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Gangpur clinch title

Last Updated 27 April 2016, 18:56 IST

Gangpur, Odisha, produced a clinical show to beat Association of Indian Universities (AIU) 3-1 in the final of the 6th Senior National Women’s Hockey Championships (B Division) here on Wednesday.

Coming into the summit clash on the back of an unbeaten run, the Gangpur side was in no mood to let their opposition get into a rhythm. They inflicted damage as earlier as the 13th minute with Premanjali finding the back of the net.

Later though Manisha Dhawal restored parity for AIU in the 44th minute, there was no stopping the Rinki Kujur-led side as the skipper (57th minute) and Janhabi Pradhan (58th minute) scored goal apiece in the final quarter to ensure Gangpur’s win.

In the third place playoff, Chhattisgarh edged Tamil Nadu 4-3. Balvinder Kaur (9th), Avantika (15th), Babitha Lilhare (19th) and Pooja Yadav netted for the winners.

Results: Final: Gangpur, Odisha: 3 (Premanjali 13th, Rinki Kujur 57th, Janhabi Pradhan 58th) bt AIU: 1 (Manisha Dhawal 44th).

Third-place play-off: Chhattisgarh: 4 (Balvinder Kaur 9th, Avantika Yadav 15th, Babita Lilhare 19th, Pooja Yadav 22nd) bt Tamil Nadu: 3 (A Vennila 14th, 40th, Loganayaki 25th).

Madhya Pradesh win
In a thrill-a-minute encounter, Madhya Pradesh downed Bhopal 4-3 in the 6th Hockey India senior national championship ‘A’ division tournament.

Vikas Choudhary netted twice (8th minute, 52nd)) while Arjun Sharma (11th), and Tarun Adhikari  (52nd) score a goal each for MP while Faisal Aziz (30th), Osaf Rehman (34th_ and Munis Qureshi (52nd) scored for Bhopal.

Results: MP: 4 (Vikas Choudhary 8th, 52nd, Arjun Sharma 11th, Tarun Adhikari 69th) bt Bhopal: 3 (Faisal Aziz 30th, Osaf Rehman 34th, Munis Qureshi 52nd); AIU: 3 (Varinder Singh 10th, Gurjinder Singh 28th, Harsahib Singh 53rd) bt UP: 1 (Arjun Yadav 56th); Air India: 1 (Armaan Qureshi 14th) drew with Namdhari XI: 1 (Karamjit Singh 53rd).

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(Published 27 April 2016, 18:56 IST)

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