Sr natl women’s football
Ktk, WB, J’khan script wins
By Our sports Reporter
IMPHAL, Mar 9: Karnataka crushed Rajasthan 11-0, west bengal overcame Ma-harashtra 2-1 as Jharkhand drubbed Uttarakhand 8-0 and Uttar Pradesh cruised to a 2-1 victory over Meghala-ya in group matches of the 18th Senior National Women’s Football Champion- ship today.
In a Cluster II tie at Khuman lampak Main Sta-dium, Vanitha, Amoolya, Seneload Lima, Alaka D’souza and Bindu scored a brace each with Hema Ra-jeswari contributing one in Karnataka’s debacle of Ra-jasthan while at the same venue goals from Puja ku-mari (36th) and Dulat Ghosh (66th) helped West Bengal to a come-from-behind win over Maharashtra, after the latter took the lead through Deepika Bharat 19 minutes into the game.
At ESU ground, Wang-khei where Jharkhand rou- ted Uttarakhand in a Cluster I match, Nupur Toppo net-ted a hattrick, Rekha Barwa contributed two while Rinki Kujur scored one, and Nee-lam Toppo and Sadhna Ku- mari rounded off the win with injury time goals.
In UP’s victory over Meghalaya in a Cluster IV match, Raj Rupali Singh (18th, 39th) scored both goals for the eventual winners while balulmon Nengnong pulled back one of the North eastern State.