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[ Pisi Zauing ]<\/strong><\/p>\n MIAO, 25 Jul:<\/strong> The running Independence Cup Football Tournament-2023 for women began at the general ground here in Changlang district on Monday.<\/p>\n In the opening league match, defending champion Tezu Town FC defeated Lisu Women FC 7-0.<\/p>\n Tezu Town FC was scheduled to play against Lekang Sports Club in the second league match on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n Thirteen teams are participating in the tournament. The matches are being played under floodlights.<\/p>\n The winning team and the runner-up will be given cash prize of Rs 1,00,000 and Rs 50,000, respectively, along with trophies.<\/p>\n Individual cash prizes will be given to the highest scorer, the best goalkeeper, the most disciplined team, and the best player of the tournament.<\/p>\n The final match will be played on 15 August.<\/p>\n Attending the inauguration programme, Namphai EAC Namrata Bhatt said that “13 women teams participating in the football tourney here is an encouraging sign of women’s strength and empowerment.”<\/p>\n “Playing football or any other sport regularly in a professional way will not only help maintain your physique but can help you get government jobs under the sports quota,” she said.<\/p>\n Miao APWWS unit president Nitu Singpho commended the organisers of the tournament, the Miao Singpho Ramma Hpung, “for giving the much-needed platform to the women of the region to exhibit their talents in football.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ Pisi Zauing ] MIAO, 25 Jul: The running Independence Cup Football Tournament-2023 for women began at the general ground here in Changlang district on Monday. In the opening league match, defending champion Tezu Town FC defeated Lisu Women FC 7-0. Tezu Town FC was scheduled to play against Lekang Sports Club in the second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-221172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}