Manipur eves in national games final

IMPHAL, Feb 18: Manipur eves defeated their Tamil Nadu counterparts by 2-0 in the second semi final of the ongoing 34th National games being held at Jharkhand. Mandakini opened the account for Manipur in the 55th minute of play. Rina Roy added another for the state in the 64th minute of play. It is note worthy that enroute to the finals, the state eves have remained unbeaten with scoring high against all opponents except for West Bengal. The state eves defeated Tripura by 24 goals in the first match for the state eves. In the second match the state eves defeated neighbour Assam by 10-0. However the high scoring Manipur girls were unable to score against the West Bengal side in their third match of the ongoing Natl games. On the other hand Orissa reached the final be defeating Tamil Nadu 3-1, Haryana 6-0. The finals will be played between Manipur and Orissa who defeated West Bengal by 6-0 in the first semi final of the games played today. The final match will be played between the two sides on February 19 kicking off at 2:15 pm