships held in Kuwait last year.
The Judo Federation of India is sending them for training to Uzbekistan along with coach Armen Bagdasarove.
Source: United News of India (UNI)
New Delhi, May 31: Commonwealth champion Kh Tombi Devi and Diviya will represent India at the Beijing Olympics, the Judo Union of Asia said today.
Kh Tombi Devi, who qualified in the 48 kg category, and Diviya (78 kg) earned their Olympic berths as per the points they received in the Asian Judo Championships.
Kh Tombi Devi is from Manipur and is presently working with the CRPF. She won the Gold medal in the Commonwealth Judo Championship in January this year. She also bagged the bronze in the Asian Judo Championships held in Kuwait last year.
The Judo Federation of India is sending them for training to Uzbekistan along with coach Armen Bagdasarove.
Source: United News of India (UNI)
62nd Santosh Trophy
Manipur fail to qualify for pre-quarterfinals:
Srinagar/Jammu, May 31: Services qualified for the pre-quarterfinal from Cluster II after they held Manipur to a 2-2 draw at GGM Science College grounds at Jammu today.
Both the teams finished with equal points of five with one win and two draws each but Services had better goal average of plus eight while Manipur had plus five.
Services now play Tamil Nadu in the pre-quarter Final on Monday.
Nagaland held Orissa to a 2-2 draw in an inconsequential match of Cluster II played at Maulana Azad stadium at Jammu.
How Manipur missed out:
May 27: Manipur beat Orissa 7-2; Services beat Nagaland 8-0
May 29: Manipur drew Nagaland 0-0; Services drew Orissa 1-1
May 31: Nagaland drew Orissa 2-2; Manipur drew Services 2-2
Srinagar/Jammu, May 31: Services qualified for the pre-quarterfinal from Cluster II after they held Manipur to a 2-2 draw at GGM Science College grounds at Jammu today.
Both the teams finished with equal points of five with one win and two draws each but Services had better goal average of plus eight while Manipur had plus five.
Services now play Tamil Nadu in the pre-quarter Final on Monday.
Nagaland held Orissa to a 2-2 draw in an inconsequential match of Cluster II played at Maulana Azad stadium at Jammu.
How Manipur missed out:
May 27: Manipur beat Orissa 7-2; Services beat Nagaland 8-0
May 29: Manipur drew Nagaland 0-0; Services drew Orissa 1-1
May 31: Nagaland drew Orissa 2-2; Manipur drew Services 2-2
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