Sports News | Manipur to Meet Odisha in Women's National Football Final

New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) Record 22-time champions Manipur eliminated Bengal, while Odisha ousted last year's runners up Haryana to set up a summit clash in the 29th Senior Women's National Football Championship for the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy in Narainpur, Chhattisgarh on Saturday.

In the semi-final, Manipur struck three second-half goals to rout Bengal 3-0.

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Dangmei Grace (53'), Naorem Priyangka Devi (55') and Hemam Shikly Devi (78') scored for Manipur.

Odisha, who won the title once in 2010-11, scored once in each half through Pyari Xaxa (10', 88') to enter the final for the seventh time.

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This will be a repeat of the 2018-19 final when Manipur edged out Odisha 2-1.

The final is slated on Monday.

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