Sainik School Imphal has retained Championship Trophy by winning the Inter-Zonal Sainik School Football Championship 2013 held at Sainik School, Kunjpura, Haryana from 25 Aug to 27 Aug 2013. The school under-17 Football team had earlier qualified to participate in the tournament by emerging as champion in the East zone Sainik School Football Championship 2013 held at Sainik School Goalpara, Assam in June this year.
The school team defeated Sainik School teams from other four zones to lift the coveted trophy. Cadet Yaiphaba Laishram of this School was adjudged the best player and highest scorer with ten goals in the tournament. Now, the team will be representing all Sainik Schools in the prestigious International Subroto Mukherjee Football Tournament to be held later this year.

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IMPHAL, August 30 NNN: London Olympics bronze medalist MC Mary Kom was conferred the Baroda Sun Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday in recognition of her feat and the laurels she has brought to the nation.
RK Arora, general manager, Bank of Baroda Eastern Zone, Kolkata handed over the award to pugilist Mary Kom during a function at the Court Hall, Manipur University here.
The award carries Rs 5 lakh, a shawl and a trophy. The boxer has become the first eminent sportsperson in India to bag the prestigious award of the reputed national bank, the second largest financial institute in the country.
Atul Choudhury, senior manager, Bank of Baroda, Imphal Branch, AK Grover, assistant general manager, Bank of Baroda, Guwahati, H Nandakumar Sarma, Vice Chancellor, Manipur University, K Radhakumar, Deputy Commissioner, Imphal West district, among others also attended the function.
Bank of Baroda has honoured various important personalities who have excelled in different fields with simple awards in recognition of their work and achievements.
A new branch of the bank will be opened at the Manipur University campus tomorrow. This will be the 46th branch of the institute in the North East India.

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MNS: The Executive Committee (EC) of National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) has decided to give in-principle approval for additional financial assistance for construction of an Outdoor Boxing Hall at the Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation, Imphal.
Further action on the proposal would be taken after getting required details/clarifications from the Foundation.
The Executive Committee of the NSDF also decided that the project would be monitored regularly by the Regional Centre of SAI.
The EC of NSDF had earlier approved financial assistance of Rs 306.44 Lacs to the Foundation in May, 2013 for construction of Gymnasium Hall and Procurement/Installation of Gym Equipments; this approval was subject to submission of some additional information/details about the availability of land and the role of Ms. M C Mary Kom in the management of the Foundation; the EC was informed that the Foundation had provided these details and action is being taken for release of the money already sanctioned.

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IMPHAL, August 3 UNA : Mr World 2013 title holder Manipuri-Taiwanese Dr Ng Shantikumar was felicitated by Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam on Saturday in praise of his remarkable performance that has won the title.
Gaikhangam presented a tribal traditional shawl to Dr Shantikumar during the simple function held at his office chamber in the Old Secretariat here.
The Mr World accompanied with his Taiwanese wife Chen, Nan-Tai at the function.
Dr Shantikumar made a speech during the function. He said he was confident that he would again bag the next Mr World title to be held in Slovakia in 2014.
Gaikhangam said Manipur is really proud of Dr Shantikumar and wished him for many more achievements in future. The Deputy Chief Minister also presented a wool neck scarf to Chen at the occasion.
Expressing concern over the increasing use of steroid by Indian young body builders, Dr Shantikumar cautioned that these young body builders are abusing the drug and that they might get addicted to it which will ruin them.
He, however, said he has never used steroid during his long career as a body builder adding steroid abusers, particularly in India have no bright future.
The rise on the use of steroid in India is mainly because the two body building federations in India—World Federation for Body Building (WFBB) and Fitness and International Federation for Body Building (IFBB)—do not conduct doping test, he said.
Dr Shantikumar participated in the Mr World Championship organised by International Natural Bodybuilding Association (INBA) at Zakynthos in Greece on July 5-7 this year.
The Taiwan-based Manipuri bagged the title in the international event and brought laurels to the state as well as the country.
Dr Shantikumar, who resides in Taipei, was first felicitated here in the state capital by NGOs on July 27.
Dr Shantikumar contested in two categories in the international competition. In the age group 40-49, in which he won the gold, there was no weight limitation or height. Among the 150 athletes from around the world who had contested in these categories, Dr Shantikumar was the only Asian mongoloid.
Presently, he is working as an English Professor at De Lin Institute of Technology, Taipei. Dr Shantikumar and Chen now have four children.
Representing Taiwan, he had also competed in the IFBB East Asian, Asian, Asian Games, Mr Universe and even Hong Kong invitational championships.

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