Results of matches on Sept. 3:
Sub-juniors (U-14):
Haryana drew Sikkim 1-1
Haryana: Sikander (25th); Sikkim: Karan Singh (53rd)
Meghalaya beat Delhi 2-0
Wanlalmsuk Nongkhlaw (25th); Tyngshain (60th)
Uttarakhand beat The Air Force School 2-0
Assam drew West Bengal 1-1
Assam: PP Deka (5th); Bengal: Biki Mallick (28th)
Army Boys drew Jharkhand 1-1
Juniors (U-17):
Orissa beat The Air Force School 2-0
AFBBS beat Uttarakhand 1-0
Nagaland beat Tripura 4–0
Hukavi (29th, 68th); Benri Thung (54th); Rokozhakho (61st)
Kerala beat Haryana 1-0
Chandigarh beat Sainik School 5-0
Mizoram beat Maharashtra 1-0
Lalfakzuala (51st)
Jharkhand beat Bihar 3-0
IPSC beat Bangladesh 1–0
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Justice for Monika
NE sportspersons neglected: Monika
Guwahati, Sep 3: Weightlifter Monika Devi, who finds herself in a doping controversy, on Wednesday alleged that the Central Government was neglecting budding sportsmen of the northeastern region.
"The Centre had always failed to cater to the sporting needs of the region, that is why northeast was lagging behind," alleged Monika, who missed Beijing Olympics on dope charges.
She was later cleared by a review panel appointed by the Indian Weightlifting Federation. The Sports Ministry also instituted a one-man committee of former Chief Election Commissioner of TS Krishnamurthy to probe into the doping controversy.
The Manipuri lifter was speaking after flagging off the Abhiruchi Sports Day Run in honour of Arjuna awardee from Assam, Bhogeswar Baruah, here.
"It is a conspiracy and it is really unfortunate," she said on her missing the Olympics as she broke down in front of a mammoth crowd of school children who participated in the run.
Monika said she was yet to decide whether or not to participate in national championships. She had last month stated that she would not take part in any national or international event until the officials who "wrongly" accused her of failing the dope test were punished.
Thousands of school children braving intermittent rain participated in the run from Chandmari area of the city to the Nehru stadium.
Source: Press Trust of India
Guwahati, Sep 3: Weightlifter Monika Devi, who finds herself in a doping controversy, on Wednesday alleged that the Central Government was neglecting budding sportsmen of the northeastern region.
"The Centre had always failed to cater to the sporting needs of the region, that is why northeast was lagging behind," alleged Monika, who missed Beijing Olympics on dope charges.
She was later cleared by a review panel appointed by the Indian Weightlifting Federation. The Sports Ministry also instituted a one-man committee of former Chief Election Commissioner of TS Krishnamurthy to probe into the doping controversy.
The Manipuri lifter was speaking after flagging off the Abhiruchi Sports Day Run in honour of Arjuna awardee from Assam, Bhogeswar Baruah, here.
"It is a conspiracy and it is really unfortunate," she said on her missing the Olympics as she broke down in front of a mammoth crowd of school children who participated in the run.
Monika said she was yet to decide whether or not to participate in national championships. She had last month stated that she would not take part in any national or international event until the officials who "wrongly" accused her of failing the dope test were punished.
Thousands of school children braving intermittent rain participated in the run from Chandmari area of the city to the Nehru stadium.
Source: Press Trust of India
Subroto Cup Football Tournament
Results of Preliminary round matches on Sept. 2:
Sub-Juniors (U-14)
Assam beat Maharashtra 5-2
Scorers: Assam: Manuranjan (8th min); B. Chettia (13th, 28th, 45th); PP Deka (25th)Maharashtra: Elvin (47th); Vineet (50th)
Gujarat beat IPSC 5-1; West Bengal beat Sainik School 4-1; Goa Vs Uttarakhand 4-2; Army Boys beat Chhattisgarh 15-0; Jharkhand beat Delhi 5-0
Juniors (U-17)
Assam drew Uttarakhand 0-0; Chandigarh beat Jharkhand 2-0; NCC (WB&S) beat Bihar 8-0; Orissa beat IPSC 2-1; Tripura drew Air Force Bal Bharti School 0-0; Maharashtra drew TAFS 1-1; Chhattisgarh drew Haryana 1-1.
