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Manipur retain Sr National Womens' Football title

Imphal, Mar 25 (PTI) Hosts Manipur rode on Y Kamala's strike to pip Orissa 1-0 and retain the title in the 18th Senior National Womens' Football tournament at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium here today.

With Orissa eves giving a stiff fight, the reigning champions could not take a lead in the first 45 minutes as the goalless stalemate prevailed in the first-half.

The Manipur side however regrouped after the changeover and Kamala banged in the match-winner eight minutes after the break to settle the issue.

Orissa women tried their best to equalise but could not make use of their opportunities as Manipur clinched the title.
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England football fans furious over ‘rip-off’ for watching World Cup

summer's World Cup in South Africa footballLONDON - England football fans will be facing a enormous bill of 6,400 pounds each to watch manager Fabio Capello’s team play in this summer’s World Cup in South Africa, which kicks off on June 12.
Currently, the best price for a return ticket to Johannesburg is 1,527 pounds, while inland flights between England’s group venues of Rustenberg, Durban and Cape Town will cost an extra 827 pounds, while many hotel rooms come in at 400 pounds a night.
Virgin Money calculates that England fans will spend at least 6,399 pounds each in flights, accommodation and food during the tournament.
England Football Supporters’ Federation official Kevin Miles said that he has been in Johannesburg to witness the growing rip-offs first hand.
“This smacks of pure greed. Prices here are becoming more an issue than fears over security. I am very disappointed. The South Africans seem more interested in cashing in now than showcasing their country with a view to attracting people back in the future,” The Sun quoted Miles, as saying.
“The fact is the credit crunch is still full-on. People are totting things up and coming to the conclusion they can fund a Caribbean holiday and watch England’s European Championship qualifiers, and still have change in their pockets compared to the cost of coming to the World Cup,” he added.
He further said that though South Africa is usually a decent-priced holiday location, but the same rules do not apply to the World Cup.
“We’re looking at the cost of getting here, accommodation, expensive internal flights, problematical travel to and from games, safety issues and funding for the six days between each group game if you’re staying on,” Miles said.
“It will also be winter in South Africa so we are not talking about the complete holiday experience here,” he added.
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Manipur, Orissa to clash in Womens football final

Imphal, Mar 24 : Manipur will vie for its 16th title of the senior women's national football championship with a clash with Orissa in the final of the 18th womens championship to be held here at Khuman Lampak Stadium on March 25.

Orissa today defeated Tamil Nadu 3-0 in a semi final match played at Khuman Lampak stadium. In another semi final match played yesterday Manipur had defeated West Bengal 1-0.

Orissa is entering the final for the fourth time.
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AIFF will field own team in I-League

New Delhi: In an effort to improve India’s chances in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has evolved a unique plan to recruit a group of talented young players from different clubs and field them as its own team in the I-League for the next four years.
According to sources, the AIFF has made a tentative list of 24 probables, who would be offered a four-year contract to play in the I-League as a Delhi based club to be formed by the AIFF. Efforts are also on to rope in a franchisee for the necessary financial support. Most of the players are also in the Asian Games camp.
“These boys will form the core group of the Indian team for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers to be played in 2014,” sources claimed. “Since it was decided earlier that the number of teams in the I-League would be increased to 16, the federation officials mooted the idea of fielding their own team.”
Though the details are yet to be finalised, the AIFF has the plan to make it a model club on the lines of Fifa and AFC guidelines. The players would be paid as per the market rate and receive the best possible treatment.
“Starting next season, this could be the best way to prepare the team for the World Cup qualifiers,” said an official. “Exposing these players to the I-League would be much better than keeping them in long camps. It would be a great achievement even if 10 players from this team make the national team in the end,” he said.
Though the exclusive plan will definitely help the cause of the national team, the established clubs are going to be hit hard. With national coach Bob Houghton already deciding to engage 30 top players exclusively for seven months, till the Asia Cup in January 2011, the clubs may find themselves in a spot of bother if another set of 24 players are kept away by the AIFF for the proposed long-term plan.
“It’s a good idea but the AIFF is committing itself to a huge financial burden,” said an executive committee member. “The cost of players’ payment for the Asia Cup project would be more than Rs. 3 crore. Now, it would be an added burden to form a separate club.
“Unfortunately, none of our sponsors are paying regularly,” he said. “The only solace is that this idea has the full backing of our president, Praful Patel, who has assured all necessary help,” he added.
probables as of now
Goalkeepers: Jagrup Singh (Mahindra), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (East Bengal) and Ravi Kumar (TFA).
Defenders: Vishal Ravindra Kumar (No club), Abhishek Das and Deepak Devrani (both East Bengal), Inderpreet Singh (Salgaocar), Raju Gaekwad and Lalrozama Fanai (both Pune FC), Souvik Ghosh (Chirag United) and Pramathesh (Dempo).
Midfielders: Akshay Mall, Milan Singh and Vikramjit Singh (all no club), Subodh Kumar (Pune FC), Shilton D’Silva (Mahindra), Sheikh Jewel Raja (Dempo), Lalrindika Ralte (Churchill), Tirthankar Sarkar (Salgaocar) and Jibbon Singh (East Bengal).
Forwards: Jeje Lalpekhlua and Jagtar Singh (both Pune FC), Manandeep (East Bengal) and Malswamfela (Salgaocar).
SALIENT FEATURES
AIFF is planning to form its own club in the I-League mostly with under-21 players.
All the players would be offered four-year contracts.
The team could be regarded as the core group for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers to be played in 2014.
The team would be based in Delhi and a franchisee could be roped in for financial support.
All facilities in the club would be of international standard.
Efforts are on to find another franchisee from south, mainly Bangalore.
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Manipur advance into National Football final

