Baragarh, Jagatsingpur win in Club football
Bhubaneswar: In a high scoring match, Athletic Association lenda of Bargarh edged out RSVB Club of Deogarh by 5-2 goals in the Inter District Club Championship (Kalinga Cup Qualifying Round) at Baripada in Mayurbhanj on Saturday. The goal scorer for winning team were Rahul Jeawal (6th), Rama Pandey (8th,55th ), Pradeep Mahananda (10th) and lingaraj Bhoe (80th). Srabana Kissan and Mukunda Prasad Behera of RSVB scored a goal each in the 14th and 42nd minutes respectively to reduce the winning margin. In another match of the day, after the goalless first-half, Sunil Marandi of Bapuji Republic (Jagatsinghpur) scored the all important goal in 48th minute and the team defeated Udyaman Yubak Sangha (Kalahandi) by 1-0 goal. The officials who conducted the match were Nabin Nayak, Sudip Das, Chandrakant Barik, Manik Rana, Sujit Patra, Bhanu Bauri, Prasata Kumar Pal, Kailash Behera and Jugal Chandra Das (match commissioner).
Bhubaneswar-B enter Football quarterfinals
Bhubaneswar: In a nail biting match, Bhubaneswar-B team defeated Mayurbhanj by 3-2 goals through penalty kick in the Senior Women Inter District Football Championship for PC Behera Trophy at Titilagarh in Bolangir on Saturday. The match ended in goalless draw in the stipulated time. Sasmita Behera, Jasmani Samal and Sukanti Roula of the Bubaneswar team converted their hits in to goal. However two of Mayurbhanj player Sony Bage and Itishree Sardar transferred into goals in the penalty kick. The officials who conducted the match were Chitrambada Patra, Subrat Purohit, Narasingha Naidu and Brishnupriya Das as referees.
Women Rugby quarterfinalists spotted
Bhubaneswar: After the league rounds, KISS ranked top and joined RFC Pune, Delhi Hurricans, Bombey Gym, Jungle Crows, YRC Kolkata, Bhubaneswar RFA, Magician and Karala in the quarterfinal rounds of the Senior National Women 7-A-side Rugby Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday. Altogether 13 teams are participating in the two-day-long meet, which was inaugurated by Agriculture Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Debiprasad Mishra. Total eight teams entered the quarterfinals. In the match on Sunday, KISS and Bhubaneswar would meet Magicians and RFC Pune respectively. Among others, Odisha Rugby Football Associati0on president Priyadarshi Mishra, secretary Upendra Mohanty, treasure Shakti Ranjan Mohanty were present. Results: Pool-A; RFC Pune bt Kerala 35-0, Delhi Hurricanes bt Kerala 37-0, RFC Pune bt Delhi Hurricanes 5-0. Pool-B; KISS bt YRC 26-0, KISS bt Magicians 43-0, YRC bt Magicians 22-0. Pool-C; Jungle Crows bt Bhubaneswar 12-7, Bombey Gym bt Bhubaneswar 12-0, Jungle Crows draw Bombey Gym 5-5. Pool-D; Tamil Nadu bt Jharkhand 5-0, Bihar bt Chhattisgarh 5-0, Jharkhand bt Chhattisgarh 22-0, Bihar bt Tamil Nadu 10-0, Bihar draw Jharkhand 0-0, Tamil Nadu bt Chhattisgarh 20-0.
Dutee Chand gets rousing welcome
Jajpur: large numbers of villagers and officials felicitated noted athlete Dutee Chand (18) in her village Gopalpur village in Jajpur district on Friday after her arrival in the village. A meeting was also organised where Debashis Nayak the former minister and the MlA of Bari while felicitating Dutee, Sarojini Hembram the textiles and handloom minister and other congratulated Dutee for her achievements. Dutee Chand won bronze medal on July 8 in the Women’s 200m race at the 20th Asian Athletics Championship in Pune. She also won gold medals in 100 and 200 race in the 53rd National Open Athletics Championships at Ranchi recently. Earlier , this year at the 58th National School Games in Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, Dutee won a treble gold medals in 100m, 200m and 400m in the National junior athletic meet. Dutti told in the meeting that she is doing hard work to get medal in the coming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and at the Rio-de-Janerio Olympics. “My elder sister Saraswati Chanda is my inspiration. Saraswati Didi won six medals including two gold medals in the International Police Athlete Meet in the British Columbia in Canada four years back. She pursued me to be an athlete”, said Dutee . “Dutee became an athlete at 14 years age following my footsteps. I helped her to grow as an sportswoman. She was first learning Kabadi . But later she took more interest in athlete. While she was reading in Gopalpanda high school she became athlete champion. She even managed to beat boys in the athlete sports. Each day she practices for three to four hours apart from other types of exercises. Now Dutee is a noted athlete than me”, said the proud sister Saraswati who works as a police constable in Nayagarh. Nigamananda Mohanty the vice- president of the district athletic association said “I was the first coach of both the sisters. Saraswati and Dutee were hidden treasures and they were discovered by me. One day Dutee will win medal in Olympic for the country”.
Chakradhar Chanda and Aakhaji Chanda the parents of Dutee earn hardly four thousand each month by weaving . “It is difficult for me to maintain my four daughters and a son for which I allowed my two daughters to reside in the sports hostel. But my daughter is now playing for my country and won many medals”, said a delighted Chakradhar .Noted social worker Dr Manzoor Alli and Prabhuranjan Satpathy were present on this occasion.
XIMB Annual sports begins
Bhubaneswar: The three-day-long Athlos, the annual sports meet of Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB) kicks started here. The top B schools of India like XlRI, IIM Ranchi, IISWBM and IMI are participating in the meet. Altogether 70 matches to be held for 20 top prizes. On the inaugural-day on Friday, IISWBM proved their supremacy by winning the cricket match against XIMB. XIMB retaliated by winning the women's badminton and both the men's and women's table tennis matches against IISWBM. XIMB proved its mettle by winning the men's badminton and football matches against IMI Bhubaneswar. Despite heavy rainfall, teams were seen battling it out on the ground to grab the top spot. The whole campus was abuzz with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. The passionate cheering and hollering of the excited audience was unmatched.