Sub-Juniors (U-14)
Assam beat Maharashtra 5-2
Scorers: Assam: Manuranjan (8th min); B. Chettia (13th, 28th, 45th); PP Deka (25th)Maharashtra: Elvin (47th); Vineet (50th)
Gujarat beat IPSC 5-1; West Bengal beat Sainik School 4-1; Goa Vs Uttarakhand 4-2; Army Boys beat Chhattisgarh 15-0; Jharkhand beat Delhi 5-0
Juniors (U-17)
Assam drew Uttarakhand 0-0; Chandigarh beat Jharkhand 2-0; NCC (WB&S) beat Bihar 8-0; Orissa beat IPSC 2-1; Tripura drew Air Force Bal Bharti School 0-0; Maharashtra drew TAFS 1-1; Chhattisgarh drew Haryana 1-1.
Champion Boxer Back in Ring
Mary Kom ready for world championship:
Imphal, Sept 2: The world champion MC Mary Kom, the pugilist from Manipur comes back to the boxing ring after a two-year break to add a fourth world title to her bag. The defending 46 kg champion is now ready for her fifth world championship in Ningbo in China in November this year.
Mary, mother of two said it was difficult to sit for more than a year and a half and do nothing. She gave birth to twins a while back and had to keep the boxing gloves away. She said that her secret of success was to maintain her body weight.
“I had to take complete rest, doctors had advised me not to box for some time. Then I had to take care of my sons. It was a difficult period but my husband was very cooperative. At the moment, I am focusing on regaining my fitness and form,” she said.
She was vigorously going through weight training and sparring sessions with her team mates at the Hissar camp for the past month.
Mary Kom hopes that she will be able to enter the ring with full confidence in the Asian Championship, beginning in Guwahati from September 23. The championship will see boxers from 16 Asian nations, including China, South and North Korea, Mongolia and Japan.
Indian boxers will participate in all 13 weight categories. “This will be a test event for me before the world championship in China.” She declared.
Talking about the good performance of Indian boxers in the Beijing Olympics, she said, “We hope in the London Games women’s boxing will be included and we can win a few more medals.”
The boxing champion Mary Kom entered the Limca Books of Records last year. This 22-year-old world-boxing champion from Manipur became India’s first woman pugilist to get the Arjuna Award in 2004. She won the Silver medal in the World Championship in USA in 2001, her first international exposure that spurred her on to greater heights. Mary Kom won gold in the world championship in Turkey in 2002, in Russia in 2005 and in India in 2006.
She once said, “I was initially an all-round athlete, and 400 m race and javelin were my pet events. When Dingko Singh returned from Bangkok Asian games with a gold, I thought I should give it a try”.
After winning her first title and best boxer at the first State Level Invitation Women’s Boxing championship in Manipur in 2000, Mary Kom went to win the gold in the 7th East India Women’s Boxing Championship held in West Bengal and subsequently to win five Indian National Championship from 2000 to 2005.
Source: Assam Tribune
Arjuna Awardee Manipuri
Judoka Tombi Devi does Manipur proud:
Imphal, Sept. 2: Manipur judoka Kh. Tombi Devi has done the state proud once again. She was one of the two sportspersons from the Northeast to take part in the Beijing Olympics. Now she has been conferred the Arjuna Award for the year 2007.
Tombi has added another feather to Mayai Lambi Sports Academy’s cap after being named among the 11 sportspersons selected for the prestigious award.
The 26-year-old soft-spoken judoka was ousted in the first round of the Olympics at Beijing, but she made history by becoming one of the nine Olympians the state has so far seen being honoured with the Arjuna Award. The only other sportsperson from the region to take part in the Beijing Olympics is archer L. Bombayla Devi of Manipur, who had an early exit.
The announcement has come as a matter of pride for the Mayai Lambi Sports Academy here, of which Tombi is a product. The academy specialises in judo coaching, and has groomed several talented judokas.
In fact, Tombi is among the two judokas from the academy, after A. Anita Chanu in 2004, to be honoured with the Arjuna Award.
Mayai Lambi Sports Academy president Th. Bijoy Singh described it a “very joyous and happy moment” for the academy. “It is a great achievement for Tombi as well as for the academy,” he said.
