62nd Santosh Trophy

Manipur, Meghalaya win, Nagaland loses:
Jammu/Srinagar, May 27: Former champions Manipur opened their campaign with a facile 7-2 win over Orissa in a Cluster II match of the national football Championship for the Santosh Trophy played at GGM Science College grounds at Jammu.
Manipur, captained by former international Bijen Singh, toyed with their happless opponents.
Despite grabbing the lead in the 38th minute through Bhabani Singh, Orissa failed to continue with the magic as Jotin Singh of Manipur fired in from close range to level the scores in the 39th minute.
The second half was dominated by the energetic Manipuris who made Orissa dance to their tunes.
Bijen Singh (55th), Y Raju (61st, 82nd), I Khelemba Meitei (67th), K Samson (72nd) and A Naresh (77th) made no mistakes in converting their chances.
M Saddique scored the second goal for Orissa in the 74th minute from the left wing.
In another Cluster II match in Jammu, Services rode on a hat-trick by midfielder LB Victor to trounce Nagaland 8-0.
Nagaland were left clueless as the services forward line pumped in three goals in the first half and five in the second at Maulana Azad Stadium.
Shaji D'silva opened the account for Services in the 20th minute. Four minutes later, S Raleng shot home to make it 2-0. Gordon scored another goal just before the interval tohelp Services go to the break with a 3-0 lead.
After the change of ends, Victor came up with his hat-trick (63rd, 71st, 81st) to rub salt into Nagaland's wound. D'silva then completed his brace in the 70th minute, while Sudhir Mishra (61st) notched up a goal for Services.
At Polo ground in Srinagar, Meghalaya overpowered Uttarakhand 3-1 in pouring rain in an action-packed match.
Bansharalsun not only stunned their opponents but the spectators when he scored in the very second minute of the encounter. Receiving a ball from Kitkupar Kharshing, unmarkedBansharalsun made no mistake and sent the ball into the net from a close range (1-0).
Meghalaya scored another goal in the 42nd minute through Bansharalsun and then Marlanki Suting made it 3-0 in 74th minute before Nitin Kumar struck in the 76th minute to reduce the margin for Uttarakhand.
Due to unplayable ground conditions at the Bakshi Stadium following incessant rains, all matches matchs scheduled at the stadium till May 30 will be shifted to Kashmir University grounds.
Today's (May 27) Results:
Cluster II: Manipur beat Orissa 7-2; Services beat Nagaland 8-0
Cluster IV: HImachal beat Puducherry 3-2; J&K beat Daman and Diu 4-0
Cluster VIII: Meghalaya beat Uttarakhand 3-1
Scorers: Bansharalsun (2nd, 42nd), Marlanki Suting (74th)
May 28 Fixures:
Cluster I at G. G. M. Science College Ground, Jammu: Chandigarh vs Tamil Nadu; Sikkim vs Bihar
Cluster III at Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar (now shifted to Kashmir University grounds): Gujarat vs Tripura
Cluster V at Polo Ground, Srinagar: Jharkhand vs Uttar Pradesh
Cluster VI at Polo Ground, Srinagar: Assam vs Madhya Pradesh
Cluster VII at Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar (now shifted to Kashmir University grounds):
Mizoram vs Railways

36th Senior National Women’s Handball

Twin losses for Assam:

Guwahati, Dec 14: Hosts Assam on Friday opened their campaign with two losses in the 36th senior national women’s handball championship at Nehru Stadium here.

The home side went down fighting to Madhya Pradesh 15-17 in their Group C match and then to Himachal Pradesh 12-13. The Assam women’s best efforts went in vain, as their opponents scored over them both in speed and temperament.

Manipur, on the other hand, have won in the two matches they have played so far in Group D. Manipur edged past All India Universities 20-17 and then tamed Uttarakhand 20-4 this evening.

Tripura registered the biggest win of the day, thrashing Tamil Nadu 40-3 in a Group A match, signalling a challenge to defending champions Indian Railways who are pitted in the same group.

The Handball Federation of India today decided to bid for an Asian Championship to be held in Guwahati next year and also to organise some national coaching camps here.

Posted On: The Telegraph

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.

Dr BC Roy Trophy

44th Junior National Football Championship:

Nov 18: Mizoram beat Tamil Nadu 2-1`in a Cluster VII match of the 44th Junior National Football Championship 2007 for Dr B C Roy Trophy at Faridabad today. Vanlalruata (21st, 60th minutes) scored both the goals for Mizoram while Dileep Kumar reduced the margin for Tamil Nadu in the 88th minute.

Other Results:
Haryana vs Rajasthan 14-0 (Cluster I at Gurgaon)
Bengal vs Gujarat 8-0 (Cluster II at Gurgaon)
Uttarakhand vs Madhya Pradesh 0-0 (Cluster VII at Faridabad)
Maharashtra vs Punjab 4-1 (Cluster V at Faridabad)

Nov 19 Fixture:
Delhi vs Jharkhand (Cluster III at Gurgaon)
Kerala vs Assam (Cluster IV at Gurgaon)
Goa vs Uttar Pradesh (Cluster VI at Faridabad)
Meghalaya vs Orissa (Cluster VI at Faridabad)
Manipur vs Karnataka (Cluster VIII at Faridabad)
Chhattisgarh vs Chandigarh (Cluster VIII at Faridabad)