Meghalaya end 1st North East Olympics with 38 medals, including 3 gold
Shillong, Oct 28: The Meghalaya contingent that took part in the 1st North East Olympic Games in Imphal will return home with 38 medals - three gold, seven silver and 28 bronze - according to the state officials accompanying...
More than 50 take part in 4th Meghalaya shooting championship
Shillong, Jun 26: The Shooting Association of Meghalaya (SAM) organised the two-day 4th Meghalaya State Shooting Championship over the weekend at the Assam Regimental Centre here.
This edition saw a marked increase in shooters, with 50 taking part, some in multiple...
4th Meghalaya shooting championship to begin on Saturday
Shillong, Jun 19: The Shooting Association of Meghalaya (SAM) will conduct the 4th Meghalaya State Shooting Championship at the Assam Regimental Centre here on 23rd and 24th June.
In a press release today, SAM said that the championship will be...
Only Khasis & Garos should be representing Meghalaya in sport: KSU
Shillong, Nov 20: The Khasi Students Union has effectively demanded 100% reservation for Khasi and Garo athletes in all sports teams representing Meghalaya.
The demand was made through a press release attributed to KSU General Secretary Donald Thabah today.
Specifically, the...
Meghalaya Games: Medals aplenty distributed as 6 disciplines conclude
Shillong, Feb 19: Medals aplenty were distributed today on the third day of the Meghalaya Games 2019-20 as six different disciplines - archery, athletics, boxing, wushu, taekwondo and shooting - concluded.
In archery, which was held in Laitumkhrah, East Khasi Hills...
Khelo India Youth Games conclude with Meghalaya at rock bottom
Shillong, Jan 22: The Khelo India Youth Games concluded today in Guwahati with Maharashtra (pictured) crowned overall champions with a rich haul of 256 medals, but at the opposite end of the table lay Meghalaya, who finished with zero.
Meghalaya's...
Meghalaya shooters bring home 9 medals from NE championship
Shillong, Aug 25: Meghalaya shooters won three gold, three silver and three bronze medals in the recently-concluded 7th North East Zonal Shooting Championship, which was held at the 4th Assam Police Battalion Shooting Range in Guwahati from 19th to...
Meghalaya’s North East Olympics medallists receive cash awards from state govt
Shillong, Jan 21: Meghalaya's medal winners from the first ever North East Olympic Games, which were held in Imphal in October, were felicitated with cash awards at a function organised by the Directorate of Sports & Youth Affairs at the...
Eugeneson nutmegs Sports Minister in Assembly
Shillong, Mar 10: Sports & Youth Affairs Minister Banteidor Lyngdoh (pictured left) was left momentarily perplexed by the questions put to him by first-timer MLA and former football icon Eugeneson Lyngdoh (right) in the Assembly today.
Making his debut in...
Meghalaya Games 2019-20 kicks off in fantastic style
Shillong, Feb 17: The Meghalaya Games 2019-20 kicked off in fantastic style with a rousing opening ceremony at the JN Stadium here today.
The Games were officially opened by Chief Minister and chief patron of the event Conrad Sangma in...