Sports News

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.

Sports News

August 31, 2008

Football :
Nine Bullets upset hot favorite Ageya Cholo Sangha by 3-3 goals in the domestic First Division League Football Tournament here today. In a crucial match at the Dashrath Dev Stadium, Badharghat, Sanjoy Toppo netted two goals and Nine Bullets took lead by 2-0 in 25th and 32nd minute. Then Ageya Cholo bounced back and scored three goals by Liberian striker James (33rd and 35th minute) and Saijul Ali (45th minute). After lemon break, Ranadip Dey scored a brilliant goal and Nine Bullets leveled the score (3-3) in 69th minute. With this draw, Ageya Cholo earned eight points from five matches while Nine Bullets bagged seven points from five matches.

Athletics :
Sima Debbarma bagged Silver medal in High Jump for under-14 girls in the Inter Zone Athletics Championship at TATA Nagar, Jemshedpur today.

Cricket :
Tripura Cricket Association (TCA) will set up a Cricket Academy at Maharaja Bir Bickram Stadium, Agartala with in March 31, 2009. It was decided in an Executive Meeting of TCA here today.
Annual Prize distribution ceremony of TCA will be held on third week of September. Five former cricketers have been selected for felicitation in the ceremony. Selected cricketers were – Dipak Datta, Aniruddha Dey, Bablu Sengupta, Sudip Chowdhury (Senior) and Paresh Roy.

School Sports :
Yaga & Judo : State Level School Yoga & Judo Championship starts at Belonia. Minister Manindra Reang was opened this three-day tournament. MLA Bashudev Majumder was present in this function.

Table Tennis :
A meeting of Tripura Table Tennis Association will be held on September 02 next.

Kabaddi :
Tripura will participate in the National Senior Kabaddi Tournament at Imphal, Manipur on September 05-07 next.

Ball Badminton :
State Ball Badminton Championship will be held at Bishalgarh on September 06-07 next.