By Our Sports ReporterIMPHAL, Jan 18 : HVA, Heikrujam clinched the title of the 1st Jalaluddin Memorial Volleyball Tournament-2021 organised by Village Development Organisation, Kyamgei Takhok Makha under the aegis of All Manipur Volleyball Association.The competition organised since January 10 at Kyamgei Takhok Makha was participated by 7 teams.HVA got the better of SYDC, Santhel by 3-1 sets in the final match of the tournament which was witnessed by Social Welfare Minister  O Henry, Deputy ..

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Jan 18 : The District Sports Association, Chandel and Western Valley Area Sports Association are jointly conducting a 'Referee Refresher Course cum Recruitment' from January 28 to 30 at Thungcheng village ground, Chandel.As pe..

Our CorrespondentTHOUBAL, Jan 17 : PYDC, Khangabok and SWC, Lamding Cherapur were respectively crowned boys and girls' champions of the Thoubal District Level Junior Kabaddi Championship 2021 organised by  Atoukhong Maning Leikai Development & Social Culture Association (AMDASCAM) under the aegis of Thoubal District Kabaddi Association (TDKA) since January 15. In the boys' final match of the championship held at AMDASCAM playground, PYDC Khangabok beat hosts AMDASCAM 37-30 to win the ..

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Jan 17 : Manipur suffered second loss in its fourth plate group encounter of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai today as Bihar chased down the target of 106 runs in 17.1 overs with e..

Our CorrespondentKANGPOKPI, Jan 16 : The 3rd KSO Moltam Block Annual Sports Meet 2021 culminated in style today at Ichum Keirap Kom Village playground.T Mangjol Football club emerged champions and FC Chullou, Kotlen village begged the runners up title.Chu..

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Jan 15 : Manipur, registered its second win in the plate group competition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy by beating Arunachal Pradesh by 45 runs at TI Cycles Ground, Chennai today.Winning the toss, Manipur chose to bat first and posted a moderate target of 149 for 8 before bundling their rivals out at 104 in 19.2 overs.Manipur lost openers Karnajit Yumnam (6) to Akhilesh Sahani and Narisingh Yadav (13) to Manvan Patel but Langlonyamba Meitankeis-hangbam and Nitesh Sedai ..

IMPHAL, Jan 15 The Kickboxing Association of Manipur (KAM) has announced the State contingent of 5 officials and 57 players for WAKO India National Kickboxing Championship which will be held from February 7 to 10 at Hotel Elite, Saharanpur Road, Dehradun ..

Our CorrespondentKANGPOKPI, Jan 15: Former Principal Manager (North East), BSNL, J Lunkim, retd ITS opened the 29th Konghom Area Sports Meet 2021 at Ngamsei Memorial Playground at S Mongbung village in Kangpokpi district.The sports event is being organize..

DIPRChandel, Jan 13 : The 6th Dingpi Border Area Sporting Association (DBASA) Sports Meet began at New Samtal village in Chandel district, yesterday.The inaugural function was attended by YAS and Water Resources Minister, Letpao Haokip; Seithang Haokip, ADC Member 18-Songjang; N Shokhongam Baite (MCS), SDO Khengjoi; Seiminthang Lenthang (MCS), SDO Chakpikarong; Augustine Khongjai, Additional SP Chandel and Colonel Manish Sharma, SM CO 13th AR Sehlon as the presidium  members.Addressing the programme, ..

Our CorrespondentCHANDEL, Jan 13 : Bunghring Youth Club, Berukhudam Youth Club and Unopat FC progressed into the last 8 staged of the men's football competition in the 54th Western Valley Area Annual Sports Meet which is underway since yesterday at Thungc..

Our CorrespondentKANGPOKPI, Jan 13: The 1st Republic Day Invitational Football Tournament organized by COB Motbung, 38 Assam Rifles under the aegis of 22 Sector Assam Rifles in collaboration with Motbung Youth Club kicked off today LS playground, Motbung ..

IMPHAL, Jan 12: The Thoubal District Amateur Boxing Association (THOUDABA) has fixed the date for its general body meeting and election for new office bearers on February 21 at BASU office in Thoubal. In its press release, the association has informed all..

IMPHAL, Jan 2: NEROCA-FC team left Imphal for Kolkata on Friday for participation in the 14th Hero India League 2020-21, which is scheduled to begin from January 9. NEROCA will play their first match against TRAU-FC on January 15...

By Our Sports ReporterIMPHAL, Jan 2 : Manipur senior men's team comprising 20 players and 6 support staff led by Shiv Sundar Das as head coach, have left Imphal today for Chennai for the T20 Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2020-21 (Plate Group).The players who are..

IMPHAL, Dec 31: Three Kho Kho players from the State have been selected for participation in the Kho Kho National Coaching Camp, which is scheduled to be held from January 17 to February 16, 2021.The selected players are Th Lancheba Meitei, Th Sadananda M..

