Manipur advances

NEYVELI: Defending champion Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Assam, West Bengal, Orissa and Punjab topped their respective clusters and entered the quarterfinal league of the 17th senior National women’s football championship here on Wednesday.

Haryana gained the final quarterfinal league berth as the best second placed team.

The quarterfinal league begins on Friday. Thursday is a rest day.

The results: League: Manipur 13 (Tababi Devi (7), incl. hat-trick, Parameswari Devi, Naobi Chanu, Ranjita Devi (3), incl. hat-trick, Tamphasana Devi) bt HP 0; WB 6 (Pramila Sit, Shilpi Deb (2), Sujitha Kar (3)) bt Kerala 0; Orissa 6 (Gayathri, Geetanjali, Sradhanjali (2), Pinky, Sunitha) bt U.P 0.