37th National Games : Manipur girls march into football semi-finals; Jina, Umelly win Taekwondo bronze
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 31 2023: Naoroibam Jina and Mangshatabam Umelly won Manipur two bronze medals today in the 37th National Games Taekwondo to take the tally to 25 medals (8 gold, 3 silver and 14 bronze) .

Naoroibam Jina won the bronze medal in the women's -46 kg kyorugi event after going down to Maharashtra opponent in the semi-final.

Meanwhile, Umelly Mangshatabam bagged the other bronze in the women's individual poomsae event.

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37th National Games : Jina, Umelly win Taekwondo bronze

Football

The fight for the semi-final spots from Group A in the Women's Football event of the National Games was a truly thrilling affair at the Tilak Maidan today.

In the Manipur versus Tamil Nadu match, all that the National champions, Tamil Nadu, were to do was hold on for a draw to make the last four.

They almost completed their task but could do little against Manipur's sudden onslaught in the dying minutes.

In the 90th minute, N Sibani Devi put Manipur in the lead and then L Babina Devi struck four minutes into the add-on time to give her team a 2-0 victory.

Manipur grabbed the second spot in the group behind Bengal to enter the semi-finals with six points.

In the day's first match, Bengal edged Jharkhand 3-2 in a closely contested encounter to top the group with seven points.

While Rimpa Haldar (34'), Mousumi Murmu (53'), and Devneta Roy (88') scored for Bengal, Lalita Boypai (55') and Kusma Kispota (16') were Jharkhand's scorers.



Maharashtra rally to hold Kerala in men's football

In the men's football at Fatorda, Maharashtra produced a late flourish to hold Kerala to a 2-2 draw in a Group B match.

Kerala were sitting comfortably with the two goals they scored before the half time through Nuo Gilbert and Muhammed Ashiq Shoukathali.

But Maharashtra woke up from their slumber late in the match as Mandeep Singh Multani and Yash Shukla scored in the 79th and 84th minutes to return home with a point in their kitty.

In the other Group B match, two goals by Thiyam Chingkheinganba and Wangkheimayum Sadananda Singh helped Manipur beat Meghalaya 2-1.Donald Diengdoh reduced the margin for the losers.

Seesaw battle in beach soccer semi-final

The second semi-final of the beach soccer tournament was worth the spectators' money, as hosts Goa and Lakshadweep were involved in a grim battle in the evening.

While Goa had the last laugh with a 7-5 victory, Lakshadweep fought gallantly before going down.

Pedro Antonio Gonsalves was Goa's hero with four goals, while Carl Joshua Dsouza (2) and Kashinath Subhash Rathod were the other scorers.

Aboohuraira (2), Mirsad (2) and Mohammed Tahir scored for Lakshadweep.

Goa will now cross swords with National champions Kerala in the final on Wednesday.

(With AIFF Media Team inputs) .