Category Archives: Sports

Football: The most important of the unimportant things in life!

Posted on July 29, 2020 - 4:34pm by UT Sports Correspondent
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Over a century ago, amid the backdrop of the World War I, a football team comprised mostly of Tangkhuls led by Reichumhao Rungsung under the 66th Unit of the 20th Manipur Labour Corps Company played in a football tournament 9816 … Continue reading →

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Why cancelling the Ballon d’Or award this year doesn’t feel right

Posted on July 23, 2020 - 5:23am by UT Sports Correspondent
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The Ballon d’Or is an annual football award presented by French news magazine France Football. It is one of the oldest and regarded as the most prestigious individual award for football players. Lionel Messi currently holds the record for most … Continue reading →

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FIFA World Cup 2022: 5 facts you should know about the 2022 Qatar World Cup

Posted on July 17, 2020 - 5:52am by Times
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UT Sports | July 17: FIFA confirmed the match schedule for the Qatar World Cup two days ago and the countdown for one of the World’s biggest sporting event begins. With the event at Qatar set to be the first … Continue reading →

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Ningon Chiphang signs for NEROCA FC

Posted on July 10, 2020 - 12:12pm by UT Sports Correspondent
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Former Yarkhok United FC defender Ningon Chiphang put pen to paper on a two year deal with North Eastern Re-Organising Cultural Association FC (NEROCA). The center back plied his trades for Rising Athletic Union (RAU) from 2016-2018. He was the … Continue reading →

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Community support in Tangkhul Football is overrated. Prove me Wrong.

Posted on July 9, 2020 - 6:54am by UT Sports Correspondent
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On 28th January 1997, Bournemouth FC, a club from the coastal resort town in the south coast of England playing in League One (3rd Division of English Football) was minutes away from liquidation. For the people of Bournemouth; a small … Continue reading →

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