36th Senior National Women’s Handball

Assam out of meet, Manipur in quarter-finals:

Guwahati, Dec. 16: Hosts Assam bowed out of the 36th Senior National Women’s Handball Championship on Sunday evening after drawing their last league encounter with Chhattisgarh 11-11, even as the sponsorship crisis deepened for the organisers.

Assam ended its Group C engagements with three losses and two wins. The hosts defeated Madhya Pradesh and Orissa but lost their matches against Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Chandigarh.

The quarter-finals line was also drawn up today. Defending champions Railways remained at the top of the list, closely followed by Maharashtra.

The quarter-finals draw will see Manipur, the only team from the Northeast in the last eight, taking on Chhattisgarh, All India University team will play Punjab, Delhi will meet Haryana and Railways will clash with Maharashtra.

However, it is not only the disappointment of the team not doing well that the organisers -- Assam Handball Association -- have to deal with.

The handball association’s president Kalyan Gogoi said the national meet has met with very lukewarm response, with major sponsors like Oil India Ltd (OIL), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) and industrial houses turning down the request for sponsorship.

“Of the Rs 18 lakh budget, only Assam Gas Company Ltd and DS Group has honoured our request. The others, like OIL, ONGC, NRL and IOC, have turned down our request. We would have been happy with whatever contributions they made. It is very sad as we were pinning our hopes on the big houses,” he rued.

Asked how the tournament was coping without support, Gogoi added, “It is because of well-wishers and support from fellow state associations like kabaddi, volleyball and GSA. Sadly, the Assam Cricket Association was very unhelpful when approached for help. The government has promised help of Rs 1.5 lakh but we will still fall short by nearly Rs 3 lakh”.

The lack of interest in the tournament is surprising, Gogoi said, because OIL, ONGC, NRL and IOC had extended over Rs 50 lakh towards the hosting of the international badminton meet.

A source in the oil sector said there was no question of turning down requests. “We always help in whatever way possible. Maybe there was very little time between applying for assistance and disbursal,” the source said.

Posted On: The Telegraph

6th Junior Girls National Football

Manipur girls finish runners-up:

Imphal, Dec 7: Manipur suffered 0-1 loss to Orissa in the final of the 6th Junior Girls National Football Championship at Dindigul in Tamil Nadu on Friday.

Meanwhile, in the 53rd National School Games U-17 Football for boys, Manipur defeated Goa 2-0 on Friday. Manipur boys had earlier (on December 5) humbled Rajasthan 5-0.

Manipur will play Kerala on Saturday.

Source: The Sanghai Express

6th National Junior Girls Football

Manipur girls in final:

Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, Dec 5: Defending champions Manipur blanked Goa 3-0 in the semi-final to set up summit clash against Orissa in sixth Junior Girls National Football Championship here on Wednesday.

This is the sixth time that Manipur will be featuring in the final and they have won the title five times.

Itabala (13th), Ngoubi (17th) and Rashi (30th) scored for Manipur.

Orissa beat hosts Tamil Nadu in the other semi-final today (Wednesday).

The final will be played on Friday (Dec 7).

19th Junior National Baseball Championship

Manipur boys win national baseball title:

Cuttack, Dec 2: Manipur beat Delhi by seven runs to five to clinch the boys' title of the 19th Junior National Baseball Championship at Cuttack (Orissa) on Sunday.

The winners outscored their rivals in the opening (3-2) and penultimate innings (1-0) of the seven-round competition.

Manipur reached the summit round after defeating Madhya Pradesh 11-6. However, the girl’s team failed to make the podium finish after going down to Delhi 0-3 in the third place play-off.

Orissa won the girls' title with a 6-0 victory over Goa.

National School Games (Under-17) Volleyball

Manipur, Delhi, Orissa make it to quarter-finals:

Dehradun, Nov 28 : Manipur, Delhi and Orissa sailed into the quarter-finals of the 53rd National School Games (Under-17) Volleyball tournament on Wednesday.

Manipur won a close contest against Rajasthan 18-25, 25-19, 25-11 to make it to the last eight while Delhi defeated IPSC in straight sets 25-15, 25-12 and Orissa excelled over Assam 25-23, 25-12 in the boy’s category.

Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are the other teams to enter the quarter-finals in the boy’s section.

Haryana and Punjab topped Group A with 10 points each, Uttarakhand and Delhi topped Group B with 12and 10 points respectively. In Group C Uttar Pradesh (10 points) and Orissa (8 points) topped the chart, and Manipur (8) and Rajasthan (6) qualified from Group D.

In the quarter-finals, Haryana will clash with Orissa, UP would meet Punjab, Uttarakhand will face Rajasthan and Manipur would take on Delhi on November 29 (Thursday).

In the girl’s (U-17) category, Kerela, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Delhi and Tamil Nadu reached quarter-finals.

Madhya Pradesh and Himachal excelled in Group A earning 8 and 6 points respectively. In Group B, Punjab (10points) and Haryana (8 points) topped the chart. Karnataka (6) and Rajasthan (4) qualified from Group C and in Group D, Delhi (14) and Tamil Nadu (12) made it to the last eight.

Kerala will face Rajasthan, Karnataka will meet Himachal Pradesh, Punjab will taste Tamil Nadu and Delhi would face Haryana in quarter-finals tomorrow.