September 25, 2008
Football :
Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) moved in to Semi-final in the North Eastern Federation Cup Football tournament at Belonia, South Tripura district on Thursday last. In the opening match at BKI ground, ASEB beat F C Kulinan of Mizoram by 3-2 goals in penalty shoot out. Both the teams were locked 1-1 goals in scheduled 90 and extra time also. ASEB will now play against Ageya Cholo Sangh in the second semi-final on September 27 next.
Earlier state Finance Minister Badal Chowdhury opned this tournament on Wednesday night last. Five teams took part in the knock out tournament.
Tripura bowed out from National Sub-junior Football tournament for under-16 boys this year. In group matches at Mahilpur, Panjab, Tripura lost their two matches against Gao by 3-0 goals and against Hariyana by 2-0 goals.
Tripura Police lifted office football title this year. In the last league matches at Police ground, Police beat Public Works Department (PWD) by 6-0 goals. With this win Police team earned six points from two matches and confirmed champion trophy. Agriculture team bagged runner’s trophy.
Ball Badminton :
Tripura will participate in the National Sub-junior Ball Badminton Championship in Amritswar, Panjab on October 5-8 next. Selected players for this tournament were,
Boys section : Krishna Das, Rigan Debnath, Munna Debnath, Ranju Nama, Madhab Datta, Bikash Pal, Prasanta Debbarma, Abhijit Das, Parshuram debbarma. Coach : Ajay Das, Manager : Pradip das.
Girls section : Mumpi Debnath, Rakhi Datta, Priyanka Pal, Rita Das, Shukla Sarkar, Purnima Debbarma, Anjana Das, Mallika Sarkar, Manti Das, Coach : Babul Das, Manager : Mithu Rani Debnath, General Manager : Ashit Shyam.
Handball :
Tripura will participate in the National Junior Handball Tournament at Bhilai, Chhatisgarh on October 01-06 next. Selected players for the tournament were,
Bapi Biswash, Dipanjan Banik, Pappu Deb, Dilip Rudrapal, Rajesh Sutradhar, Ganesh Chakraborty, Titu Pal, Sukumar Das, Sumit Deb, Manish Biswash, Utpal Deb, Liton Roy, Gobinda Das, Presenjit Das, Dilip Das, Dipanjan Chakraborty. Coach : Raju Das, Manager ; Nanda Dulal Dey. Stand By : Amit Deb, Ripan Ruddra Pal, Satyabrata Deb.