BN Mullik Memorial All India Police Football Championship
Dimapur, November 11: Assam Rifles narrowly clinched a victory over a spirited Sikkim Police 1-0 during the preliminary league rounds of the ongoing 65th B.N. Mullik Memorial All India Police Football Championship 2016 here at Police Complex, Chumukedima on Friday. With this win, Assam Rifles and Sikkim Police have 6 points each with one game remaining for both the teams in Group C.
The tournament is mid-way through but Punjab Police is the only team who have already qualified for quarter-finals from Group A, while all the teams in the other Groups are evenly poised in the point tables with no clear winner till today.
Tamil Nadu Police and CISF, in Group A, played for the second position in the Group with Tamil Nadu Police coming on top by a solitary goal. BSF tops the table in Group B with 6 points and Manipur Police, also with 6 points, trails behind by goal difference.Arunachal Pradesh Police overcame Madhya Pradesh in Group D by 3-0 while Odisha Police defeated Tripura Police by a similar margin in Group E.
Jammu and Kashmir Police narrowly clinched a winner against Gujarat Police by a solitary goal in Group F and tops the table with 9 points and are probably eyeing a qualification to the knock-out stage.
Maharashtra Police overcame a competitive West Bengal Police in Group G by 1-0. Delhi Police and Uttar Pradesh Police in Group H were locked in an evenly poised and exciting match with Delhi Police winning by a score of 2-1. In the same Group, Meghalaya Police overcame Goa Police through a solitary goal in the dying minutes of the match.
