The Durand Organising Committee, part of Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS), on Thursday said that it has taken serious cognisance of the incident of racist abuse, reported during the match between Bengaluru FC and the Indian Air Force .
NEROCA FC beat TRAU FC by 3-1 goals at the opening match Our Correspondent Imphal, Aug. 18 (EMN): Union defence minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Imphal on Thursday along with the Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande and formally declared the opening match of the first ever Manipur edition of the 131st Durand Cup, the Asia’s oldest football tournament. The opening match was between two biggest football clubs of Manipur at Khuman Lampak main stadium in Imphal. The two biggest football clubs of Manipur – North-Eastern Re-Organising Cultural Association (NEROCA) FC and Tiddim Road Athletic Union (TRAU) FC played the first of the 10 historic league matches of the 131st Durand Cup wherein NEROCA FC beat TRAU FC by 3-1 goals. The day’s formal opening match started around 6.10 pm soon after a live performance by Papon, a playback singer cum music composer from Assam and local favourite Guru Rewben Mashangva, a folk musician from Manipur . Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh, U
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Sarma also thanked the Indian Army for selecting Guwahati among 5 cities in the country to host the first 10 Group D matches of the prestigious tournament.