He also launched a strident attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was 'globe-trotting', afraid of facing questions over the Manipur violence.
A 21-year-old student was allegedly shot dead by the son of a Manipur minister, police said on Monday. Irom Roger was allegedly shot dead by 27-year-old Ajay Meitei, son of Manipur minister for iIrrigation, flood control and sports, N Biren Singh on Sunday evening at Kwakeithel area of Imphal West district, they said.
They beat Bengal 2-0 in the final to win the title for the ninth time.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Defending champions Punjab were shocked by Manipur 2-1 in the quarter-final Group A league opener in the 63rd National Football championship, for the Santosh Trophy, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Chennai on Tuesday.
"I saw the earrings on TV, I gave them to her in 2016 before the (Rio) Olympics. I have made it for her from the gold pieces and savings I have so that it brings luck and success," Leima said from her home in Manipur where a considerable number of relatives, friends and well-wishers gathered to watch Chnau script history in Tokyo.
Manipur thrashed Sikkim 5-1, while Kerala beat Delhi 2-1 to progress to the semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy National Football tournament.
Punjab thrashed Manipur 3-0 to start their campaign in the quarter-final league of the 67th Santosh Trophy National Football Tournament on a winning note in Kollam on Saturday.
All these male politicians are unlikely to risk their sinecures to speak up in support of a bunch of women wrestlers who have chosen to challenge a politician who appears to have the ruling regime in a stranglehold, points out Kanika Datta.
Obed Hrangchal, a 28-year-old Indian Jew from Mizoram who immigrated to Israel in 2020, has won the Jewish state's kickboxing championship and is likely to represent the country in international competitions.
Modi wants the BJP to gets an additional 10% of the vote share from what it won in 2019. Plans are afoot to get new faces to replace MPs with poor chances of winning. Sources say more than 100 MPs are like to be axed, notes Modi biographer Ramesh Menon.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Former champions Bengal put themselves in a difficult situation to qualify for the semi-finals after being held to a 1-1 draw by a fighting Manipur in their second Group A quarter-final league match of the Santosh Trophy in Chennai on Thursday.
Maj Deswal of 21 Para (Special Force) was killed in a gunbattle with Zeliangrong United Front militants in densely forested Nungba area during a combing operation undertaken by Rashtriya Rifles and Special Forces personnel.
They beat Karnataka and Railways in their opening quarter-final league matches in the National Football Championship.
Sheoran, it is learnt, has the backing of the six wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, who led the protests against Brij Bhushan at Jantar Mantar.
Sources said the police are likely to seek the Parliament's permission to recreate the December 13 incident that unfolded on the anniversary of the 2001 attack on it.
Defending champions Manipur were beaten 3-4 via the tie-breaker in the semi-finals of the National Football Championship.
Manipur dominated the proceedings at the sixth National Youth Women's Boxing Championships, clinching with three gold medals in Guwahati.
Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu once again finds herself embroiled in a dope controversy.
London Games bronze medallist boxer M C Mary Kom on Tuesday described her trials for Rio Olympics as "unfortunate" and said things probably would have been in her favour had there been more competitions for women. "I only got two chances to qualify. Male boxers get five to six chances, but even then many of them did not qualify," she said expressing hope that things would change for better after the upcoming boxing federation elections.
'No country can go from zero to hero at the Olympics.' 'A hundred Indians now feature in the world's top 25 and that's progress,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Shanti Devi's goal gave the defending champions a 1-0 victory over Bengal in the final at the National Games.
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Manipur government would award Rs 50 lakh to boxer Mary Kom who won a bronze medal in the London Olympics.
It was an emotional homecoming for newly-crowned Olympic silver-medallist Mirabai Chanu, who broke down on meeting her mother in Imphal on Tuesday before being felicitated by Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh at the airport.
Inspirational Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri on Thursday attributed the country's SAFF Championships triumph to the fighting spirit of the team
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Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
India U-17 football team captain Amarjit Singh's confidence is set to get a boost during the World Cup as his full family will be in New Delhi to cheer him.
A four-time MLA from Heingang sssembly constituency, 56-year-old Biren Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party last year.
Asian Games gold-winning boxer Dingko Singh will be brought to Delhi on April 25 by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) to resume his treatment for liver cancer after he was forced to miss a scheduled radiation therapy session due to the coronavirus-forced lockdown. The 41-year-old, who is currently in Imphal, was due to undergo radiation therapy a fortnight back but could not come to Delhi because of the lockdown.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Vinesh, a world championship medallist and Olympian, also claimed that several coaches at the national camp in Lucknow have also exploited women wrestlers, adding that there are a few women at the camp who approach wresters at the behest of the WFI President.
Defending champions Bengal on Friday beat Railways by a solitary goal to set up a summit clash against Manipur in the Santosh Trophy football tournament in Guwahati.
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