Imphal, March 23 : Manipur will aim for its 16th title of the senior women's national football championship after advancing to the final of the competition's 18th edition with a solitary goal win over arch rivals West Bengal today.

The first semifinal played today at Khuman lampak Main Stadium was dominated by the hosts and had the strikers converted some of the chances that came their way the scoreline would have been a huge difference.

From very beginning the West Bengal defence was repeatedly breached but lack of precision on the part of the hosts' forward-line saved the opponents from suffering an embarrassing loss.

The all important goal that sealed Manipur's place in the summit round, yet again was scored by Th Tababi off an Ng bala cross in the 39th minute.

In the final slated for March 25, Manipur will take on tomorrow's second semifinal winner between Orissa and Tamil Nadu.

Manipur failed to grab the top honour in the inaugural edition held at Imphal and in 1997 with West Bengal clinching the title on both occasion.

On the otherhand, Bengal reached the final 13 times out of 17 edition of the championship.

In the 2002, 2007 and 2008 editions of the championship, the final opponent was Orissa.
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AR organises football match at Shangsak

Imphal, March 22: In continuation to the 175th Raising Day anniversary of Assam Riles Celebrations, 23 Assam Rifles of 10 Sector under HQ IGAR(South) organized a friendly football match at Battalion Headquarters Shangshak on March 20 last.

The match was played between Shangshak Khullen village team and the Battalion football team.

In a keenly contested match witnessed by large number of villagers and the troops of Assam Rifles, the village team won the match by 3-2 .

After the match an interaction programmes was also organised with the villagers and gifts were presented to the village team.

Villagers appreciated the initiative taken up by Assam Rifles and expressed their desire to participate in such events in future also.
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Manipur, Orissa, Tamil Nadu enter women's football semis

Imphal, March 18 : Host Manipur along with Tamil Nadu and Orissa have sealed their four berths in the 18th Senior women's national Football Championship with convincing wins in quarter final group matches played at Khuman Lampak main stadium.

While Manipur and Tamil nadu advanced to the last four stage with victories over Tripura and Kerala respectively in Group A quarter final league matches played yesterday, Orissa brushed aside the challenge of Haryana for a 5-0 win in a Group B tie played today.

The other Group B match between Assam and West bengal ended in a 1-1 draw, Mani Munda scoring the former's goal in the 51st minute and Puja Karmakar cancelling the advantage with an injury time score.

Margin of victory against haryana on March 19 will decide Assam's fate in the ongoing competition while West Bengal with better goal average than the NE team, could advance to the semifinals with either a draw or defeat with lesser margin against Orissa.

Earlier, Sasmita Mallick scored all the Orissa goals in the rout of Haryana.

In Manipur's triumph over Tripura yesterday, N Geeta Rani opened the score in the 25th minute after which Th Tababi and Ng Bala Devi netted two apiece to bulge the lead.

For Tamil Nadu, S Jeya Lakshmi netted both the goals in the defeat of Kerala.
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Manipur beat Uttarkhand in Women's National Football Championship

IMPHAL: Hosts Manipur beat Uttarkhand 20-0 in the 18th Senior Women's National Football Championship 2010 played at the Mapal Kangjeibung ground on Thursday.

L Naobi Chanu (5), Th Tababi (5), N Geetarani Chanu (3) Sh Rani Devi (1), L Asharani Devi (2), J Premeshwari Devi (2), Y Kamala Devi (1) and Ibeyaima Devi (1) sounded the scoreboard for Manipur.

In another match, West Bengal defeated Maharashtra 4-0 at the Khuman Lampak main stadium.

The scorers for West Bengal were Kalpana Roy (2), Puja Karmaker (1) and Nausaba Alam (1).

In another encounter, Orissa beat Karnataka 6-1. The scorers were Supriya Routrey (1), Sasmita Mallick (3), Stradhanjali Smatroy (1), Pinki Bompal Magar (1) while the reducer for Karnataka was scored by Amoolya.

