Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

National Road Cycling Championship: H Renubala and K Suchitra respectively pedalled to one silver and a bronze each on the third day of the 13th National Road Cycling Championship at Erode district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday. Renubala's silver medal came in the 50 km road mass start event in the Under-19 girls’ category while the bronze won by Suchitra was in the senior girls' 75 km road mass start. Manipur has, so far, garnered two gold, four silver and two bronze medals. National Tent Pegging Meet: ITBP riders raced ahead of ASC Centre (North) on the medal count as Hc Shashidharan picked his second gold on the third day of the National Tent Pegging Championship at Imphal Polo Ground on Saturday. Shashidharan culled 27.5 points to make the top podium finish in the individual sword event as ASC's Nk Shinde RT secured the silver on 26.5 point followed by his unit-mate Sub Omprakash in third place with a total of 23 points. In the day's other competition, Punjab Police ri...

FLAM to clash KVFA in final: Imphal, Dec 27: FLAM edged out ATVFA 5-3 via tie-breaker and KVFA pipped VSAI 1-0 in semi-final matches of the 2nd North East Cup Veteran Football tournament at THAU Sports Complex on Thursday. As the first semi-final between FLAM and ATVFA ended 1-1 draw after normal period, Tarpon, Bobo, P Sunil and O Ibomcha scored for the Yaiskul veterans from the spot while only Rajen and Abdul Wahid were successful for the losers. KVFA's match-winner against VSAI was netted by Hemchand 42 minutes into the game. The final will be played on Saturday. Posted On: The Sangai Express

KVFA, FLAM register wins: Imphal, Dec 18: Maniratan’s 16th minute goal helped KVFA, Khurai, register a facile 1-0 win over VSAC, Churachandpur, while FLAM, Yaiskul, overwhelmed Chingtam, Chingmeirong , 4-2 in league matches of the 2nd North East Cup veteran football tournament at THAU Sports Complex on Tuesday. The FLAM goals were netted by N Bobo (3rd), E Ratan (39th) and G Gaitharung (60th, 78th) while S Bungomacha (37th) and Athui Rongmei (73rd) bridged the score deficit for the Chingmeirong veterans. On December 20, SUVFA, Singjamei, will play CBVT, Chingoi Baruni, at 12 noon while ATVFA and VSAI, Thangmeiband, face each other at 2 pm.

VSAI beat SUFVA: Imphal, Dec 17: VSAI, Thangmeiband, defeated SUFVA by a solitary goal in a league match of the 2nd North East Cup veteran football tournament at THAU Sports Complex here on Monday. P Ibomcha scored VSAI’s matchwinner in the 19th minute while the player of the match award went to the winning team’s G Dhanakumar Tomorrow, KVFA will clash with VSAC (B) in the first match while FLAM will take on Chingtam (B) in the second match.

FLAM defeat Khurai in NE Cup opener: Imphal, Dec. 14: Football Lover’s Association Manipur (FLAM), Yaiskul, launched their title defence on a winning note defeating Khurai Veteran Football Association (KVFA) 2-0 in the opening match of the 2nd North East Cup 2007 veteran football tournament at Thangmeiband Athletic Union Sports Complex ground here on Friday. N Bobo scored the opener for FLAM, firing in a cross from E Ratan 16 minutes into the match and Gaidimlung Kamson doubled the advantage in the 50th minute. Abungchung Dangmei of FLAM was named player of the match. Source: The Sangai Express

Tourney begins on Friday: Imphal, Dec 13: The North East Cup Veteran Soccer Tournament 2007 will kick-off on Friday at THAU Sports Complex with holders FLAM pitted against KVFA, Khurai for the opener at 2 pm. Eight veteran teams would compete for top honours in the tournament (Dec 14-29). Source: The Sangai Express