In a short span of 10 years, the academy has witnessed two Arjuna awardees and several more are in the making, he added.
Singh said six judokas, including two boys and four girls, of the academy were now being trained in Patiala for the next South Asian Games.
Manipur Olympic Association president E. Binoykumar Singh said, “The gentle and positive Tombi Devi deserved the Arjuna award and we feel proud of her”.
Devi bagged a gold in the 48-kg category of the Commonwealth Judo Championship in January this year and won another gold in the 21st Bosfors Judo Championship in Turkey last year. She also garnered a silver in the India Cup International Judo Championship held in 2006 in Orissa. Last year she won a bronze medal in the Asian Judo Championship in Kuwait.
Source: The Telegraph
Kh. Tombi links:
Tombi K Devi loses to H Ana in Judo
Tombi Devi out of Olympics in two and half minutes
National sports awards given away
Show of Solidarity
Monika Devi to Lead Abhiruchi Run:
Guwahati, Sept. 1: Manipur weightlifter L. Monika Devi will lead Abhiruchi Sports Day’s silver jubilee run in Guwahati on Wednesday. The organisers of the run invited her to take part as a mark of solidarity with neighbouring Manipur's fight against vested interests that allegedly dashed the ace sportsperson’s Olympics dream last month.
“Today it is Monika Devi from our neighbouring Manipur, tomorrow it could be somebody from Assam. Hence, it is time we joined Manipur’s fightback against vested interests from mainland India which have conspired against the weightlifting prodigy from the Northeast. She is reaching Guwahati on Tuesday to lead the run. We will accord her a warm welcome,” the chairman of the organising committee of the run, Balendra Mohan Chakravarty, said on Monday.
The day is celebrated statewide at over 100 places on September 3 every year to celebrate the birthday of the first Asian Games gold medallist as well as the state’s first Arjuna award winner Bhogeswar Barua.
Monika Devi will lead the run from Chandmari flyover here.
On the day’s programme, Chakravarty said unlike the earlier editions, outstanding sports personalities would not be felicitated on Wednesday but during the main silver jubilee function in December.
This time, the run that will culminate in Nehru Stadium will be followed by a dance and aerobics competition among children from nearly 50 schools in the city.
Besides, the heads of about 70 educational institutions in the city will be felicitated to express gratitude for their service to make the event a success every year.
On the silver jubilee function in December, Chakravarty said an Australian cricketer and an Olympian from any Asian country would be invited as special guests. He hinted that Steve Waugh or Brett Lee would be contacted for their availability.
The main function here will also comprise a two-day seminar on the importance of physical education as a subject in school curriculum and a daylong indigenous sports festival.
Source: The Telegraph
Monika Devi Links (in chronological order):
Monika fails dope test
Monika tests positive, withdrawn from Games
I am innocent, I have been framed: Monika
I am innocent, says Monika
IOA relieved Monica tested positive in India: deputy chef-de-mission
Coach stands by Monika Devi
Kalmadi praises SAI
Monika questions SAI's dope test norms
SAI dope test on Monika illegal: IWF
L Monika case shocks Manipur
CM, MP assure interventions
Conspiracy, cries Manipur
What did Monika test positive for?
Weighlifting Federation boss insists Monika clean
'Monika case attempt to defame Northeast'
Protests in Manipur over Monika Devi's dope report
Ex-weightlifting champ blames IWF for dope taint
Monika to seek ‘B’ sample test
Manipur erupts over Monika exit
24-hr general strike called today to protest Monika exclusion
Northeast footballers appeal for Monika
Boycott threat over Monika
MOA decides to boycott natl championships and Natl Games over Monika issue
Monika cleared, but won't be able to compete in Games
No entry for Monika in Olympics: IOA
SAI clears, but Monika won’t go to Beijing
International weightlifting body says 'no' to Monika
IOA, SAI ruined Monika's career: Ibobi
Monika Devi issue: Manipur CM seeks CBI probe
Monika’s village mourns death of sport
State parties demand resignation of IOA president and Union sports minister
MSF announces boycott of national leaders as protests continue in state
Monika accuses fellow lifters, demands probe
Manipur sends request for CBI probe into Monika episode
Manipur sets apology deadline
Public meeting seeks apology from GOI on Monika issue
Protests over Monika
Big conspiracy to end my career: Monika
Sports minister orders probe in Monika Devi doping case
Advani wants probe into Monika's doping episode
Manipur opts out: Athletics team returns as a mark of protest for Monika
Rousing welcome for Monika, bandh on Aug 19 to stay
Monika puts foot down on competitions
PA Sangma to take up matter with PM
General strike cripples life in state; schools, colleges spared
Battle headed for court- Panel for Monika consults legal experts
Krishna Murthy to submit Monika dope report
NESO demands CBI probe into Monika case
Panel urges PM to book conspirators- Monika places statement
IOA deliberately didn’t allow me to go to Beijing: Monika
Guwahati, Sept. 1: Manipur weightlifter L. Monika Devi will lead Abhiruchi Sports Day’s silver jubilee run in Guwahati on Wednesday. The organisers of the run invited her to take part as a mark of solidarity with neighbouring Manipur's fight against vested interests that allegedly dashed the ace sportsperson’s Olympics dream last month.
