Dutee bags Gold in National Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar : Odia sprinter Dutee Chand bagged gold medal in the women 100 meter race by clocking 11.73 second in the 53rd National Open Athletic Championship-2013 is going on at Birsa Munda Athletic Stadium, Ranchi on Sunday. Other two athletes of the State, Srabani Nanda and Amiya Kumar Mallick finished fourth in the 100 meter women and men events respectively. Dutee representing ONGC in this meet. Results: Men 100 mtr Run : Aniruddha Gujar (lIC, 10.46 sec) gold, S Sathya (Tamil Nadu, 10.66sec) silver, Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (ONGC, 10.67 sec) bronze, Amiya Kumar Mallick (Odisha, 10.69 sec) fourth. Women 100 mtr Run: Dutee Chand (ONGC , 11.73 sec) gold, HM Jyothi (Karnataka, 11.95 sec) silver, Merlin K Joseph (Railway, 11.95 sec) bronze, Srabani Nanda (Odisha, 12.06) fourth.
C’garh eves retain Jr Basketball titles
Bhubaneswar: Dynamic Poonam Chaturvedi of defending champion Chhattishgarh team scored 43 points and guided the team to beat Kerala by 79-68 points in the final and retained the champion titale in the 64th Junior National Basketball Championship, which concluded at Jawaharlal Indoor Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. Similarly, in the boys nail biting final match, Delhi boys edged out Punjab by 89-82 points and bagged the champion trophy. Pradeep Kumar of champion team scored highest 26 points. Tamil Nadu beat Kerala by 96-57 and finished third and fourth respectively in men’s category. Similarly, Maharashtra beat Tamil Nadu by 78-66 points and finished third and fourth respectively. Final Boys: Delhi (Pradeep Kumar 26, Ohlan Gourav 23, Pankaj Rathi 17, Narender Rathi 15) bt Punjab (Satnam Singh 24, loveneet Singh 14, Jaspreet Singh 11, Abhishek Rai 10) 89-82 (19-20, 24-26, 20-11, 26-25). Girls: Chhattishgarh (Poonam Chaturvedi 43, Sangeeta 21, Akula Kavita 13) bt Kerala (Poojamol 33, Grima 12, Arathy 9) 79-68 (21-15, 18-15, 19-21, 21-17). 3rd and 4th place boys: Tamil Nadu (S.Karthickeyan 38, Nikal Pandian 13, M. Harissh 13, P.Vijay 11, P.Raghunath 10) bt Kerala (Akhil 20, Sreerag 10) 96-57 (27-18, 24-11, 30-12, 15-16). Girls: Maharashtra (Ishwari 21, Shireen 19, Krittika 16, Sruthi 13) bt Tamil Nadu (Keerthi 13, Mathurayaani 11, Sharmila 10) 78-66 (21-21, 19-13, 18-18, 20-14) .
KISS Central Zone Women's Rugby champion
Bhubaneswar: KISS Women Rugby Team pipped Jungle Crow of Kolkata by 7-0 points and emerged champion in the Central Zone Women's Rugby Tournament held at CC&FC ground, Kolkata on Saturday. Earlier, in the semifinal, KISS edged out Bhubaneswar Rugby Club by 14-0 points. In the league round matches, KISS defeated Young Rugby Club, SS Rugby Club and Jungal Crow all Kolkata teams by 7-0, 42-0 and 14-0 respectively. Champion team members: Meerarani Hembram (Captain), Bhagyalaxmi Barik, Hupi Majhi, Sanjukta Munda, Hiramani Soren, Susanti Majhi, Sumitra Banara, Sumitra Naik, Monika Majhi, Soni Mandangi, Rajani Sabar, Manjulata Pradhan, Basanti Pangi, Roshan Xaxa, Debasis Rout (both coach), Manisha Tarasia (Manager).
Jayanta Memorial title to Directorate Sports
Bhubaneswar : In the nail biting final match, Directorate of Sports Hostel team edged out defending champion East Coast Railway by 1-0 goal and emerged champion of the Jayanta Mahapatra Memorial One-Day Women Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Sunday. Subhaprabha Rout scored the winning goal in the 20th minute and bagged the woman of the final award. The champion Sports Hostel team received the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 5,000 and the runners-up richer by Rs 3,000. Tikina Samal, Sasmita Behera and Sukanti Rout of the champion team won the best goalkeeper, best mid-fielder and best defender award respectively. Sakina Nisa of Urmila Football Club and Supriya Routary of East Coast Railway received the best of the forward and women of the tournament awards respectively. Altogether six teams participated in the league round matches, group-A teams were Agrahat Football Club of Cuttack, KISS, East Coast Railway (both Bhubaneswar) and in the group-B, Arundaya Football Club of Cuttack , Urmila Football Club and Directorate of Sports (both Bhubaneswar) participated in the league round. ECoR defeated KISS and Agrahat by 8-0 and 1-0 goals respectively and entered the final round. Similarly, Sports Hostel pipped Arunadaya Football Club by 2-0 goals and the league match with Urmila Football Cub ended in goalless draw. After the league round, Sports Hostel and Urmila Club scored four points each and after the tie, Sports Hostel defeated Urmila Club by 3-2 goals via through penalty struck and entered the final round. Orissa Mining Corporation CMD Saswata Mishra distributed the trophies as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary Suriya Ranjan Parija, Dillip Samantary, Unit-6 Athletic Association president Tapan Mohanty, secretary Dillip Kumar Das, Priya Nath Mishra, Naba ranjan Patnaik and Aeabinda Mitra were present.