, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020 State Polo Tournament I-League 2019-20 Linthoinganbi Kangjei Lup, X-Polo Club win NEROCA host Real Kashmir FC in must-win match thrillers to claim women's and U-16 boy's titles to the next game, and work long for X Polo Club to find hard towards earning three the winner as T Vikash com- points," Neroca forward pleted his treble in the Boubacar Diarra asid ahead opening minute itself and of Tuesday's match. wrapped up the game 6-5. "We have to take Real The valedictory function of Kashmir seriously. They have the two tournaments was tall players and play long graced by W Ibohal, Director balls. We will take precau- Tourism Department; K tions and proceed with small Saratchandra Singh, president passes and counterattacks." All Polo Association The 'Snow Leopards' have and MC Liklainu, Deputy scored four headed goals this Director Finance, National season, which validates Health Mission as dignitaries Diarra's observation. How- who also feted the winners IMPHAL, Jan 13 cohesive unit. Boubacar ever, the Srinagar-based side and runners up teams. Diarra and Zico Sekle have have come into the match with Women's winners, Winless in their last four displayed sparks of their bril- a win and a draw in their last Linthoinganbi Kangjei Lup matches, NEROCA FC host liance up front but have two matches, thus dropping were feted with a trophy and another struggling side Real struggled to score goals. five points, making Tuesday's a cash prize of Rs 15,000 Kashmir FC in an I-League In the midfield, Chanso fixture a must-win for them. sponsored by Imphal Hospi- 2019-20 match here on Horam and Gaty Kouami Commenting on what has By Our Sports Reporter Th Tanna scored another rally back after narrow lead Nagamapal Youth Polo Club tal while runners up team, Tuesday. have acted as a dependable been lacking in his side this briefly after the first minute in the opening chukker before managed to regain the lead Chingkheihunba Polo Club Neroca have made a shaky pivot when on the pitch to- season, head coach David IMPHAL, Jan 13 : Linthoi- of the second chukker to finishing the game 6-5 in the again in the 6th minute with got a trophy and a cash prize start to their campaign and gether, but other permutations Robertson said, "We have nganbi Kangjei Lup fought make it 3-0 but L Thadoi fifth chukker as Nagamapal Th finding the target. of Rs 10,000 sponsored by currently sit at 10th in the 11- have been preferred over the been playing very well as a back from two goals down to pulled one back for Youth Polo Club gave a It was a neck to neck com- Sumita and Thadoi. team league with five points, pair at times. team. We are not getting the clinch a 4-3 win against Linthoinganbi Kangjei Lup tough fight and draw level till petition in the following Meanwhile, junior boys' while Real Kashmir are at They have come into Tues- results we need but we are Chingkheihunba Polo Club before Kh Deventy quickfired the end of the fourth chukker. chukker as T Dinesh and T champions, X-Polo Club ninth. The two sides desper- day's match after their 1-2 creating a lot of chances on and lift the title of the 15th two goals in the 4th and the X Polo Club, Wangkhei Vikash Singh scored a goal walked away Rs 10,000 ately need a win to come out defeat against TRAU FC in goal, just not finishing them. Women's State Polo 5th minute to draw level. were leading the first half 1- each within three minutes to richer and the Nagamapal of the bottom half of the the first ever Imphal derby. "Neroca are an incredible Tournament while X-Polo It was anyone's game till 0 with Herojit Thokchom's ensure X Polo Club lead 4-3 team had to contend with a points table. The orange bri- "When there is defeat, club and have great quality Club got the better of halfway but Linthoinganbi strike in the 6th minute but but Kh Yaikhomba made a cash prize of Rs 5,000 and a gade coached by Gift Rai there is always a disappoint- players. So it will not be easy Nagamapal Youth Polo Club by Kangjei Lup were seen enjoy- Nagamapal Youth Polo Club fine finish to help Nagamapal trophy. Khan, despite having quality ment. It should serve as a we just need to stay focused 6-5 goals in a compelling final ing the possession in the third made a determined comeback Youth PC pull level stay in T Vikash who scored the players in their ranks, have lesson for the next derby. For and stick to the game plan," contest to earn the title of the 3rd chukker. To their delight, - to overturn the lead in the the hunt. sudden winner in the addi- found it difficult to gel as a now, we have to look ahead he said. Agencies Junior Boys U-16 State Polo tain Kh Habe found the second chukker. Th Santosh The fourth chukker also tional chukker was also Tournament at Mapal breakthrough which was drew level for Nagamapal saw both teams showing off