1st Khelo India School Games Manipur girls thrash West Bengal 4-0 to enter semis
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, February 05 2018: Manipur U-17 girls football team thumped West Bengal 4-0 to continue their winning ways for third time and entered into semi-finals of the 1st Khelo India School Games football competition which is currently underway in various places of New Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports .

The local girls enjoyed emphatic 9-0 wins in the first two previous matches played against Delhi and Tripura and entered quarter finals.

Today, Babydolly opened the account when the match was not even a minute old.

She slotted home the ball following a corner kick in the 58th second of the first minute.

The goal fest continued with Y Laxmi as she found the net in the 10th minute after collecting a measured pass set by Priyanka around edge of the rivals' box.

Manipur continued to press West Bengal in the latter part of the first half as well and it was Th Babysana who struck third goal for Manipur in the 31st minute to went into the break with a convincing 3-0 lead.

Th Babysana got the end of the pass from Lynda which she deftly carried inside the box sent it home past the custodian Babysana was at it again scoring her second goal in the 59th minute with a nice assist from Laxmi and gave their rivals a tough time today with a 4-0 lead which lasted till the final whistle.

Manipur will meet Odisha on February 7 for a place in the final.

Boxing: Three more boxers reach quarter finals .

Three more boxers from Manipur have booked their place in the quarter finals of boxing competition of 1st Khelo India School Games.

The boxers who qualified for the quarter finals in the various weight categories are N Babyrojisana (52 kg), Kh Nongdamkhomba (60 kg) and N Bobosana (63 kg) .

Badminton: Meiraba advances into 2nd round .

Star shutler, Meiraba Luwang today defeated Rajanthan's Amolika 21-14, 21-9 in the first round of the badminton competition to move into second round.

Weightlifting: Konsam Urmila strikes gold .

Konsam Urmila of the State has added another gold for Manipur today in the weightlifting competition in the 44 kg category.

Urmila lifted a total of 137 kg (Snatch- 59 kg, Clean and jerk- 78 kg) to win the gold medal.

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