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Forerunners down defending champions 1-0; enter final
The 2nd semi-final match between Barak FC and Forerunners FC 4th NAP on Thursday at Kohima local ground. (NP)
Correspondent Kohima, Oct 20 (NPN): In an interesting and exciting match, the defending champions Barak FC was downed by Forerunners FC 4th NAP with a solitary goal in the semi-final match in the ongoing 17th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy on Thursday. Playing the 2nd semi-final match with thousand football fans yelling and supporting their respective team, both the teams displayed equal skills and strength. Players from both teams miss many opportunities to score and ended the first half match without any goal.
Coming back after the lemon break, spirited players of both the teams never discouraged the spectators with their tactics and skillful display. Striker of Barak FC Rhitsho Merü (10) attempted a long range however the brilliant goal keeper of forerunners thwarted his attempt. In retaliation, Forerunners made a harsh attacked against its rival where Kezevituo Vizo (17) the vice captain attempted from a long distance but the expert keeper saved it. After several attempts and efforts from both the teams, the deadlocked was broken in the 71stminute when Vekhriito (5) shocked his rival team with his
skillful attempt from danger zone. After the solitary goal, Barak FC effort to equalize the goal was in vain. The 2 times champions Barak FC made several attempts but failed to find any goal, even after 5 minutes added time. Meanwhile, Medoneituo (7), Vekhriito and Kechie (3) of Forerunners and M. Raja of Barak FC were cautioned for foul play in the field. The Forerunners FC 4th NAP would take on Nagaland police (Red) in the final match on October 22. Joint director RMSA Nagaland Dr. Kevizake Rio graced the 2nd semi-final match as the
match patron. Earlier in the morning, for the first time in the history of NSF Martyr’s Memorial Trophy, an exciting exhibition was played between the ASU senior leaders and the Kohima Bar Association. ASU seniors drubbed the later by a margin of 5 goals to 2. With many senior footballers in both the teams, the 1st half saw a very competitive game with only one goal scored in favour of ASU Seniors which came through the boots of Victor(2) in the 24th minute. Into the second half, Kedozo (16) of ASU Seniors doubled the lead in the 42nd minute. The first goal in favour of KBA was netted by Tsitho (29) in the 49th minute. The third goal for ASU was converted beautifully by Voto (23) through a spot kick in the 55th minute. Just 3minutes later, Victor found the net again to make the score 4-1. Voto (23) also scored another goal in the 59th minute making it 5 goals for ASU seniors. KBA fought back strong and just in the stoppage time Tsitho (29) of Kohima Bar Association found the net again to minimize the score margin to 5-2. Wapang (23) and Seto (10) of KBA and Andrew (1) and Thepfiilie (52) of ASU were cautioned with yellow cards. Roko Angami, AFC license, former international footballer and Nagaland Football Coach Association, graced the occasion as the chief guest and Advocate Nancy presented a special song during the exhibition match. On Friday, third place match would be played between Barak FC and Nagaland police (Blue) at 1pm.
Sindhu enters second round at Denmark Open
Special Olympics Nagaland (SON) conducted a district games for disabled at Mokokchung on October 20. More than 100 special athletes participated in the events of athletics, Bocce, Shot-put, Softball throw, unified football, race and rally. Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung Sushil Kumar Patel graced the certification ceremony as the chief guest. Zunheboto district games for disabled would be conducted on October 22 at Indoor Stadium Zunheboto.
Chennaiyin FC dent high-flying NE Utd
Players of Northeast United FC (in white jersey) and Chennaiyin FC (in blue jersey) vie for the ball during the ISL match at Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium, in Guwahati on Thursday. (PTI) G u wa h at i , O c t 2 0 (IANS): North East United FC lost their second game of the Indian Super League (ISL) as defending champions Chennaiyin FC shaded the table-toppers 1-0 here on Thursday. Italian striker Davide Succi (49th minute) scored a brilliant second half goal to
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help his team to grab the second win of the tournament. They are now at third spot in the points table with seven points while North East remained top of the heap with 10 points from six matches. North East made just one change bringing in Nirmal Chhetri who was serving a suspension in place of Reagan
Singh, while Marco Materazzi made three changes with Maurizio Peluso, Bernard Mendy, and Siam Hangal replacing the trio of Manuele Blassi, John Arne Riise and Jayesh Rane. There were no clear cut chances in the first half but Subrata Paul pulled off a brace of saves from Peluso to keep things level. As the half wore on, tempers flared with Succi and North East’s marquee player Didier Zokora getting involved in a scuffle. The hosts were dealt a blow when Nico Velez had to be replaced by Wellington Priori in what looked like the former had picked up a niggle. Both teams went into the break with the score 0-0. Four minutes into the second half, Chennaiyin FC took the lead courtesy a superb volley from Succi. Against the run of play, the Bologna-born Italian turned towards goal and netted at one go from the edge of the box. Since conceding the goal, the Highlanders upped the ante and raided their rival citadel numerous times. Romaric and Holicharan Narzary came close but Emiliano Alfaro had the best chance to level things but for the brilliance of Mendy who made a inch perfect tackle to deny the in-form hitman just when he was about to pull the trigger. Alfaro got another chance to equalise late in the match when he nodded a beautifully floated free kick by Yusa Katsumi over the bar.
