Why in news:

• Hosts Haryana defeated last edition’s winners Himachal Pradesh 35-28 in the Senior National Women's Kabaddi Championship 2023 final to win their first title in nine editions in Mahendragarh.

Key Points:

• Haryana had finished runners-up five times in the last nine editions of the women’s kabaddi nationals.
• The Haryana women’s kabaddi team was led by Priyanka, who also led India to a gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games in Nepal.
• While Himachal Pradesh settled for the silver medal in Mahendragarh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan each claimed the bronze.
• The final was a close affair between the two teams with Himachal Pradesh leading by a single point at the end of the first half. Haryana, however, inflicted the first all-out early in the second half and gathered momentum to eventually win the 69th edition of the Senior National Women's Kabaddi Championship by seven points.
• In the semi-finals, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh registered wins in contrasting fashions. Haryana pipped Rajasthan 34-33 while Himachal Pradesh proved too strong for Jharkhand and won the match 49-20.
• Haryana were in Group C along with Jharkhand and Odisha at the senior kabaddi nationals. They lost their match against Jharkhand but beat Odisha to advance to the round of 16.
• In the round of 16, Haryana beat Tamil Nadu 46-17 and upstaged Indian Railways 38-23 in the quarter-finals.