“Today it is Monika Devi from our neighbouring Manipur, tomorrow it could be somebody from Assam. Hence, it is time we joined Manipur’s fightback against vested interests from mainland India which have conspired against the weightlifting prodigy from the Northeast. She is reaching Guwahati on Tuesday to lead the run. We will accord her a warm welcome,” the chairman of the organising committee of the run, Balendra Mohan Chakravarty, said on Monday.
The day is celebrated statewide at over 100 places on September 3 every year to celebrate the birthday of the first Asian Games gold medallist as well as the state’s first Arjuna award winner Bhogeswar Barua.
Monika Devi will lead the run from Chandmari flyover here.
On the day’s programme, Chakravarty said unlike the earlier editions, outstanding sports personalities would not be felicitated on Wednesday but during the main silver jubilee function in December.
This time, the run that will culminate in Nehru Stadium will be followed by a dance and aerobics competition among children from nearly 50 schools in the city.
Besides, the heads of about 70 educational institutions in the city will be felicitated to express gratitude for their service to make the event a success every year.
On the silver jubilee function in December, Chakravarty said an Australian cricketer and an Olympian from any Asian country would be invited as special guests. He hinted that Steve Waugh or Brett Lee would be contacted for their availability.
The main function here will also comprise a two-day seminar on the importance of physical education as a subject in school curriculum and a daylong indigenous sports festival.
Source: The Telegraph
Monika Devi Links (in chronological order):
Monika fails dope test
Monika tests positive, withdrawn from Games
I am innocent, I have been framed: Monika
I am innocent, says Monika
IOA relieved Monica tested positive in India: deputy chef-de-mission
Coach stands by Monika Devi
Kalmadi praises SAI
Monika questions SAI's dope test norms
SAI dope test on Monika illegal: IWF
L Monika case shocks Manipur
CM, MP assure interventions
Conspiracy, cries Manipur
What did Monika test positive for?
Weighlifting Federation boss insists Monika clean
'Monika case attempt to defame Northeast'
Protests in Manipur over Monika Devi's dope report
Ex-weightlifting champ blames IWF for dope taint
Monika to seek ‘B’ sample test
Manipur erupts over Monika exit
24-hr general strike called today to protest Monika exclusion
Northeast footballers appeal for Monika
Boycott threat over Monika
MOA decides to boycott natl championships and Natl Games over Monika issue
Monika cleared, but won't be able to compete in Games
No entry for Monika in Olympics: IOA
SAI clears, but Monika won’t go to Beijing
International weightlifting body says 'no' to Monika
IOA, SAI ruined Monika's career: Ibobi
Monika Devi issue: Manipur CM seeks CBI probe
Monika’s village mourns death of sport
State parties demand resignation of IOA president and Union sports minister
MSF announces boycott of national leaders as protests continue in state
Monika accuses fellow lifters, demands probe
Manipur sends request for CBI probe into Monika episode
Manipur sets apology deadline
Public meeting seeks apology from GOI on Monika issue
Protests over Monika
Big conspiracy to end my career: Monika
Sports minister orders probe in Monika Devi doping case
Advani wants probe into Monika's doping episode
Manipur opts out: Athletics team returns as a mark of protest for Monika
Rousing welcome for Monika, bandh on Aug 19 to stay
Monika puts foot down on competitions
PA Sangma to take up matter with PM
General strike cripples life in state; schools, colleges spared
Battle headed for court- Panel for Monika consults legal experts
Krishna Murthy to submit Monika dope report
NESO demands CBI probe into Monika case
Panel urges PM to book conspirators- Monika places statement
IOA deliberately didn’t allow me to go to Beijing: Monika
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Pride of Manipur
Manipuri lifter Monika Devi selected for Beijing Olympics New Delhi, July 15: Manipuri weightlifter L Monika Devi was today unanimously chosen ahead of Shailaja Pujari to represent the country in the Beijing Olympic Games after a selection trial in Bangalore, bringing to an end a selection controversy and allegations of bribery.