ODENSE, Oct 20 (PTI): Rio Olympics silver-medallist PV Sindhu made a resounding start to her campaign at Denmark Open, defeating China’s He Bingjiao in straight games in the women’s singles competition of the $700,000 Premier Super Series badminton event. Sixth seed Sindhu, who is playing her first event after the Rio Olympics, notched up a 21-14 21-19 victory over Bingjiao. This is the fourth meeting between Sindhu and Bingjiao as the Indian had lost twice to the Chinese with the only victory coming in the Malaysia Open in April.
Chizami Cup from December 9 Dimapur, Oct 20 (NPN): The 7th Chizami Cup, organised by Life Sports Nagaland, would be held from December 9-17 at Chizami. The event is an initiative to encourage and develop club football in the State. The total prize money for the tournament is over Rs. 4 Lakhs. The imported running trophy, made of pewter metal with gold linings, was donated by Mehuchümvü Foundation Chizami. The matches shall be conducted by NFA certified referees and the tournament would uphold AIFF rules and regulations. Entry forms can be collected and submitted at the following contact points from November 1 onwards. (a) Life Enter prises, Chizami, (b) Life Enterprises, Upper A. G. Colony, Opp. Lierie Baptist Church, NH 29, Kohima, (c) Life Enterprises, Hibos Garden, Green Park Jn, 5th Mile, Dimapur and (d) Sports Ki, D-Block, Kohima. The last date of registration is December 3. Chizami Cup is an undertaking of Life Sports which seeks to transform the youth and community through developing football in Nagaland with special focus on rural areas. For details contact: 9436428763 or 9862098200.
4th Kohima volleyball tourney Dimapur, Oct 20 (NPN): The 4th Open Kohima District Volleyball Tournament for men and women, organized by Kohima District Volleyball Association (KDVA), would be held from November 3 to 8 at local ground, Kohima. The tournament is only open to teams/clubs from Kohima district.
Controversy halts MDFA match
Dilong Youth Association (in yellow jersey) and Sports Society Soyim (blue jersey) in action during the 1st semi final match.
Correspondent Mokokchung, Oct 20: The 1st semi final match of the MDFA Trophy 2016 that was played today between Dilong Youth Association (DYA) and Sports Society Soyim (SSS) could not be finished as the match was halted in the second half of the game after the referee could not give his decision after blowing his whistle due to a fumble inside the D-box. This led to chaos making
the match unable to continue. And even after the numerous meetings between the officials of the two teams and MDFA, no concrete decision could be arrived till the filling of this report. Earlier, the match started off as usual. With both teams trying to prove their mettle, they tried to dominate the game. However, the first blood was drawn by SSS when they were awarded a penalty in the early minutes of the game.
The penalty was swiftly taken by Imlongchaba (15). But the equalizer from DYA came soon through a header by Bendangsunep (10). Thus with the score 1-1, the first half of the match came to an end. And with the resumption of the match after the break, the match became more exiting as both the teams tried to make the edge over its opponent. And soon after, the controversy started thus abruptly halting the match midway.
Five countries fail to comply with WADA code Moscow, Oct 20 (IANS): The national anti-doping organisations of Azerbaijan, Brazil, Greece, Guatemala and Indonesia have failed to comply with the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA) code and have three weeks to set right the violations, the agency said. “The WADA’s independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) concluded that these countries were not currently in compliance with
the 2015 code; and decided that, unless their pending issues… are solved before 10 November, the CRC will submit recommendations of non-compliance to the agency’s foundation board,” WADA said in a statement on Wednesday, reports Sputnik. The violations vary for every country and include non-compliant local legislation or rules, use of non-WADA-accredited laboratories
and issues with the countries’ anti-doping programs. On September 3, at a WADA review meeting, Azerbaijan, Brazil and Guatemala were already warned that they faced the threat of being declared non-compliant unless pending issues were resolved. The agency’s foundation board will meet on November 19 in Glasgow, Scotland, where the situation will be addressed.
