Jharkhand and Haryana made their way into the semifinals of the Junior Girls’ National Football Championships 2019-20 with convincing wins over last year’s finalists Manipur and Tamil Nadu respectively at the Rajarshi Shahu Stadium in Kolhapur on Friday, 26 April. Sumati Kumar continued her free-scoring run, grabbing a brace in …
Read More »Santosh Trophy – North Zone fixtures released!
The North Zone qualifiers for the National Football Champions for the Santosh Trophy 2018/19 will be played in Katra, Jammu & Kashmir from February 11 to 16, 2019. Participating would be eight state teams who have been divided into two groups of four teams each. In Group A, Punjab, Haryana, …
Read More »Football boom in Haryana, exclaims coach Anil Kumar!
After a gruelling contest it was Haryana, who came through as the champions of the 2018-19 BC Roy Junior National Championships (Tier II), beating Manipur by a slender 1-0 margin in the final. Despite being one of the lesser fancied team in the tournament in comparison to the likes of …
Read More »India U-17 Women player Samiksha: Football unites our village!
Football unites people like nothing else. But when football unites a community in supporting a budding footballer, the spirit of football becomes even more sweeter. “My entire village supports me, everyone helps me and wants to see me succeed,” says 16-year old Samiksha from the village of Alakhpura in Haryana. …
Read More »Mizoram (boys) & Haryana (girls) win Khelo India Football Tournaments!
Mizoram have won the 2018 Khelo India School Games Boys’s Football Tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday, while Haryana claimed the silverware in the Girls’s Football Tournament. Mizoram defeated Punjab 3-2 courtesy to goals scored by Lalnunzama (24′), F. Lalnuntluanga (47′) and H. Zawnhmingthanga (51′), while Rohit Shekh …
Read More »VIDEO – ZEE Media: Success of Women’s Football in Haryana!
The ZEE Media’s Punjab Haryana Himachal channel reports from the Bhiwani district of Haryana where women’s and girls play football, which has resulted in their school team representing Haryana and winning the U-17 Girls competition of the national level Subroto Cup in the capital New Delhi.
Read More »Football spurring life amongst Haryana girls!
There could not have been a better advertisement for Women’s Football than fostering a Football powerhouse from the particular state of India which had a smudged history of gender inequality. Following Sakshi Malik’s heroics in Rio 2016, Haryana’s young girls showed their mettle to win the 2016 Subroto Cup Trophy …
Read More »Junior Girls National Football Championship – Day 14: Manipur retain title!
Day 14 and the day of the final of the 2016 edition of the Junior Girls National Football Championship which was held at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha. The Young Manipur girls proved to be too strong for Haryana in the final as they overpowered their counterparts by an …
Read More »Junior Girls National Football Championship: Mighty Manipur face surprise Haryana in final!
Defending Champions Manipur will look forward to lifting the silverware but they have to withstand the resilient girls from Haryana to win the final battle of the Junior Girls National Football Championships at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday, July 17. The Manipur girls, under the tutelage of Chaoba …
Read More »Junior Girls National Football Championship – Day 13: Manipur & Haryana reach finals!
Day 13 of the 2016 edition of the Junior Girls National Football Championship is being held in Cuttack, Odisha with two games played in total across the match day at the Barabati Stadium. Match No-37: Manipur 6-0 Tamil Nadu – Barabati Stadium Favourites Manipur reached the final of the Junior …
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