Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

Manipur retains title: Guwahati, Feb 2: Manipur expectedly retained the championship crown of the annual North East Games with dominant performances in almost all the disciplines in the 22nd edition thereby once again underlining the State's supremacy in the region. The North East Games, previously known as the North East Sports Festival, which concluded on Saturday with the closing ceremony held at the Sarusajai Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, saw Manipur outclass sportspersons of the seven other participant States in judo, weightlifting, wushu, women's football, men's kho-kho, taekwondo and boxing in addition to stupendous show by the female athletes. Moreover, the champion State secured runners-up titles in men's boxing and women's kho-kho. The overall championship trophy bagged by Manipur in the latest edition is the State's triumph for the 20th time since the competition began in 1986 at Imphal. Objective of the annual competition held under the aegis of Sp...

Manipur finish second: Imphal, Dec 23: Manipur added one gold and a silver to finish runners-up in the 25th Sub Junior National Taekwondo Championship which concluded at Bhopal on Sunday. Uttar Pradesh won the overall championship title. Manipur bagged four gold, two silver and three bronze medals. L Rabikanta won the boys' light-heavy weight title to add the only yellow metal fetched on Sunday while Kh Marshal secured the silver in welter weight division.