Maj. Gen. C. A. Krishnan with the Manipur senior women football team.
The members of the Manipur senior women football team, the champions of the 18th Senior National Women’s Football Championship 2010, were felicitated by Major General C A Krishnan, IGAR (South) on Tuesday at Imphal.
The team defeated Orissa, in the final on March 25 at Khuman Lampak Stadium to win the championship.
According to a mailed press release from defense sources, the team members were presented football accessories and memorabilia to the officials who accompanied the team.
The captain of the team Bembem is also the captain of the Indian Team which won the South Asian Women’s football Championship held at Dhaka, Bangladesh in Feb 2010, the release stated. Bembem has also earned “Footballer of the Year” title in South Asian Games at Dhaka for the year 2002-03.
Ranjit Roy, general secretary of AMVN, Premkanta, Sanahanti (Sports Physician) were also present on the occasion.