Subroto Cup

Nagaland beat Tripura 4-0:

Dimapur, Sep 3: State under 17 (juniors) started their campaign on high note with a victory over Tripura in the ongoing Subroto Cup played at Delhi on Wednesday.

Team manager, Nyuvitho Nyuthe DSO Kiphire said that the state team defeated Tripura 4-0 in their opening match. Hukavi scored two goals while Rokozhaz and Benri contributed one goal each for the team. Two goals were scored in the first half and while the other two were scored in the second half.

The state team representing Modern School New Market, Kohima is placed in pool-D along with Air Force team, Assam, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Sri Lanka. Altogether 32 teams including teams from aboard are taking part in the tournament which is organized by Air Force India and held every year in New Delhi.

It may be mentioned that the state under -17 team was the runners-up in 2004. Earlier, the state team was scheduled to play their opening match against Sri Lanka on September 2, but the match was postponed as the Lankan team could not reach the venue on the scheduled day. The match will be played on September 7. On September 4 (Thursday) state team will take on Uttarakhand.
A sixteen member state under 14 (sub juniors) led by team manager, Yanthan, DSO Wokha and team coach, Mughato will be leaving for Delhi on September 5 to take part in the Subroto Cup at Delhi. Last year runners-up, state under-14 team is representing Green Wood School, Dimapur.

Seeded directly in pre-quarter finals the state team will play their opening match against the winners of group B on September 10.

State u-14 squad: Vekuto, Pusu, Vishio, Akok, Imti Wapang, Taliakum, Tsiebu, Veluto, Lunminlan, Nyhunhelo, Tiatoshi, Lusinei, Moakumzuk, Tingnyek, Wasadplung and Akalu.

Source: Nagaland Post

Meanwhile, making an impressive start to the tournament, OM Roy Memorial Secondary School from Meghalaya won its first league match in Under-14 Subroto Mukherjee Cup by defeating host school from Delhi 2-0 on Wednesday. OM Roy opened the scoring in the 18th minute through a goal scored by Walamsuk Nongkhlaw, while Tyng-shain Umdor scored the second goal in the 46th minute to ensure OM Roy win the match by 2-0 goals. OM Roy will play its second match with a school from Chattisgarh on Thursday.

Source: Shillong Times

Dr. T Ao Nagaland Inter District Football

Phek, Dimapur register wins:

Dimapur, Dec 7: Phek DFA humbled Kiphire District 6-0 in the 17th Dr T Ao Inter District Football Tournament at local ground Wokha on Friday.

The first goal for Phek came from Vesuhu, the captain of the side in the ninth minute.
Verazo added the second goal in the 48th minute, Sathose in 52nd, 61st and 77th minutes.

In the second match of the day, Dimapur DFA defeated Wokha DSA 2-0. Mangal scored the first goal in the 26th minute and Asian doubled the score in the 66th minute.

Saturday’s Match: Mokokchung vs Tuensang

Source: The Morung Express

Dr. T Ao Nagaland Inter District Football

Dimapur blank Kiphire, Mokokchung draw Kohima:

Dimapur, Dec 6: Dimapur blanked Kiphire 5-0 while Mokokchung draw Kohima on the second day of Dr. T Ao Inter District Trophy at Wokha on Thursday.

In the first match, Muktar scored for Dimapur in the 45th and 50th minutes after which Asian, Kenjung and Mangai scored one goal each to take the tally to 5-0.

The second match between Kohima and Mokokchung ended in a draw

Source: Nagaland Post

Nagaland Sports News

Dimapur district overall team champion:
Oct 26: Dimapur district emerged the overall team champion, athletics team champion as well as football (men) champion at the Inter-District Catch Them Young Football and Athletic Tournament 2007, which concluded at Indira Gandhi Stadium here today.

Winning 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze in athletics, Dimapur district was declared the athletics team champion while Phek district winning 4 Gold, 5 Silver and 3 Bronze has been declared athletics team runners-up.

In an exciting football final match, Dimapur district blanked Peren District 5-0 and walked away with a cash prize of Rs. 30,000 along with trophy and certificates. Peren District pocketed a cash prize of Rs. 20,000, besides its player Poudingai being declared the best player.

Vesatha of Phek district who bagged 2 Gold and Ngulieneinuo of Dimapur district who won 2 Gold and 1 Silver were declared best athletes among boys and girls respectively.

Medal Tally: (Athletics)
Dimapur: 5G 4S 2B; Phek: 4G 5S 3B; Tuensang: 1G 0S 1B; Kohima: 0G 1S 0B;
Mokokchung: 0G 1S 0B; Peren: 0G 0S 1B; Wokha: 0G 0S 1B; Zunheboto: 0G 0S 1B;
Kiphire: 0G 0S 0B; Longleng: 0G 0S 0B; Mon: 0G 0S 0B

Source: Morung Express