Tamil Nadu defeated Meghalaya 11-0. S Vasanthi (4), S Jeyalksmi (4) and R Kalpana (3) scored for the team.
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New avatar for Assam Police

Guwahati club changes name and base
Guwahati, March 9: The Assam Police football team, has adopted a new avatar by not only shifting its base from Guwahati to Dergaon, but also by dropping the word Blues from its name.
Confirming the development, club general secretary P.C. Phukan told The Telegraph that the team would continue to be registered with the Guwahati Sports Association (GSA) here and participate in the Guwahati Super League and other tournaments as a Guwahati side.
The football team which will now be based in Dergaon in Golaghat district, shed the word Blues to adopt its original name Assam Police Sports Club.
“We have decided to change the name following requests by our former players to retain the original name of the club. We have, accordingly, adopted a resolution and moved the GSA and the Assam Football Association,” Phukan said.
Assam Police Blues was raised in 2001 involving the best footballers in Assam Police with the base in the capital city and registered with the GSA in order to give exposure to highest level of competitive football in the state.
The word Blues was added to the name of the club because the original Dergaon-based club — Assam Police XI — continued to be an active team in different tournaments in the state.
The Dergaon side, which happened to be the football powerhouse of the state for over four decades, eventually ceased to exist since 2003.
The men in yellow and black are at present the GSA Super League runners-up as well as the runners-up in the Assam State Premier League, the apex tournament of the Assam Football Association.
About shifting of base to Dergaon, Phukan said: “We had to shift base to Dergaon following a dearth of suitable ground for practice in Guwahati. The team, which was based in the 4th Assam Police Battalion headquarters at Kahilipara, had to travel all the way to the Gauhati University ground in Jalukbari, which was often a tiresome exercise. It took a lot of time and was a sheer waste of money and energy.”
“We now have our own ground in Dergaon and the team’s barracks are adjacent to it, thanks to the authorities at the Police Training College there. The players have the ground all to themselves,” Phukan, who is also the commandant of the 4th APBn, added.
The move has nearly yielded the desired result with the team managing to hold their strong opponents in Assam Rifles, Tezpur to a draw in 120 minutes of play in the Premier League final here recently before going down in the tiebreakers.
The team has also engaged former international player Toshen Bora as the coach along with Molong Ao and Jewel Bey in the team management and a talent search operation involving the new recruits in the police forces has already been kicked off.
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Karnataka thrash Rajasthan 11-0 in Senior Women's National

IMPHAL: Karnataka defeated Rajasthan 11-0 in the 18th Senior Women's National football championship at the Khuman Lampak Main Stadium on Tuesday.

For Karnataka Vanitha, Amoolya, Sena Loadhima, Aloka D Souza and Bidu scored two goals each, while Hema Rajeshori found the target once.

In another match, Jharkhand beat Uttarakhand 8-0. Jharkhand scored thrice through Nupar Toppo and twice through Rekha Burwa, while Rinxi Kuzur, Neelam Toppo and Sudhana Kumari scored one each.

Meanwhile, West Bengal beat Maharashtra 2-1. Puja Kamdhar and Dulati Ghosh scored for West Bengal, while Deepika Bhoral scored the lone goal for Maharashtra.

Raje Rupali Singh scored two goals as Uttar Pradesh defeated Meghalaya 2-1. Balutamon Nengnong was the scorer for Meghalaya.
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Manipur defeat Jharkhand in 1st match of national women's football championship

Imphal: Hosts Manipur defeated Jharkhand 8-0 in the inaugural match of the 18th women's national football championship here.

Sixteen teams from all over the country were participating in the tournament inaugurated by Manipur Sports minister.

The teams include favourites Bengal besides Tamil Nadu and Orissa.
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Nilakumar scripts win with lone stunner

Imphal, March 3: Manipur Police Sports Club made it to the final with a solitary goal win over North Eastern Re- Organisation and Cultural Association in the 2nd Lamyanba Hijam Irawat Invitation Football Tournament at Eastern Shine Public Ground, Moreh.
Both the teams sweated it out in the humid conditions, searching for the goal, but success remained elusive.
Manipur Police got some opportunities to effect a breakthrough, but failed to capitalise on them.
With just a minute to go for the first half whistle, Manipur Police Sports Club got the much-needed breakthrough as forward I. Nilakumar Singh rammed his way into the penalty box to take a goalmouth shot which ruffled the net in the second minute of the first injury time.
Down by a goal, the North Eastern Re-Organisation team found the going tough in the second half as the Manipur Police side consolidated their defence and had to bow out of the game.
With the win, Manipur Police Sports Club will clash with Tiddim Road Unique Gamy Players’ Union in the final tomorrow.
Women’s football
Manipur will take on Jharkhand in the opening match of the 18th Senior Women’s National Football Championship at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium here on Sunday.
The championship has been clustered into eight groups.
Manipur, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand have been placed in cluster one, while Orissa, Karnataka and Rajasthan are in cluster two. West Bengal, Maharastra and Puducherry have been grouped in cluster three, while Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh make up cluster four. Goa, Delhi and Kerala are in cluster five, while Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir are in cluster six. Assam, Bihar and Chandigarh make up cluster seven, while Punjab, Tripura and Chattisgarh comprise cluster eight.
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