MPS wins in Inter-School Football Tournament
Bhubaneswar: A double goal haul by Atul Patnaik of Mothers Public School (MPS) guided the team to beat St Joseph School by 2-0 goals in the inaugural match of the 24th Kalinga Marine-Vivekanada Memorial Inter-School Football at Unit-6High School Ground on Monday. MPS got the lead in the 17th minute through the goal by Atul. Just after four minutes Atul double the lead. With the win MPS gathered three points and lead the group-G. The association is always giving emphasis on the grassroot footballer, to promote the young players Unit-6 Athletic Association is organising such inter-school level tournament. Altogether 24 teams including defending champion Government High School Unit-6 will play the league round match in eight different groups. Top team of each group will qualify for the quarterfinal knockout round matches. The champion and runners-up teams will get football kits and best player of each team and the PET teachers will be felicitated on the closing day. Group- A: Government High School Unit-6, Vivekananda School Unit-4, Aurobindo Integral School. Group-B: Government High School Unit-2, Tapobana High School, Government High School IRC Village. Group-C:Ramakrushna Mission, Ramakrushna Sikhya Kendra, Kalinga Vidyapitha. Group-D: KISS School, DAV Chandrashekharpur, Xavier Khandagiri. Group-E:Sainik School, DAV Kalinganagar, Xavier International School,. Group-F: DPS Kalinga, Venketeswar English Medium School, DAV Unit-8. Group-G: Mother Public School, Kendriya Vidyalaya-III, St Joseph School. Group-H: Kendriya Vidyalaya-2 CRPF, Xavier Kedaragouri, DAV Pokhariput.
Dutee misses Asian Games due to overage
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s ace sprinter Dutee Chand and 17 other Indian overaged athletes were barred from the Nanjing Asian Youth Games on Monday. As per the information, only Under-17 athletes those born in January 1997 or later were eligible to take part in the Asian Youth Games but the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) included 18 athletes, who were born in 1996 in the track and field team of 27. Earlier, the information send to us the players born in 1996 are eligible to participate in the Asian meet. Regarding Dutee she was born in the year 1996, so returning from the meet is not the fault of her, said her coach Nilamadev Deo. The AFI claimed that it had followed International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) rules according to which 1996-born players were eligible. But they forgot that the Games were being held as per the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules.