Showing posts with label Chandigarh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chandigarh. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

62nd Santosh Trophy

Mizoram wins, Sikkim loses first match:
Srinagar: Mizoram overcame stiff resistance from Chhattisgarh and scored a facile 2-1 win in their first Cluster VII match of the 62nd J&K Bank-National football championship for the Santosh Trophy at the Bakshi stadium here on Monday (May 26).
Arhima and Malsaw scored one goal each for the north-eastern state in the 15th and 87th minutes respectively. Chhattisgarh reduced the margin later on.
Results on May 26:Cluster I: Tamil Nadu beat Sikkim 4-1; Chandigarh beat Bihar 1-0
Cluster III: Delhi drew Gujarat 0-0
Cluster IV: Himachal Pradesh beat Daman and Diu 4-2
Cluster V: Karnataka beat Jharkhand 2-1
Cluster VI: Haryana drew Madhya Pradeh 0-0
Cluster VII: MIzoram beat Chhattisgarh 2-1

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

36th Senior National Women’s Handball

Manipur meet Railways in final:

Guwahati, Dec. 17: Defending champions Railways will play Manipur in the final of the 36th Senior National Women’s Handball Championship on Tuesday.

Manipur beat a fighting Haryana 17-15 in the second semi-final on Monday evening to move into the final.

The Manipur girls led 9-8 in the first half.

Manipur were the lone entrant from the Northeast in the semi-finals, beating Chhattisgarh by a narrow margin (25-23) in the quarter-finals.

In a keenly contested match played at the Nehru Stadium, the girls from Manipur put up a better show but failed to convert several penalties that came their way, helping the Chhattisgarh team to remain in the hunt till the last.

In the first semi-final, played at Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phookan Indoor Stadium, the Railways staved off a spirited challenge by the All India University team to march into the final this evening. The Railways won 36-26.

Earlier, Railways defeated last year’s runners-up Maharashtra 27-8 in the quarter-final.

The university team beat Punjab 27-25 and Haryana got the better of Delhi 20-17 to move into the semi-final.

Maharashtra finished fifth beating Punjab 35-25 while Chhattisgarh ended sixth beating Delhi 26-21.

Tomorrow, Punjab will play Delhi for the seventh and eighth positions.

Meanwhile, the annual general meeting of the Handball Federation of India, which was held here, decided to bid for the Asian Championship in Kuwait on December 29.

Assam Handball Association president Kalyan Gogoi said Guwahati is in the running for hosting the meet along with Chandigarh.

Posted On: The Telegraph

Sunday, December 16, 2007

36th Senior National Women’s Handball

Manipur win, mix day for Assam:

Guwahati, Dec 15: Once again it was a mixed day for Assam in the 36th Senior National Women’s Handball Championship as the side registered one win and one loss at the Nehru Stadium here on Saturday.

Earlier yesterday also Assam registered same results in their two group matches.

The hosts, who first clashed with Orissa, won the game 23-11. Juri Baishya, Bobita Chetry, Jhuma Roy, Sona Misra and Sanu Sarma scored four goals each while Dulumoni Talukdar pumped in three more goals for the winners.

In their second match of the day against Chandigarh, Asom fought well but lost the game in a nail-biting finish 14-12.

Bobita Chetry (2), Juri Baishya (30) Sona Misra(2), Pinki Chetry (2), Anu Patar (1), Dulumoni Talukdar (1) and Ranu Barua (1) scored the goals for the home side.

Assam now should win their last two group matches in order to qualify for the quarter-final in the championship.

Meanwhile, defending champion Indian Railways registered another win today defeating Jammu and Kashmir 12-7.

Results of the other matches: Gujarat bt Tripura 10-6; Himachal Pradesh bt Madhya Pradesh 11-7; All India University bt Nagaland 43-7; Delhi bt Pondichery 35-10; Uttar Pradesh bt Pondichery 35-10; Chhatishgarh bt Chandigarh 17-14; Manipur bt Bihar 30-4; Kerala bt Bihar 23-6; Uttarakhand bt Andhra Pradesh 13-8 and Maharastra bt West Bengal 20-3.

Posted On: The Sentinel

Friday, December 14, 2007

Manchester United Premier Cup Qualifiers

Manipur teams lose:

Chandigarh, Dec 13: Brilliant display by Rajib Ghorui helped East Bengal Football Club hand out a 5-0 drubbing to Eastern Sporting Union of Manipur in the Manchester United (MU) Premier Cup North-East Zone Qualifying Football India Finals Tournament here on Thursday.

East Bengal FC striker Rajib struck four goals. He booted home the first two goals in the ninth and 16th minutes. Ajay Roy found the target in the 25th minute to make it 3-0. Rajib again sprung into action to score in the 30th and 32nd minute.

In another match, St Stephen’s School Football Academy, Sector 45 (Chandigarh) got the better of Youth Organisation Sports Club of Manipur 2-0.

Stephen’s Academy had to wait for 32 minutes before they opened their account in the 32nd minute through Johny Singh.

Source: United News of India (UNI)

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Digboi IOC XtraPremium Masters 2007


Ganapathy leads after Round 3:

Digboi: Nov 17:

Rahul Ganapathy led the pack after an outstanding round of four-under-par 68 on Day 3 of the IOC XtraPremium Masters 2007.

Ganapathy registered the best round of the day along with Mukesh Kumar who also shot four-under-par. Mukesh is placed second trailing Ganapathy by one stroke.

The third day of the tournament at the Digboi Golf Links was blessed with much better weather than the previous two days. Now with three rounds of this PGTI event completed, an exciting final day’s play lies in prospect.

Ganapathy made an eagle, four birdies and two bogeys in his round of 68 that helped him grab the lead with an overall score of seven-under 209.

The Mysore golfer sank an incredible eagle on the par five 7th hole and made birdies on second, 15th, 16th and 18th. He dropped bogeys on the third and 12th.

Ganapathy has been one of the most consistent golfers at this event so far having carded scores of 69, 72 and 68. He is now on the cusp of winning his first PGTI event.

One stroke off the lead in second position was three-time champion at Digboi, Mukesh Kumar. The golfer from Mhow has a score of six-under-par 210 after his third round performance of four-under 68.

His round on Saturday included six birdies on the third, ninth, 11th, 14th, 15th and 18th. He also made two bogeys on the first and fourth.

Harender Gupta of Chandigarh, another previous winner at Digboi, was placed third at three-under 213. His round of 70 had seven birdies, two bogeys and one double bogey.

Earlier in the day the cut was applied at 12-over-par after the completion of the second round. Fifty three golfers managed to make the cut.

Raju Ali Mollah was the leader after the second round as his score read four-under 140. However, he did not have a good third round, shooting two-over-par 74. This took his total to two-under 214. Mollah is now placed fourth, five strokes behind the leader.

Kolkata’s Yusuf Ali was the Round One leader with six-under par 66. Mukesh Kumar, Raju Ali Mollah, Rahul Ganapathy and Mohd Islam had scores of three-under 69 for tied second place.