Sahana Smriti Women's Hockey: Army wins

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The departmental team Army Club has made a winning start in the sixth Sahana Pradhan Memorial National Women's Hockey Tournament.

Army defeated Gandaki Pradesh 3-0 in the opening match at Dhulikhel Maidan on Saturday. Army's Seema Khadka, Dammara Bhatt and Saraswati Tamang scored goals. In the 21st minute, Seema scored a goal and gave the team the lead. Dammara added a goal in the 50th minute to double the lead. Saraswati scored the third goal from the 56th minute. Army has added 3 points.

In the second match of the tournament organized by the Nepal Hockey Association, Lumbini Province was unable to maintain its lead and played a 1-1 draw with Madhesh Province. For Lumbini, Ananya Barnawal scored in the seventh minute to give the team the lead. Aartikumari Mahato of Madhesh scored in the 40th minute to tie the game. Both have shared 1-1 points.

will be four games on Sunday. Army will play Wagmati Pradesh, Sudurpaschim will play Madhesh, Gandaki will play Wagmati and Lumbini will play Sudurpaschim. 6 teams from Army, Wagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Madhesh and Sudurpaschim provinces are participating in the

competition. The participating teams will be divided into two groups and will play on the basis of Leaguecom knockout. The winner will receive Rs 1 lakh, the second runner-up Rs 75,000 and the third runner-up Rs 50,000.