encouraged separately with a Kangjeibung today. worth enough to be the win- Youth Polo Club when the their riding skills and creating cash prize of Rs 2,000 for his In the women's final staged ner as Chingkheihunba Polo second chukker was not even chances and it was T Vikash exceptional feat. 2-Day Polo Coaching Camp begins at Kumbi today, Chingkheihunba Polo Club failed to make a come- a half minute old and added who handed X Polo Club 5- Altogether 6 women's club had a positive start and back despite changes being another in the 3rd minute to 4 lead before Kh Yaikhomba teams and 7 junior boys' Our Correspondent led the first chukker 2-0 past made till the last chukker. make it 2-1. Th rose again to close the gap teams participated in the tour- BISHNUPUR, Jan 13 : Liingthoinganbi Kangjei Lup The junior boy's final Nongpoknganba however and forced the game to an- naments which were A "District Level US Rural Polo thanks to Neelu RK and Th match was even more inter- handed X Polo Club the other chukker. organised by All Manipur Coaching Camp" jointly Tanna strikes. esting as X-Polo Club had to equaliser in the 4th minute but However it did not take Polo Association. organised by Huntre! Equine Manipur and Pony Care Centre, Kumbi has kicked off today at 4th T Subol Veteran T-20 Cricket Kumbi Kangjeibung State's medal haul at (Pologround) with an aim of preserving pony and raising the LCCC complete treble to cruise into semis KIYG Judo reaches 14 standard of the game of polo in in their hand and successfully sealed their Manipur, which is regarded as place in the semi-finals as Group A winners. the birthplace of the game. Gourachandra made the highest 36 runs off The two day coaching 47 balls for Model Club in the first innings camp will witness two polo while Demin and Suresh respective added 25 coaches from USA, Edward Director District Veterinary State's rare pony breed under and 22 runs to make it 120 runs total at the Amstrong and Carolyn Officer, Bishnupur, P the support of US and Ar- end. Stimmel impart new tech- Gojendro Singh in the pres- gentina Polo Associations. LCCC's Rakesh, Krishna and Jiten were niques to 60 polo enthusiasts ence of American polo coach The camp which comes able to share two wickets each in this over (12 to 40 years of age) from Edward Amstrong; Huntre under the first project of its before easing to their third win. LCCC chase Bishnupur district. The inau- Equine's Somi Roy and inter- kind in Kumbi, targets to at- was a bit shaky in the beginning but Shivadutta gural function of the camp national polo player N tract the youths and inculcate (28), Gulson (19), Krishna (17) and Sanjit was attended by S Bira, MLA Ashakiran. them the value and know- (16) made a concerted effort to steer their team Kumbi AC; Chairperson of The camp is a part of the how of the game and to 123 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 18.4 By Our Sports Reporter Kumbi Municipal Council, W Somi Roy's initiative that eventually support to the overs. Priyoranjan; Vice Chairper- started back in the year 2016 cause of preserving pony in By Our Sports Reporter Tejkumar and Sarat of Model Club were IMPHAL, Jan 13 : State judokas' contribution to Manipur's medal son L Babita Devi; Joint with a motive to preserve the the State. quite good in their bowling efforts and fin- tally at the 3rd Khelo Youth Games (KIYG) which is IMPHAL, Jan 13 : Lilong Chajing Cricket Club ished with 2 wickets in their names but failed underway at Guwahati, goes on as four more medals were added (LCCC) sealed a 4 wicket win against Model to contain the effort of LCCC batsmen. on the fourth day (Monday). Sunrise Club thrash Club to complete their treble and finish atop in Demin and Doughlas also picked up a L Jagdish was seen earning Manipur the 3rd gold medal TYWO win 3-1 in IE 3rd Group A table at the 4th T Subol Memorial wicket each in this innings. Krishna who in U-21 boys 66 kg category before NK Somorjit clinched a BHLC 9-1 to move into Veteran T-20 Cricket Tournament being added 17 runs for LCCC and picked up 2 silver medal in the 60 kg event. Division Football League opener organised by Manipur Veteran Cricket wickets, was adjudged man of the match. In the U-21 girls' 57 kg final, H Matouleibi emerged on quarter finals Association at Langthabal Public Ground. With the match, the semi-final line up was top to earn Manipur the 4th gold medal and L Nganthoi Our Correspondent Model Club posted 120 runs for all wick- completed and it will be CYCLONE, stretched the haul winning a silver medal in the 52 kg event. ets down in 20 overs but the target proved too Thangmeiband vs CHAMP in the first semi- With today's collection, Manipur now have 4 gold, 3 silver JIRIBAM, Jan 13 : Sunrise small for LCCC as the latter team surged final match on January 15. The match starts at and 7 bronze medal in judo