NEW DELHI, Dec 29In a candid conversation on AIFF TV on Sunday (December 27, 2020), Indian women's national team winger Dangmei Grace, who hails from Bishnupur in Manipur, spoke about the sporting culture in her home state and how sports is “in the blood” of all Manipuris."Our inclination towards sports comes from our forefathers. We have a strong belief that we have sports in our blood. Manipur has produced so many Olympians and legends, and even if we don't have the best infrastructure ..

MOREH, Dec 28The 2 day L Jamngam Baite memorial volleyball tournament for men and women kicked off at Hygiene cafe playground, JH Vajang village in Moreh, today.The inaugural programme was attended by BJP Kisan Morcha vice president and intending candidat..

IMPHAL, Nov 2New office bearers of the All Manipur Polo Association (AMPA) for the 2020-2023 term have been elected in a general body meeting of the association convened yesterday.As per a statement of AMPA, Dr Konsam Saratchandra Singh was elected as the..

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Oct 30 : The Directorate of Youth Affairs and Sports has informed the All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) to cancel this year's State League and Women State League.The YAS Directorate has intimated AMFA to cancel the tourn..

IMPHAL, Oct 14The Manipur Hockey said they deeply mourned the untimely demise of Konsam Shyamsunder Singh who was serving as the Director of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of Manipur. His contributions towards the development of sports in Manipur ..

NEW DELHI, Oct 10Manipuri's 17-year-old defender Bikash Yumnam has become the first Indian footballer to make it to The Guardian's Next Generation List - a list of the best young footballers from across the globe.The list is published annually by the newspaper and it has been running since 2014 and has featured some of the most exciting football talents from across the world.Speaking about his selection to ESPN, the young footballer said, "I am both happy and surprised but I am also realistic. I am ..

IMPHAL, Oct 5Noney Battalion Assam Rifles today distributed sport items to Thanggal village in Noney district to boost up sports facilities for talented youths in the village. The items were distributed under "Assam Rifles Civic Action  Project 2020-..

IMPHAL, Sep 30The All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) in a statement informed that All India Football Federation is conducting two online courses and a workshop from October 2 onwards.As per a statement of AMFA, AIFF is conducting a Goalkeeping Introd..

IMPHAL, Sep 27 : All Manipur Body Builders Association (AMBBA) has notified all concerned not to create confusion about any body building related matters in the media.AMMBA, in a statement, said that the association, officially recognised by the Governmen..

IMPHAL, Sep 16The All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) has stated that the association is preparing to commence its tournaments in the 2nd week of November in line with the All India Football Federation's announcement to commence various kinds of its t..

IMPHAL, Sep 4: Kabaddi lover group today donated a sum of Rs 10,000 to footballer Ramananda, who is undergoing treatment at Shija Hospital due to kidney failure...

IMPHAL, Aug 29Voluntary donations to aid ailing footballer Ningthoujam Ramananda poured  in with Epao Tengbang Lup, Manipur; NEROCA FC Fan Club, Manipur and the Kadajit Youths' Welfare Associated Club (KYWAC) making monetary contributions and praying..

New Delhi, Aug 22Rule 10 in the entry form of India’s two highest sporting honours – the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards – lays down a fundamental principle.“There will be only one award every year to be given to an individual sportsperson,” reads point number 10.1 in the Khel Ratna invitation form. Rule 10.2 of the Arjuna Award states, “Normally not more than 15 awards could be given in any calendar year.” In both cases, it is specified that the ..

By Our Sports ReporterIMPHAL, Aug 9 : Former India international footballer Laishram Manitombi Singh passed away yesterday at around 11 pm at his residence at Achanbigei Mayai Leikai.He is survived by his wife and a 10 year old son.The defender, born on June 10, 1981 started his career at Army Boys and also played for Services for two seasons at the beginning of his career. He later donned the jerseys of Air India, Salgaocar FC and Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan.Along with his friend Tomba Singh, Manitombi ..

IMPHAL, Jul 27Many sports bodies have condoled the demise of renowned athlete Akoijam Binodkumar Singh alias Tarakishore on July 23.Manipur Master Athletic Association said that he was a State champion in various games like high jump, long jump, triple ju..

IMPHAL, Jul 20In response to the July 19 statement of NISA president, All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) has clarified that inter district player transfer are being conducted as per the AMFA calendar.AMFA also maintained that the association had not ..

By Our Sports ReporterIMPHAL, Jul 13: Dhrupad Kashyap of Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Guwahati clinched the title of the 1st Salai North East Open Online Blitz Chess Tournament organized by Salai Chess Academy on July 12 through Lichess Platform in arena mode.Dhrupad Kashyap scored 45 points, Bhringish Kalita scored 43 points, Chruv Phukan scored 42 points, Pratyush Kiran scored 37 and Abhrojyoti Nath 35 points. Top five players from Open, U-7, U-9, U-13, U-15, U-17 and U-25 were awarded E-certificates. ..

