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[ Mingkeng Osik ]<\/strong><\/p>\n PASIGHAT, 10 Dec:<\/strong> Arunachal Scout and Bogong Soccer Club emerged victorious in the men’s and women’s category, respectively, at the 2nd Tapor Gao Memorial Football Tournament.<\/p>\n Arunachal Scout defeated East Siang 3-1 in the final played on Wednesday, while Bogong Soccer Club beat Sanggo Oyan A Team in the final at outdoor stadium here in East Siang district on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The winners and runners-up of both the categories received cash prizes of Rs.1.5 lakh and Rs. 1 lakh, respectively.<\/p>\n Attending the closing ceremony, sports and youth affairs minister Kento Jini lauded the players and organizers, stating that the tournament reflected the growing football culture in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n “The passion I witnessed today-both on the field and among the spectators-is truly inspiring. Our government remains committed to supporting young athletes and building more platforms like this to nurture local talent,” he said.<\/p>\n The organizing committee stated that the tournament has become a symbol of unity and sporting excellence.<\/p>\n “Such events strengthen community bonding and motivate our youth toward constructive achievements. We appeal to all football enthusiasts to participate more in the coming event,” the organizers said.<\/p>\n Mebo MLA Oken Tayeng also attended the closing ceremony.<\/p>\n The event was sponsored by MP Tapir Gao and Dui Gao continuing their support for development of sports in the state.<\/p>\n East Siang District Football Association organized the tournament under the aegis of the Arunachal Pradesh Football Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ Mingkeng Osik ] PASIGHAT, 10 Dec: Arunachal Scout and Bogong Soccer Club emerged victorious in the men’s and women’s category, respectively, at the 2nd Tapor Gao Memorial Football Tournament. Arunachal Scout defeated East Siang 3-1 in the final played on Wednesday, while Bogong Soccer Club beat Sanggo Oyan A Team in the final at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-275039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275039","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=275039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}