Monika, who won a silver and two bronze in the Asian Championship in Japan in April-May to help book the lone berth for India, will compete in the 69kg category while Shailaja (75kg) would be the reserve lifter.
"Monika was chosen for the Olympics by an unanimous decision of the Selection Committee. I am happy that everything went off smoothly during the trials," Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Harbhajan Singh said.
"Dev Dutt Sharma will accompany Monika as coach in Beijing," he added.
Monika and Shailaja were shortlisted for the final selection after an earlier trial in Pune on June 29 was followed by allegations of bribery on IWF General Secreatry B R Gulati to select Shailaja. Gulati had rubbished the allegations as "baseless".
Shailaja was also alleged to have used kneeguards, which were not permitted under IWF rules, in the Pune trial. This led to the Sports Ministry ordering probe into the bribery scandal and asking to cancel the trials besides directing to shift the trial venue from Pune to NIS, Patiala.
IWF stuck to its guns on the repeat selection trials though it shifted the venue of trial to SAI Centre, Bangalore.
Sharma's selection as coach was also against Ministry directive that a woman coach should accompany a woman lifter in Beijing.
Source: Press Trust of India
Other Stories:
Monika gets the nod
IWF selects Monika ahead of Shailaja
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
AFC U-13 Girls Football Festival
Six from NE in 22-member Indian squad:
New Delhi: Five Manipuris and one from Tripura have been selected to represent India in the AFC Under 13 Girls Football Festival to be held in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from June 23 to 27.
The Manipuri players are Elangbam Panthoi Chanu (Goalkeeper), W Linthoingambi Devi (Defender), T Ranjita Devi (Defender), H Sunita Devi (Defender), Th Purnima Devi (Defender) while Mampi Bhowmick (Forward) is from Tripura.
Former player RK Amusana Devi from Manipur will be the deputy coach.
Myanmar, Japan, Singapore, Korea Republic, China and hosts Vietnam are the other participating countries in the festival.
Full squad:
Goalkeeper: Elangbam Panthoi Chanu (Manipur)
Defenders: W Linthoingambi Devi (Manipur), T Ranjita Devi (Manipur), H Sunita Devi (Manipur), Th Purnima Devi (Manipur), Sithara Hari Kumar (Kerala), SK Alivia (Karnataka), Varalakshmi Mani (Puducherry)
Midfielders: Tanvi Bhargava (Chandigarh), Masuka Somesh (Karnataka), Raksha Pawar (Uttarakhand), Salma Fernandes (Goa), Subhaprabha Rout (Orissa), Sangeetha Viagulasamy (Puducherry), Viswa Kirti Patel (Gujarat)
Forwards: Josline D Souza (Goa), Preeti Shinde (Goa), Luica Gracy Simoes (Goa), Karishma Oram (Orissa), Veerpal Kaur Bawa (Punjab), Mampi Bhowmick (Tripura), Kanmozhi Muthukrishanan (Tamil Nadu).
Chief Coach: Shukla Dutta
Coach: RK Amusana Devi
New Delhi: Five Manipuris and one from Tripura have been selected to represent India in the AFC Under 13 Girls Football Festival to be held in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from June 23 to 27.
The Manipuri players are Elangbam Panthoi Chanu (Goalkeeper), W Linthoingambi Devi (Defender), T Ranjita Devi (Defender), H Sunita Devi (Defender), Th Purnima Devi (Defender) while Mampi Bhowmick (Forward) is from Tripura.
