9 students of KISS in State softball team
Bhubaneswar: Nine players including seven girls from Kalinga Institute Social Science (KISS) has been selected to represent the State Junior Softball team in the Junior National Softball Championship to be held at lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Panjab from June 3 to 8. The State team left for the national meet on Saturday. Payal Majhi, lekhita Jhodia, Khitisuta Patra, Anita Kanhar, Rashmita Beshra, Anupama Hansda and Deepa Majhi got selected in girls team and lakhan Tudu, Padma Charan Hansdah conformed their place in the State boys team.
State Under-9 Chess meet from June 3
Bhubaneswar: SR Chess Center in association with Kalinga Bharati Residential College is all set to oraganise the three-day-long Odisha State Under-9 Boys and Girls Chess Championship to be held at Kalinga Bharati Residential College, Pira Bazar in city outskirt from June 3 to 5. The tournament featuring total cash prize of Rs 15,000. The top two finishers of each group will represent the State in the forthcoming National Under-9 Chess Championship to be held at Tamil Nadu in September 1 to 11.
Commissionerate Police bag Volleyball title
Koraput: Commissionerate Police of Bhubaneswar emerged champion by defeating Fire Police Services by 3-0 sets (25-23,25-18,25-18) in the final clash of the 70th State Police Volleyball Championship at Koraput on Friday. OSAP 4th Battalion Rourkela edged out OSAP 6th Battalion Cuttack and finished third and fourth respectively.
Narayan Badnayak and Manoj Kumar Behera of the champion team bagged the best best player and best setter awards respectively. OSAP Cuttack and OSAP Rourkela team received best discipline and hard line team awards respectively. Special DGP Sanjib Marik distributed the trophies as the chif guest of the closing ceremony.
FAO felicitates U-16 football team
Bhubaneswar: Football Association of Odisha on Friday felicitated the State team for finishing runners-up in the Coca Cola U-16 National Football Championship at Father Agnel Sports Complex in Mumbai on Tuesday. In the final bout Odisha lost to Goa by 0-1 goal. In function at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha Olympic Association secretary Asirbad Behera presented a cash prize of Rs 2,000each to the 22-member team, which included coach Akshay Das and his assistant Parasar Bag. Former Indian women football captain Sradhanjali Samantary , FAO secretary Sanjay Behera and other office-bearers of the state body we present on the occasion.