IMPHAL, Jul 11District Sports Association, Bishnupur has notified that it will accept new clubs/teams to be affiliated with the association for the season 2020-21. Interested parties need to complete the necessary procedure before the transfer/loan of pla..

IMPHAL, Jul 7: Salai Chess Academy will organised "1st Salai North-East Open Online Blitz Chess Tournament" on July 12, informed head coach of the academy Y Dhanabir Singh. The tournament will start from 11.30am and duration of the tournament is 90 mins. ..

Our CorrespondentJIRIBAM, Jun 28: Under the aegis of SP Jiribam M Mubi Singh, Jiribam District Table Tennis Association (JDTTA) and Jiribam District Badminton Association were formed at Multi-Complex Indoor Stadium, Bidyanagar today.Speaking to media pers..

NEW DELHI, Jun 10The International Weightlifting Federation has dropped the doping charge against Indian weightlifter K Sanjita Chanu due to “non-conformities” in the handling of her sample but the Commonwealth Games gold-medallist has also demanded an apology and compensation for the “trauma” she has endured.The IWF made the decision based on the recommendation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The 26-year-old, who claimed innocence since the beginning, was informed ..

IMPHAL, May 30District Sports Association Kakching has sent out a list of clubs in their respective leagues for the 2020 season as per resolution of the executive council of the association while informing that Super Division League winners, FC Lamjao wil..

IMPHAL, May 30All Manipur Football Association  (AMFA) has informed that inter district transfer/loan of players from one club belonging to a district association to another club of different district association will be held from June 9 to 30 during..

HONG KONG, Apr 4Three decades ago Liaoning FC were the standard bearers of Chinese football, sweeping aside all before them domestically and across Asia, but their 67-year history may soon be consigned to the scrap-heap as financial woes threaten to bring them down.Six league titles in seven years, plus two Asian Club Championship final appearances, marked Liaoning out as one of the region’s top outfits but recent times have not been as kind.Liaoning have dropped down to China’s second ..

NEW DELHI, Apr 4The Sports Authority of India on Saturday held a meeting with Hockey India officials and national team coaches via a video conference and drew a roadmap for the next 16 months leading up to the Tokyo Olympics.Among other things, the COVID-..

NEW DELHI, Mar 31The All India Football Federation (AIFF) remains hopeful of organising the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in November despite the COVID-19 pandemic causing cancellation and postponement of top sporting events, throwing international sche..

IMPHAL, Mar 29In view of the ongoing crisis of COVID-19 pandemic in the Country and the States, Manipur Cricket Association (MNCA) today contributed a sum of Rs 5 lakh to the " Chief Minister's COVID-19 Relief Fund" with the primary objective of dealing with the emergency/distress situations to combat COVID-19 in the State. MNCA's president RK Imo Singh; vice president Laithangbam Binoy Singh; honorary secretary Singam Priyananda Singh; honorary treasurer Laithangbam Ronel Singh and honorary ..

ATHENS, Mar 26The head of the global Olympic movement said on Wednesday the rescheduled Tokyo Games faced “thousands” of logistical and financial problems but could go ahead before summer 2021.Though most people have assumed the Games will be held around roughly the same July-August timetable as they were planned for this year, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said earlier dates in 2021 were possible.“The agreement is that we want to organise these Games ..

IMPHAL, Mar 23Manipur Amateur Boxing Association has informed all its members that the annual general body meeting of the association will be held on April 26 under the chairmanship of Ng Tejkumar Singh, president, MABA from 10 am at Khuman Lampak, Boxing..

NEW DELHI, Mar 22 Awary Mirabai Chanu has only one prayer on her lips that the Tokyo Olympics goes as per schedule despite COVID-19 pandemic otherwise all her efforts of winning an Olympic medal will go down the drain...

NEW DELHI, Mar 20 Weightlifting's Olympic qualifying schedule has gone haywire due to the COVID-19 pandemic but India's Mirabai Chanu is a sure-shot for the Tokyo Games, if they are held, while young Jeremy Lalrinnunga is also set to make the cut for the mega sporting spectacle...

IMPHAL, Mar 19: Amidst COVID-19 that has claimed four lives and infected more than 170 in the country, Manipur Cricket Association has postponed the 5th MNCA Plate Tournament 2019-20 until further notice. The tournament began yesterday...

IMPHAL, Mar 18 4th State Level 7-A-side Men's Open Football Tournament 2020 organised by Patsoi Tuliyaima Century Club (PTCC) at its ground has been put on hold in view of the fast spreading COVID-19..

IMPHAL, Mar 18 Manipur’s NGO Ya All has recently helped in the formation of first transgender football team in India. As per reports, the team comprises of Nick (captain), Chaki (vice captain, striker), Puja (goalkeeper), Silleibi ..

IMPHAL, Mar 17 All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) has warned that stern disciplinary actions will be taken up if any registered players and referees are found to be involved in unauthorized tournaments (4 to 8-A-side) while the association is shelving on its activities due to novel coronavirus...