Gangapur thrash Puducherry in Hockey inaugural
Bhubaneswar : Debutant teams Hockey Gangpur- Odisha started their campaign on a winning note in Division B of the 4th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship commenced at Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium in lucknow on Thursday. In the opening match of the championship, Hockey Gangpur- Odisha defeated Puducherry 9-2 in their Pool C match. For Hockey Gangpur-Odisha Bruno Hedrino lugun and Banamali Xess scored twice each while Amarjeet Ekka, Kishor lakra, Bikash Toppo, Roshan Minz and Ashish Anmol Minz contributed a goal each in their teams victory. Puducherry scored through N Sellamuthu and N Kamalakannan a goal each. In the league round match on Friday, Gangapur would meet West Bengal Hockey Association.In our first appearance in the meet our team produces an excellent results which will motivate the players to perform better in the meet, said Gangapur secretary Debasish Gouda. Pool-C Hockey Gangpur- Odisha 9 Bruno Hedrino lugun (5, 26 min), Amarjeet Ekka (16 min), Kishor lakra (31 min), Bikash Toppo (39 min), Roshan Minz (40 min), Ashish Anmol Minz (43 min) and Banamali Xess (49, 56 min) vs Puducherry 2 (N Sellamuthu (18 min), N Kamalakannan (65 min) .
‘Barabati infrastructure enough for Test venue’
Bhubaneswar : In the context of conducting test match, A-three member BCCI committee headed by Aniruddha Choudhury visited Barabati Stadium in Cuttcak on Thursday. We will place our report to the BCCI officials for further action. I am fully satisfied with the infrastructure of the stadium to hold test match, said Aniruddha.
last test match played at Cuttack in the year 1995. It has taken all most two decades to consider our stadium for test match, said OCA secretary Asirbad Behera. Practically we approached the BCCI in the year 2000 to consider the issue. Two mager hurdles were there for Cuttack to hosting the test match. We have already conducted 18 one-day matches. In Cuttack we are lacking of star hotels and the distance from Bhubaneswar to Cuttack. Now the newly constructed NH-5 has reduced the time factor and OCA Club and Barabati place will accommodate more than 150 officials, said OCA secretary Asirbad Behera. James Rego, Sridhar and Asirbad Behera were present in the press meet in Cuttack.
Semifinalist spotted in Tata-Utkalika Football
Bhubaneswar : Kishor Club and Tata Football Academy (TFA) Jamshedpur would meet Yazdani Club-73 and Home Guard of Cuttack in the semifinal matches on Friday and Saturday respectively in the Tata-Utkalika Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here. In the quarterfinal match on Thursday, Arjun of TFA netted double goals and powered the team to beat Unit-6 High School by 4-1 goals. Seiminlem and K Udanta Singh of the winning team scored a goal each and Prakash Nayak of the Unit-6 netted a goal to reduce the winning margin. Udanta of the TFA received the man of the match award. Jitendra Samantasinghar, Siba Sankar Panda, G Suresh Kumar and Prasant Pal conducted the match as referees.