discipline at the games which will Club, Kadamtala thrashed home (123) in 18.4 overs with 4 wickets left 10.30 am. run till January 22. BHLC, Chotobekra 9-1 as S Naoba hit four goals alone to make their way to the quarter final league round of the 1st State triathlon team announced : shines but Moirangthem Jodishchandra Memorial Invitation Football By Our Sports Reporter Tournament being organised PSG held by in thriller by All Jiribam Sports IMPHAL, Jan 13 : Triathlon Association of Manipur has with his legs to thwart Sen- Association at Jiribam Higher announced the names of the athletes who will be representing egalese forward Balde. Secondary School playground. Manipur at the Senior National Triathlon Championship (M&W) PSG equalised moments S Naoba (8', 10', 34', 49') 2020 to be held at Chennai on February 23. later when Neymar received By Our Sports Reporter Joychandra doubled their ad- was unstoppable today as he As per a press release of Triathlon Association of Manipur, the ball in the box and his vantage in the 23rd minute . banged in three goals to steer L Mahesh, Th Loyangamba and E Sushil were selected in the snapshot took a couple of IMPHAL, Jan 13 : TYWO, They continued to press Sunrise Club to a 5-0 lead till men's team while Th Sorojini Devi, MC Linthoingambi and deflections -- the latter coming Takhel clinched a 3-1 win SYDA who were caught by the break and went on to add Ksh Sonam were named in the women's list. off Ballo-Toure for an own against SYDA, Kshetrigao as surprise with back to back another in the second half and P Subashchandra, NIS will accompany the team as man- goal. Nahakpam Apabi Memorial goals and to their disappoint- set up the huge 9-1 win for ager cum coach, the release added. Kamil Glik headed against 3rd Division Football ment Mustak to concede an his team. Y Joychandra (12'), the post on the half-hour but Tournament kicked off today at own goal during the addi- O Ranjan (23') and K Shitaljit PSG regained the lead on 41 YWC ground, Thambalkhong tional time of the first half also scored a goal each for 16th KIWT 2020 kicks off minutes, Neymar converting a under the aegis of Imphal East (30+2') giving TYWO the 3- the winning side in the first Our Correspondent by all ward captains after hoist- spot-kick after Mbappe was District Football Association. 0 upperhand. half as BHLC were never ing the tournament flag in the brought down by Martins. The tournament is being SYDA pulled back a goal seen in the contest while Ph KANGPOKPI, Jan 13: The presence of other dignitaries PARIS, Jan 13 Jardim at the end of Decem- Aleksandr Golovin missed participated by 8 teams just two minutes into the sec- Malemnganba grabbed a dou- 16th edition of Annual Kanggui and dedication of the tourna- ber. an excellent chance to level clubbed into two groups. ond half but TYWO did well ble in the second half (47', Inter Ward Tournament 2020 ment by Rev Thangboi David, Neymar scored twice and PSG had started the new before the break while Neymar TYWO dominated earlier to held on to finish the game 75') including the final goal kicked off today at Brig M member of KTC who also in- created another goal but leader year in rampant form by scor- was denied a hat-trick by a proceedings of this opening 3-1. after setting up few goals ear- Thomas Ground, Kangpokpi voke thanksgiving and blessing Paris Saint-Germain was held ing six both times in a pair of sharp reflex stop from match (Group A) and it was CFA, Chingmeirong will lier. DHQs with 71 teams from prayer. to an entertaining 3-3 draw at domestic cup wins and looked early in the N Jitendra who put the team meet KBYC, Kshetri The lone goal of the losing sixteen wards participating in After inspection of players home on Sunday by a Monaco on track for a 10th win in a second half. Monaco made it ahead in the 15th minute be- Bengoon in the Group B side was scored by Masthang the category of men’s football, and declaration of the tourna- side playing its first Ligue 1 row over Monaco after 3-3 with 20 minutes to go with fore his team mate T opener tomorrow at 2 pm. in the 63rd minute. veteran football, U-13 and ment by the chief guest and game under new coach Robert Neymar controlled a terrific the help of the video assistant men’s and women’s volleyball other dignitaries, the inaugural Moreno. Marco Verratti pass to smash referee system. under the aegis of Kangpokpi match between Ward No 13 The Brazilian gave PSG the home the opener. The linesman raised his flag Youth Union (KYU). and Ward No 8 was success- lead after just two minutes at Thomas Tuchel's side came as Slimani forced in from close Serena Williams aims for Australian Rev Y Haokip, vice chair- fully kicked off amidst loud the Parc des Princes but Mo- in riding an eight-match win- range but replays showed man, Kangpokpi Town cheers from supporters of the naco scored