Subroto Cup

Nagaland School in Sub Jr. semi-finals

New Delhi, Sep 22: Green Wood Hr Sec School, Kohima, Nagaland defeated Namchi Sports Hostel, Sikkim 5-0 in a quarterfinal match of the sub junior section in the Subroto Cup here on Monday.

Tingnyek scored a hat-trick in the 22nd, 29th and 31st minutes while Wasadplung (ninth minute) and Nyuhenlo (13th) contributed one goal each.

In another quarterfinal match, Govt. Kolasib High School, Project Veng, Mizoram lost 0-2 to St. Ignatius High Sec School, Gumla, Jharkhand.

Results of QF matches played on Sept. 22:

Sub-juniors (U-14): Green Wood Hr Sec School, Kohima, Nagaland bt Namchi Sports Hostel, Sikkim 5-0.

Scorers: Tingnyek (22nd, 29th & 31st min), Wasadplung (9th) and Nyuhenlo (13th).

St. Ignatius High Sec School, Gumla, Jharkhand bt Govt. Kolasib HighSchool, Project Veng, Mizoram 2-0.
Juniors (U-17): Sports Authority of India, Kolkata bt Vasant Valley School, VasantKunj, New Delhi 2-1.

Town High School, Sundargarh, Orissa bt Govt. Model Sr Sec School,Chandigarh 2-1.

Tomorrows Fixture (Sept. 23): at Dr. Ambedkar Stadium

Semi-finals:

Sub-Juniors: Boys Sports Company (Army Boys), Bangalore vs Green Wood Hr Sec School, Kohima, Nagaland

BKSP, Dhaka, Bangladesh vs St. Ignatius High Sec School, Gumla, Jharkhand
Juniors:Govt. Central Hr Sec School, Mizoram vs SAI, Kolkata

Army Boys, Lucknow vs Town High School, Sundargarh, Orissa

Football in Baichung Bhutia's Land

FIFA’s help, a major boost for football in Sikkim

Gangtok: Nestled in the foothills of Himalaya, Sikkim is widely known for its rich biodiversity. But not many may know it is also the breeding ground of footballers in India from the northeast. The State recently got a major boost, when world’s biggest football organization FIFA, decided to provide monetary assistance for the development of football sport in the state.

It is well-known that people in the northeast region of the country have always been drawn to sports, especially football. And, their passion perhaps, drew Federation International of Football Association (FIFA), the biggest name in the world of football, towards India, particularly towards Sikkim.

Known for its pristine natural reserve, Sikkim is also known as the home of Bhaichung Bhutia, all time India’s best footballer and captain of current Indian football team. Youngsters in the region view FIFA support, as a milestone, to encourage the sport here.

Arjun Rai, Coach of the United Sikkim Football Club, said: “The money that FIFA has given for our State, would be highly beneficial for promotion of football here. That money would be used in ground maintenance, making new grounds and football houses. So we will be benefited.”

Leezang Lepcha, Football player, Sikkim, said: “Football is in our blood. It is highly popular in northeast. There are other sports also but in Sikkim, in Gangtok and in northeast we give more preference to football. That’’s why we are playing football since our childhood.”

Under its Goal Project II, FIFA would be providing a monetary assistance of rupees one crore to develop the football infrastructure in the State. Even the state government and All India Football Federation would be contributing two million rupees each to fasten the process of development.

Sikkim is the only state after Karnataka to be selected by FIFA for its Goal Project, which is believed to boost moral of youngsters of the region to further hone their skill and talent.
Source: Asian News International (ANI)

Santosh Trophy

May 30 Results:
Delhi beat Tripura 2-0, Haryana beat Assam 3-1, Sikkim beat Chandigarh 3-1, Tamil Nadu drew Bihar 2-2, Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh 3-0, Railways beat Chhattisgarh 3-0
Sikkim beat Chandigarh 3-1 at Maulana Azad Stadium at Jammu. The match was a mere formality as both the teams had been out of contention for a Pre-quarterfinal berth from Cluster I.
Chandigarh opened the score through Gopal Thapa in the 13th minute which was equalised by Bikas Jairu six minutes later. C Subba added another in the 84th minute and Bikas Jairu completed a brace in the injury time of the second half to seal the match 3-1 in favour of Sikkim.
Delhi defeated Tripura 2-0 in a Cluster III match to set up a Pre-quarterfinal clash with Hosts J&K. Delhi scored through Praveen Rawat in the 18th minute and made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute through G.Kamesh.
Haryana defeated Assam 3-1 in a close encounter to advance to Pre-quarterfinal stage from Cluster VI and will play Karnataka in the pre-quarterfinals.
Assam opened the score in the 5th minute through Gulidum Bongmei, which was equalised by L Thoiba Singh the 40th minute. Haryana increased the lead through Jatinder in the 74th min while Thoiba scored his second goal in the last minute to make it 3-1 for Haryana.

