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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Santosh Trophy East Zone kicks off at Paljor Stadium

GANGTOK, 27 Jan: The 68th edition of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy for East Zone was kicked off here at Paljor Stadium on Sunday. The inaugural day had the Governor Shriniwas Patil as the chief guest, while Sports Minister, NK Pradhan was present as the guest of honour.
In the inaugural match played yesterday, Sikkim defeated Jharkhand 2-1. Suman Dewan in the 64th minute and Kintup Ongpo Lachungpa in the 69th minute scored one goal each for Sikkim.
Likewise, two matches were played today in the tournament. In the first match, West Bengal defeated Chattisgarh by a solitary goal. The lone goal of West Bengal was scored by Sukdev Meru in the 25th minute.
Odisha thrashed Bihar 5-0 in the second match of the day. For Odisha, SK Mustakin, SK Shahanawaz, Niranjan Sardar and SK Zahid scored goals.
On Tuesday, Services will take on Jharkhand at 1:30 PM.

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