Chennai, June 24: Manipur retained the National Womens' Football Champion title, scoring an emphatic 2-0 win over Bengal in the final here today. Manipur scored once in each half through Manithombi Devi and A Sakhitombi Devi.

In the 11-year history of the championship, Manipur has now won the title nine times while appearing in all the previous finals. Bengal have won the title twice. Today's win caps Manipur's fine run in National Football Championship. The state had earlier won the Santosh Trophy and claimed the Junior Mens' National Championship title early last year.

Bureau Report