Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 6: The 68th National School Games U-17 Girls Football Championship was inaugurated today at Sainik School Nagrota by Rajinder Singh Tara, Director General of Youth Services and Sports, J&K.
The championship features around 700 female footballers from 34 States, UTs, and organizations across India, competing in a variety of disciplines, including football, judo, fencing, and Wushu. This event is part of the historic series of the 68th National School Games hosted by J&K.
In the opening matches, Bihar dominated the day, defeating all their opponents, including Jammu and Kashmir, who started their campaign on a losing note. Despite the tough loss, the J&K team will look to bounce back in upcoming matches.
Eighteen matches were played today. Chhattisgarh beat Vidya Bharti by eight goals to nil (8-0), Haryana thrashed NVS by 15-1, West Bengal drubbed Telangana by 2-0, Punjab beat DNHDD by 15-0, CISCE trounced J&K by 5-0, Gujarat prevailed over Andhra Pradesh by 5-0, Bihar blanked IBSO by 6-0, Rajasthan thrashed Karnataka by 9-0, Jharkhand defeated Kerala by 5-0, Chandigarh outplayed Madhya Pradesh by 2-0, Assam beat Delhi by 2-1, Tamil Nadu got the better of KVS by 5-2, IPSC beat Uttrakhand by 4-1, Tripura crushed Ladakh by 23-0, Chhattisgarh beat Telangana by 2-1, West Bengal thrashed CBSE WSO by 13-0, Bihar blanked J&K by 10-0 and Manipur thrashed IBSO by 12-0.
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