Railways eves retain sr national hockey title

Railways retained the second Hockey India senior women’s national championship title after thrashing Haryana 5-0 in the summit clash at Aish Bagh stadium on Tuesday. Railways led 3-0 at interval with goals from Vandana Katariya (14th and 34th minute) and Roselin Dung Dung (16th). They added another two in the second session with Deep Grace and Ritu Rani finding the target in the 63rd and 65th minute, respectively. Vandana Katariya, who scored eight goals in the championship, was named player of the tournament.Earlier in the day, Jharkhand defeated Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 2-0 to finish third in the tournament. Lawerncia Kereketta and Binita Xess scored for Jharkhand.