Cambridge beat Ranihat in PVR Murthy cricket
Bhubaneswar: Cambridge School entered the semifinal by eliminating Ranihat High School by 22 runs in the 9th PVR Murthy Inter-School Cricket Tournament at BOSE Engineering Ground in Cuttack on Sunday. Batting first, Cambridge School scored 124 runs in 23.4 overs. Omkar Mohanty contributed highest 18 runs. In reply, Omkar and Gyana R Sahoo bagged four and three wickets respectively and skittle out Ranihat innings for 102 runs in 22.5 overs. For the all round performance Omkar of the winning team received the man of the match award. In the quarterfinal match on Monday, Syeed Seminary School would meet DAV Public School.
Brief score: Cambridge School 124/10 in 23.4 overs (Omkar Mohanty 18; Pabitra Barik 3/20, Deepak Swain 2/9, Bibek Sethy 102/10 beat Ranihat High School 102/10 in 22.5 overs (Omkar Mohanty 4/24, Gyana R Sahoo 3/16) by 22 runs.
Odisha bags 8 golds in dead-lift meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha powerlifters bagged eight gold, one silver, five bronze and total of 14 medals in the National Dead-lift Championship, concluded at Jameshedpur on Sunday, informed by Odisha Powerlifting Association secretary Chitta Ranjan Swain. Odisha women team grabbed the third place in the team champion while Pradip Ptara won the strong man of the India award.
Results: Amit Thapa (category-53kg, sub-junior, junior)( lifted-185kg)(2 gold medals), Pradip Kumar Patra (66kg, junior, sub-junior)(262.5kg)(2 gold), Brahmapada Behera (74 kg, master-I)(220kg)(gold), Supriya Rout (women, 52kg,sub-junior)(92.5kg)(gold), Priyadarshini Bisoi (women, 63kg,sub-junior) (122.5kg) (gold), Sangita Ekka (women,72kg,sub-junior)(115kg)(gold),Rita Maharana (women,84kg, sub-junior)(125kg)(silver). Bronze medalist; Sudam Sahu, Jitendra Behera, Satyananda Jena, Omm Swuarp Mohantyand Sangita Singh.
Director OF Sports beat Netaji in FOOTBAll league
Bhubaneswar: In a lop-sided group-A league match, Director of Sports pipped Netaji Railway Institute by 8-0 goals in the 10th Gatikrushna Memorial Bhubaneswar Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Sunday. The goal scorer were Sunil Sardar nailed three goals (27th ,72th and 78th ), Sudam Soren (11th,66th) and Bhabagrahi Padhari (59th,73rd) netted two goals each, Niranjan Sardar a goal in 74th minute. Sudip Das, Durga Acharya, Somanath Barik and Chandrakanta Barik were the referees for the high scoring match. Kishor Club would meet City Club, Nayapalli in a league match on Monday.