Kiwis beat India by six runs; levels series New Delhi, Oct 20 (Agencies): New Zealand levelled the five-match OneDay International series against India after winning the second game by six runs on Thursday at the Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi. After being put in to bat, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson scored his eighth ODI century, but the visitors could only put up 242/9 in 50 overs, which seemed at least 40 runs under par. However, some abject batting from the hosts led to them falling short. Williamson turned out to be the difference between the two sides. Apart from his 118 and Tom Latham’s 46 at the top of the order, none of the other Kiwi batsmen turned up, with the next highest score being 21. Williamson’s form was always
going to be key to New Zealand’s batting success on this tour and it was thus apt that he scored his team’s first hundred of the trip. India had three batsmen hovering around 35-40, but none of them could convert their scores into a big one like Williamson did, which led to a surprising collapse. Some, like Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey and Kedar Jadhav were out to totally unnecessary shots and running decisions, while others like Ajinkya Rahane and MS Dhoni fell to some great catches. At 184/8 at the end of the 41st over, it all looked over for India. But Hardik Pandya had some other plans. Along with some unlikely support from Umesh Yadav, the two gave the
Delhi crowd something to cheer about with a flurry of boundaries and some quick running between the wickets. The equation soon became 16 needed from the last two overs and India were suddenly within a real chance of snatching back the win. However, Pandya mistimed a slap off Trent Boult’s bowling in the penultimate over and was out caught for 36. That turned out to be the final nail in the coffin. Earlier, India won the toss and asked New Zealand to bat. Anything less than 280 looked inadequate and given New Zealand’s batting so far in this series, they needed some big partnerships. The innings didn’t start well as Umesh Yadav castled Martin Guptill with an unplayable out-swinger on the
second ball of the day. However, Latham and Williamson did the recovery work, taking the team to 90/1 in 16 overs when the first drinks break was called. Jadhav got the breakthrough for India soon enough, trapping Latham in front with a quick and full delivery. And New Zealand never really recovered following the end of that 120-run partnership, as Williamson was left stranded in the middle. The visitors eventually collapsed from 204/3 to 237/9. Brief scores: New Zealand 242/9 (Williamson 118, Latham 46; Jasprit Bumrah 3/35, Amit Mishra 3/60) beat India 236 (Kedar Jadhav 41, MS Dhoni 39; Tim Southee 3/52) by six runs.
2018 WC mascot to be decided today
Moscow, Oct 20 (IANS): Voting to select the official mascot for the 2018 World Cup, to be hosted by Russia, has entered its final one-day stretch and the winner will be officially revealed on Friday, world football governing body FIFA has announced. The third and final stage of selecting the official mascot of the global football tournament in Russia will be held on Friday, reports Efe. The second stage left three finalists - a cat, a tiger and a wolf - unveiled in Moscow on September 23 during the “Circle of Light” international
festival. “On Friday, the three contenders will take center stage in a live TV broadcast in Russia, when fans will again be able to vote for their favourite character in what promises to be an exciting ending to the race on Channel 1’s specially created TV show,” according to the FIFA statement on Wednesday. The mascot selection process has been divided into three stages, which occupied an 18month period. The first stage was held on the talisman.fifa.com website between April and July last year.
Postiga doubtful for ATK’s two home games Kolkata, Oct 20 (IANS): Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Atletico de Kolkata (ATK)’s marquee player Helder Postiga indicated that he might not be playing his side’s next two home games saying he still feels a recurring pain in his rib. “I feel much better. I have started training with team. I hope I can help the team more quickly,” said Postiga, who picked up a rib injury against Kerala Blasters in Kochi. Asked how soon can the Portugal forward be seen in action, Postiga said, “We will decide with the coach. I just started training easy with team. I won’t feel 100 percent now. With rib injury it is better to wait for sometime. After one week or so I think I will be fit to play.”
Helder Postiga
Postiga assured that his injury this time is not as bad as last time. “The injury is not like last year. It was different last year. This is not so bad.” Postiga said there is no cause for worry as they are yet to lose a game. In ISL, two consecutive wins can catapult a team into the top four, which assures a semi-final berth.
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