{"id":279786,"date":"2026-03-19T00:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=279786"},"modified":"2026-03-19T00:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:43:14","slug":"district-level-hangpan-dada-memorial-tournament-concludes-at-basar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/district-level-hangpan-dada-memorial-tournament-concludes-at-basar\/","title":{"rendered":"District-level Hangpan Dada Memorial Tournament concludes at Basar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BASAR, 18 Mar:<\/strong> Basar Circle won the girls&#8217; volleyball and football titles of the 9th district-level Hangpan Dada Memorial Football and Volleyball Tournaments (U-16 boys and girls), which concluded\u00a0 at the Todak Basar Memorial Stadium here in Leparada district on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tirbin won the boys&#8217; football title, defeating Basar 1-0 in the final. The decisive goal was scored by Karte Yuro.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the boys&#8217; volleyball, Sago circle defeated Dari Circle in the final.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dari circle were the runners-up in the girls&#8217; volleyball and football and boys&#8217; volleyball.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The winning teams will represent the district at the state-level tournament to be held at a later date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attending the closing ceremony, MLA\u00a0\u00a0 Nyabi Jini Dirchi encouraged the youth to actively participate in such sporting platforms and highlighted the importance of sports in building a healthy body and mind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expressing concern over the rising issue of drug abuse, she urged youth to channel their energy into constructive activities like sports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leparada DC Himani Meena motivated the players to remain dedicated and disciplined, and to continue striving for excellence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She expressed confidence that with sustained effort and commitment, the young athletes would bring laurels to the district, state, and the nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">District sports officer (i\/c)\u00a0 Kenli Riba informed that 14 teams, comprising around 160 players participated in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event was organized by the district administration in collaboration with the directorate of sports, with support from the Leparada District Football Association, Riba said. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BASAR, 18 Mar: Basar Circle won the girls&#8217; volleyball and football titles of the 9th district-level Hangpan Dada Memorial Football and Volleyball Tournaments (U-16 boys and girls), which concluded\u00a0 at the Todak Basar Memorial Stadium here in Leparada district on Wednesday. Tirbin won the boys&#8217; football title, defeating Basar 1-0 in the final. The decisive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-279786","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\/279786","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=279786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279788,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279786\/revisions\/279788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}