November 03
Football :
Tripura boys bagged seven points from three matches and hope for entry in last eight in the National School Football Championship for under-17 age groups in Goa on Sunday last. Tripura beat Madhya Pradesh by 2-1 goals. Both the goals were scored by Durnamani Jamatia. Earlier in another match, Kerala hold Tripura by 1-1 goal. Ajay Debbarma scored for Tripura. In girls section, Bihar holds Tripura by 0-0. Fudulu Debbarma missed an easy opportunity from a penalty. Earlier, Tripura registered first win in both boys and girls section of the Championship on Saturday last. In Boys section Tripura beat Jammu & Kashmir by 4-1 goals. Ananta Kishor Jamatia, Ajay Debbrama, Kartajoy Reang and Durnamani Jamatia scored for Tripura team. In girls section, Tripura defeated Tamilnadu by 4-0 goals.
Cricket :
Tripura lost their second match against Orissa in the C. K. Naidu Trophy under-22 four-day cricket match at Agartala on Thursday last. Set for the victory target of only 19 runs at the Polytechnic ground, visiting Orissa touched the winning target without losing any wicket of their second innings. Earlier, trailing by 136 runs in the first innings, Tripura finished their second innings on 154 runs. Manisankar Murasing scored 31, Sanjib Saha 25 and Dilip Sing made 24. For Orissa, Alok Pradhan took 4 for 48.
Brief Score : Tripura first innings – 108, Orissa first innings – 24, Tripura second innings – 154, Orissa second innings – 23/0.
Athletics :
Tripura will not to participate in the National Junior Athletics Championship at Mahishor, Karnataka from November 12-16 next. It was decided by Tripura Athletics Association on Sunday last. In a selection trial nobody can touch the qualifying mark. Altogether 70 athletics were participating in this trial camp.