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

U-17 Girls' National Football

Orissa, Haryana win matches:
Diphu, May 1: In two group A quarter final league match of the U-17 girls national football championship here on Thursday, Orissa prevailed over Tamil Nadu 3-0 while Hariyana edged past Sikkim 1-0.
With the wins both Orissa and Hariyana brightened their chances of entering into the last four stage from the four-team group.
In two matches of group B tomorrow Goa will play Manipur while Kerala will take on Mizoram.

Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-17) Plate Gp B League

Innings defeat stares on Sikkim:

Rajkot, Dec 6: An innings’ defeat stared on Sikkim as they were 29 for two in their second essay after following on at the end of second day’s play of the three-day Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-17) Plate Group B League match against Goa at the Railway Ground here on Thursday.

The north-eastern team were all out for 135 in their first innings in reply to Goa’s 418 all out.

They were still trailing by 254 runs with eight second innings wickets in hand when stumps were drawn on the second day.

Goa would press for a win on the last day tomorrow.

Brief Scorecard:
Goa 418 all out in 106.5 overs: Reagan Pinto 82; Atul Phadte 39; R Lohar 3/44; P Sharma 3/57; D Rai 2/116
Fall of wickets: 1/8 2/45 3/93 4/219 5/282 6/364 7/364 8/ 374 9/381 10/418

Sikkim 135 all out in 56 overs: Nilesh 36; Jay Prakash 24; S Singh 21; Reagan Pinto 5/45; R Vashist 3/26
Fall of wickets: 1/29 2/74 3/80 4/105 5/109 6/119 7/121 8/121 9/134 10/135

Sikkim 2nd innings (following on): 29/2 in 16 overs
Nilesh 4; Leeyong Lepcha 8; V K Singh batting 14; Jay Prakash batting 0
V Castelino 1/8; R Vashist 1/6

Sikkim trail by 254 runs with 8 wickets remaining

Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-17) Plate Gp B League

Goa comfortably placed against Sikkim:

Rajkot, Dec 5: Goa were comfortably placed at 364 for five against Sikkim at the end of first day's play of the Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-17) Plate Group B League match at the Railway Ground here on Wednesday.

Sikkim captain Leeyong Lepcha won the toss and elected to field.

Brief Scorecard:
Goa 364 / 5 in 90 overs (368 Min.)
Vaibhav Naik 148 (205 balls; 26X4); Kinnan Vaz 47; Reagan Pinto barring on 82; Rohit Naik batting on 29; Extras: 30
D Rai 2/116; R Lohar 1/32; P Sharma 1/34
Fall of Wickets: 1/8 2/45 3/93 4/219 5/282

Polly Umrigar (U-15) Trophy

Sikkim suffers defeat against Bengal:

Kolkata, Nov 27: Sikkim lost to Bengal by an innings and 133 runs in the Polly Umrigar (U-15) Trophy match on Tuesday.

With the win, Bengal have qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament.

Manpreet Singh scored 125 in the visitors’ second innings but that was not enough to save them.

On Monday, Avishek Raman (100 retd), Sandipan Das (118 retd) and Vivek Singh (118) had slammed centuries for Bengal.

Brief Scorecard:
Bengal 440/4 declared; Sikkim 94 and 213 (Manpreet Singh 125).

Source: The Telegraph

Sikkim Governor’s Gold Cup

NRT Nepal lift title:

Nov 7: NRT, Nepal, lifted the coveted All India Governor's Gold Cup, beating arch rivals Three Star, Nepal, 2-1 at the Paljor stadium at Gangtok today.
This was the fifth time a Nepal team had won the Governor's Gold Cup.
Playing before a capacity crowd, NRT drew the first blood in the 19th minute with a close range shot from striker Nirajan Paymajhi.
Three Star wasted a golden opportunity to equalise in the 31st minute when Lok Bahadur Gurung blasted a penalty kick into the stand.
However, Jumanu Rai compensated for his teammate's blunder with a wonderful equaliser. Drifting down the right box, Rai fired a rasping drive that left the NRT goalie clueless. It was his fifth goal in the tournament.
Three Star were again taken aback by an NRT strike early in the second half. The entire defence stood rooted as NRT defender Bal Gopal Shaukhal connected a corner that crashed into the net in the
59th minute.
This proved to be the winning goal for NRT, who pocketed a cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh along with the championship trophy, which was presented by Chief Minister Pawan Chamling.
NRT midfielder Basanta Gauchan took the Most Valuable Player of the tournament award, while his team-mate and star striker Anil Gurung was adjudged the man of the match.
Punjab Police, which lost in the semi-finals, was adjudged the most disciplined team of the tournament.