two quick goals ning streak -- across which it Marquinhos had knocked the Open glory after Auckland Open success Committee graced the inaugu- teams. Songpu hattrick (7', 18' through and had scored 34 goals -- but ball towards the Algerian, al- ral ceremony as chief guest and 32') and another three goals to move concerns remained over the beit inadvertently, prompting She was absent from the towards the next goal." while Lampao Misao, ex- from Manggou (14' penalty), 2-1 ahead inside quarter of an deployment of a prolific four- the original offside decision to tour for 12 months while Williams could not make it Chairman, ADC Sadar Hills, Vungminlen (12') and hour. A Fode Ballo-Toure man attack against stronger be overturned. becoming a mother and had a twin success as she and Thangminchon Singson, ex- Kamginlen (20') helped Ward own goal brought PSG level opposition. Mbappe could have won it since been unable to capture a Caroline Wozniacki fell to president KYU and NS No 8 demolish Ward No 13 6- and Neymar restored its ad- Monaco hit back almost at the death but sliced wide on title, losing five finals - in- Asia Muhammad and Taylor Gangte, ex-general secretary, 1 while Ward No 12 had an vantage from the penalty spot immediately as Cesc Fabregas the volley as PSG drew for cluding four in grand slams. Townsend in the doubles fi- KYC as guest of honour and easy 2-0 win over Ward No 2 before half-time after a foul threaded a neat ball through the first time this season in the The defeats were becom- nal. Haolet Khongsai, president, (B) in the second match. on Kylian Mbappe. for Ben Yedder and although league. ing a worrying trend, but a "I'm OK with what hap- KYU as functional president. Seiminlal and Thanggoulal But Monaco, which hosts he was chopped down by Lille's miserable away form 6-3, 6-4 victory over compa- pened," Williams said in a A part from various local Kipgen scored for Ward No 12 PSG on Wednesday once Keylor Navas, the rebound continued as they lost 1-0 at triot Jessica Pegula in the post-match news conference. civil bodies’ leaders including in the 7th and 59th minutes again in a rearranged fixture, rolled into the path of Martins Dijon, who played for over an Sportstar Auckland Open final on Sun- "I'm glad I was able to get Kangpokpi Women Welfare respectively. earned a point when Islam who tapped into an empty net. hour with 10 men after the day broke that streak. a title in the singles - it's been Organization, all member of Tomorrow, in the main Slimani's goal was controver- The visitor soon exposed dismissal of Hamza Mendyl. Jan 13 : Serena Williams said Now Williams heads to a while. But I've been in the Kangpokpi Town Committee men’s football, Ward No 16 sially awarded after it was PSG again, this time Keita Julio Tavares scored the winning in Auckland was "just Australia with a 24th slam her finals a lot, so I just keep also attended the inaugural and Ward No 3 will play in the initially ruled out for offside. Balde ran at the defence be- winning goal on 47 minutes a step towards the next goal" as target as she bids to move going and just keep trying." ceremony as special guests. first match and Ward No 5 & It was just the second time fore slipping across to Ben as Dijon pulled four points she heads to Melbourne for a level with Margaret Court at Victory over Pegula gave KYU president Haolet 6 and Ward No 1 will play in PSG has dropped points at Yedder who applied a com- clear of the relegation places shot at history in the Australian the top of the all-time list. Williams a 73rd WTA singles Khongsai lit the tournament the third match. In the veteran home this season -- after a posed finish for his while Lille blew the chance to Open. "It's pretty satisfying just title, meaning she has won torch and KTC vice chairman football, Ward No 8 and Ward shock 2-0 defeat by Reims in league-best 14th goal. return to the top three. The 38-year-old American to get a win in the finals," tournaments in four decades, lit the cauldron amidst cheers No 9 will play in the second September -- but the draw The Monaco duo almost Lille is unbeaten at home succeeded in her mission to Williams said. "I think that starting with five she won in and applauds after the 16th match while Ward No 4 and represented a positive start for combined to devastating effect but have won just once in 10 land a first trophy since land- was really important for me 1999 as a teenager. Kanggui Inter Ward Tourna- Ward No 2 will play in the former Spain coach Moreno, once more on the counter, with outings on the road while los- ing her 23rd grand slam at and I just want to build on it. The Australian Open be- ment Torch Relay participated fourth match. who replaced Leonardo Navas producing a fine save ing on seven occasions. AFP Melbourne Park in 2017. "Obviously, it's just a step gins on Monday, January 20.