Overview
- New Keithelmanbi beat Haibung FC 5-2 at the Keithelmanbi garrison ground.
- The 33rd Battalion hosted the event under Operation Sadbhavana with the theme "Harmony Through Football."
- Thirteen village sides took part, culminating in a rare Kuki–Meitei final not seen since the May 2023 violence.
- Kuki teams crossed buffer zones in Assam Rifles buses under armed guard for the first time since 2023 to compete.
- Organisers ringed the pitch with security and brought in referees from outside the northeast as players returned to night patrols and tensions recently flared near Litan.