All India Forest Sports Meet: Dhananjoy bags two medals
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, March 04 2020:
L Dhananjoy Singh, Forester, Thoubal Forest Division has bagged one gold medal in the Men's Senior Veteran Free Style and one bronze in the Men's Veteran free style in swimming event to open the account for Manipur at the ongoing 5-day 25th All India Forest Sports Meet, 2020 .
Meanwhile, Manipur has won over Lakhwadeep 4-1 in the first match of the football which started yesterday at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
A total of 45 players from Forest Department representing Manipur are participating in the tournament.
The tournament includes events such as athletics, archery, badminton, basketball, billiards, snooker, carrom, chess, cricket, cycling, football, golf, hockey, kabbadi, lawn tennis, shooting, squash, swimming etc.
Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, Minister Forest & Environment and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Odisha, Bikram Keshari Arukha and Minister Sports & Youth Affairs, Govt of Odisha, Tusharkanti Behera were present during the opening function of the sports meet as presidium members.