NE media sports
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 28 2013:
Table tennis and badminton teams of All Manipur Working Journa-lists' Union (AMWJU) claimed the team event titles on the second day of the 5th North East Media Sports Festival at Guwahati today.
In badminton team final, The Sangai Express duo of I Ibobi and Y Michael and ISTV's Richard Ranjan defeated Programme Production Centre, DDK (Guwahati) 2-0 to clinch the title.
Ibobi also claimed the men's singles table tennis crown with a 21-15 victory over G-Plus, Guwahati's Vikash while Michael and Richard Ranjan suffered defeats to their semifinal opponents.
The badminton team event winning members comprising of Ibobi, N Bikramjit (Man-naba) and N Phillips (ISTV) overpowered Assam's Janma-bhumi 2-0 to regain the title.
The men's singles final was played between Ibobi and Bikramjit with the latter winning by 2-0 set margin.
Poknapham daily's S Sonia won her third consecutive women's singles table tennis title defeating NE TV's Smriti Rekha in straight sets.