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NE United hold Kerala Blasters goalless G u wa h at i , F e b 7 (Agencies): NorthEast United and Kerala Blasters were locked without a goal in an Indian Super League (ISL) 2019-20 clash at the Indira Gandhi Athletic stadium in Guwahati, Assam, on Friday. The two teams stay put at their positions on the standings table with the Highlanders ninth with 12 points and the southern side, who had their head coach Eelco Schattorie in the stands for the tie, was in the stands for the tie eighth with 15 points. Robert Jarni brought in Rakesh Pradhan in place of suspended Reagan Singh at right back besides calling Kai Heerings and Milan Singh in place of Wayne Vaz and Jose Leudo in the hosts' first 11. On the other hand, Rehenesh TP was dropped from matchday squad for Kerala other than Messi Bouli. Bilal Khan took his place in between the sticks. Moutapha Gning and Vlatko Drobarob returned from suspension along with La-
Players of NorthEast United FC and Kerala Blasters fight for the ball during their ISL match in Guwahati on Friday.
lruatthara and Sahal Sa- half with just one shot on Roy Chowdhury was in the mad. target that came in the 45th right place to cling on to It was a listless first minute when Subhasish Gning's header off a Sergio
Cidoncha free-kick. Bartholomew Ogbeche and Andrew Keogh have been marshalled well at both ends, although the latter did get close on an occasion. The Irishman got at the end of Federico Gallego's delivery from a free-kick to volley wide a first time effort in the 41st minute. The second half brought about double of the chances in the opening 10 minutes with Nikhil Kadam, who replaced Simon Lundevall, forced Bilal into making his first save while Subhasish had to thwart a shot by Gning after Zuiverloon headed down Cidoncha's delivery from a free-kick. The NorthEast custodian dived to his right to keep out a shot by Halicharan Narzary around the hour mark and held his ground to see Ogbeche shoot wide at his near post after a a perfect ball in by Gianni Zuiverloon in the 73rd minute, while Bilal was not the most convincing but kept out Keogh soon after none-the-less.
Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2020
Kezhaseluo-o Pienyü is NASA wrestling champion
Champion of Northern Angami Sports Association wrestling meet, Kezhaseluo-o Pienyü with other winners and officials.
Correspondent Kohima , Feb 7 (NPN): Ke z h a s e l u o - o P i e n y ü (21) from Kohima village emerged as the champion of 61st Northern Angami Sports Association (NASA) wrestling meet after defeating Khrietsonyü Whuorie (21) in the final held at Khuochiezie local ground on Thursday. Pienyü, weighing 122 kg and standing at 6.3 feet, walked home with a cash
prize of Rs. 80,000 while runner-up Khrietsonyü Whuorie received of Rs. 50,000. Menuosetuo Yiese and Seyiekhrietuo Yiese b a g ge d t h e t h i r d a n d fourth place respectively. The third and fourth place received a cash prize of Rs. 30,000 and Rs.20,000 respectively. Meanwhile, Kekhrievor Sekhose emerged the champion in junior category of 61st wrestling meet of
Northern Angami Sports Association (NASA) held at Kohima Local Ground on Friday. Ke k h r i evo r S e k hose defeated Visoneilie Khoubve in the final. Kekhrievor received a cash prize of Rs. 20,000 while 2nd place Visoneilie received Rs. 15,000. Third position holder Neizo Keyho received Rs. 10,000 and 4th place Kevimhalie Chadi pocketed Rs. 5000.
Champions of Lotha Football Championship, Vungoju FC with Er. Chonrhonthung Ezung, executive engineer (electrical), Wokha and WDFA officials.
XL Red Cricket Academy opens in Kohima Correspondent Kohima , Feb 7 (NPN): XL Red Cricket Academy, a premiere cricket academy, was inaugurated at St. Mary Cathedral Higher Secondary School, Kohima by Nagaland Cricket Association (NCA), general secretary Hyunilo Anilo Khing on Thursday. Khing in his address highlighted the importance
of infrastructure and facility of the institution in promoting the game of cricket in the state. While pointing out that the game has came a long way with challenges and struggles over the years, Khimg said the game is heading in the right direction. Proprietor of the academy Kechesin Keppen in his introductory speech said
that XL RED is a self-made acronym which stands for ‘acceleration’. The programme was chaired by Runosin Keppen, invocation prayer said by Fr. Jaison CJ, principal, St. Mary Cathedral Higher Secondary School Kohima and special song was presented by students of St. Mary Cathedral Higher Secondary School Kohima .
Tokyo expects over 8 mn footfall in Olympics Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS): Japan is not expecting any coronavirus impact at the upcoming Olympic Games in July and estimates over eight million foreigners to reach Tokyo during the prestigious quadrennial event, said a senior official of Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB). So far, over 600 people have lost their lives in China due to coronavirus outbreak and more than 30,000 confirmed cases have been reported. “London got eight million overseas visitors during the Olympic Games when it was held last time (2012). We hope to cross that number,” Kazuomi Yamashita, Director of Marketing/Promotion, Tourist Promotion Officer, TCVB told reporters on Friday. According to him, the coronavirus impact on Chinese visiting Japan is major. Chinese account for 30 per cent of the annual overseas travellers to Japan. In 2019, 31.88 million travellers visited Japan from overseas. Last month, the organisers of the Tokyo Olympics had also stated that the Games, slated to begin from July 24, will not be cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. “We have never considered cancelling the Games,” Tokyo 2020 had said in a statement. “We will work closely with the IOC and other relevant organizations and review any countermeasures whenever necessary.” About 1.7 million Indian travellers visited Tokyo in 2019 logging a growth of 14.2 per cent over 2018 numbers, said Yamashita.
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