Former player RK Amusana Devi from Manipur will be the deputy coach.
Myanmar, Japan, Singapore, Korea Republic, China and hosts Vietnam are the other participating countries in the festival.
Full squad:
Goalkeeper: Elangbam Panthoi Chanu (Manipur)
Defenders: W Linthoingambi Devi (Manipur), T Ranjita Devi (Manipur), H Sunita Devi (Manipur), Th Purnima Devi (Manipur), Sithara Hari Kumar (Kerala), SK Alivia (Karnataka), Varalakshmi Mani (Puducherry)
Midfielders: Tanvi Bhargava (Chandigarh), Masuka Somesh (Karnataka), Raksha Pawar (Uttarakhand), Salma Fernandes (Goa), Subhaprabha Rout (Orissa), Sangeetha Viagulasamy (Puducherry), Viswa Kirti Patel (Gujarat)
Forwards: Josline D Souza (Goa), Preeti Shinde (Goa), Luica Gracy Simoes (Goa), Karishma Oram (Orissa), Veerpal Kaur Bawa (Punjab), Mampi Bhowmick (Tripura), Kanmozhi Muthukrishanan (Tamil Nadu).
Chief Coach: Shukla Dutta
Coach: RK Amusana Devi
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Ticket to Beijing
Manipuri woman judoka earns Olympic berth:
New Delhi, May 31: Commonwealth champion Kh Tombi Devi and Diviya will represent India at the Beijing Olympics, the Judo Union of Asia said today.
Kh Tombi Devi, who qualified in the 48 kg category, and Diviya (78 kg) earned their Olympic berths as per the points they received in the Asian Judo Championships.
Kh Tombi Devi is from Manipur and is presently working with the CRPF. She won the Gold medal in the Commonwealth Judo Championship in January this year. She also bagged the bronze in the Asian Judo Championships held in Kuwait last year.
The Judo Federation of India is sending them for training to Uzbekistan along with coach Armen Bagdasarove.
Source: United News of India (UNI)
New Delhi, May 31: Commonwealth champion Kh Tombi Devi and Diviya will represent India at the Beijing Olympics, the Judo Union of Asia said today.
Kh Tombi Devi, who qualified in the 48 kg category, and Diviya (78 kg) earned their Olympic berths as per the points they received in the Asian Judo Championships.
Kh Tombi Devi is from Manipur and is presently working with the CRPF. She won the Gold medal in the Commonwealth Judo Championship in January this year. She also bagged the bronze in the Asian Judo Championships held in Kuwait last year.
The Judo Federation of India is sending them for training to Uzbekistan along with coach Armen Bagdasarove.
Source: United News of India (UNI)
62nd Santosh Trophy
Manipur fail to qualify for pre-quarterfinals:
Srinagar/Jammu, May 31: Services qualified for the pre-quarterfinal from Cluster II after they held Manipur to a 2-2 draw at GGM Science College grounds at Jammu today.
Both the teams finished with equal points of five with one win and two draws each but Services had better goal average of plus eight while Manipur had plus five.
Services now play Tamil Nadu in the pre-quarter Final on Monday.
Nagaland held Orissa to a 2-2 draw in an inconsequential match of Cluster II played at Maulana Azad stadium at Jammu.
How Manipur missed out:
May 27: Manipur beat Orissa 7-2; Services beat Nagaland 8-0
May 29: Manipur drew Nagaland 0-0; Services drew Orissa 1-1
May 31: Nagaland drew Orissa 2-2; Manipur drew Services 2-2
Srinagar/Jammu, May 31: Services qualified for the pre-quarterfinal from Cluster II after they held Manipur to a 2-2 draw at GGM Science College grounds at Jammu today.
Both the teams finished with equal points of five with one win and two draws each but Services had better goal average of plus eight while Manipur had plus five.
Services now play Tamil Nadu in the pre-quarter Final on Monday.
Nagaland held Orissa to a 2-2 draw in an inconsequential match of Cluster II played at Maulana Azad stadium at Jammu.
How Manipur missed out:
May 27: Manipur beat Orissa 7-2; Services beat Nagaland 8-0
May 29: Manipur drew Nagaland 0-0; Services drew Orissa 1-1
May 31: Nagaland drew Orissa 2-2; Manipur drew Services 2-2
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