Golf, table tennis, basketball debut at North East Olympic Games 2022

Shillong: The second North East Olympic Games 2022 kicked off on Thursday with golf, table tennis and basketball as football games continued.

Golf is being played at the beautiful Shillong Golf Course, with 80 players from the northeastern states playing 18 holes in a day in four rounds.
At the NEIGRIHMS Indoor Basketball Court, Mizoram defeated Tripura 126-35 in Pool A. In the second match, Nagaland registered a comfortable 87-39 win over Arunachal Pradesh in Pool B.

After the women’s first matches, Sikkim put up a strong performance in Pool B, beating Mizoram 78-50. Hosts Meghalaya then cruised to a 79-54 victory over Sikkim in Men’s Pool B.
Two Under-17 Women’s football matches took place on Thursday at the MFA Turf at the Polo Ground. First in Group 2, Arunachal Pradesh beat Mizoram 3-1. Awih Ngiahdim gave Mizoram the lead, but Arunachal overturned the deficit with goals from Ciani (32nd minute), Yumlum (68th minute) and Angel Tayang (81st minute).

Later, in Group 1, Manipur scored two hat-tricks as they thrashed Sikkim 6-0. Lishram Rejia Devi (10th, 16th and 38th minutes) scored his hat-trick in the first half itself, while Loktong Bam Shelia Devi scored in both halves in the 42nd, 63rd and 88th minutes of the game.
There will be three U-21 men’s matches on Friday – Arunachal vs Sikkim at 9 am, Meghalaya vs Nagaland at 12.30 pm, and Manipur vs Mizoram at 4.30 pm.
Meanwhile, table tennis saw the start of its team matches.

In the women’s competition, Manipur defeated Tripura 3-1, Meghalaya defeated Sikkim 3-0, Mizoram defeated Nagaland 3-0, Tripura defeated Arunachal 3-1, Mizoram defeated Sikkim 3-0 and Meghalaya beat Nagaland 3-0.

In the men’s events, Mizoram cruised to a 3-0 win over Arunachal, while Nagaland defeated Sikkim by the same margin. Manipur were 3-0 winners against Arunachal before Meghalaya beat Nagaland 3-1.