State Muaythai Championship from Oct 26
Bhubaneswar: Two-day-long 1st State Muaythai Championship to be held at Talcher in Angul from October 26 to 27. Many national and international level players would fight for the honour, informed All Orissa Muaythai Association (AOMA) secretary Bibhuti Bhusan Behera. AOMA president Olympian Dillip Tirkey, Vice-president Nilamadav Nanda, Gurpritee Khurana, Kalanda Prasana Mohapatra, joint-secretary Anil Raula and adviser Saroj Kumar Samal wished the Angul District Association members for the first State championship.
Odisha eves beat Tripura in U-19 EZ Cricket
Bhubaneswar: A-four-wickets haul by Sushree Pradhan of Odisha powered the team to beat Tripura by 25 runs in the Women’s U-19 East Zone (EZ) One-day Cricket Tournament at Guwahati on Thursday. Winning the toss, Odisha elected to bat first, dependable Swagatika Rath scored 27 runs and team total reached 128 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 50 overs. Sweety Sinha of Tripura scalped four wickets and restricted Odisha innings. In reply, Sushree bagged four wickets by giving 13 runs and restricted Tripura for 103 runs in 43.3 overs. With the win Odiosha got four points. Brief score: Odisha 128/9 in 50 overs (Swagatika Rath 27; Sweety Sinha 4/16, Rita Debberma 2/23)beat Tripura 103/10 in 43.3 overs (JR Debnath 29, Rizu Shah 36; Sushree Pradhan 4/13, BS Hanuman 2/17) by 25 runs.
U-14 football selection camp from Oct 29
Bhubaneswar: Football Association of Odisha (FAO) has been announced on Thursday to conduct a selection cum trial camp for the U-14 footballers at Satyabrata Stadium in Cuttack from October 29. The State team would participate in the National U-14 Tournament for boys at Kalyani in West Bengal from November 10. The players born on or after 1 January 2000 will be eligible to join the selection camp and for further details can contact 0671-2301459. Sooraj Thappa of Nalco of Angul and Shuvendu Panda of Bhubaneswar has been appointed as the coaches for the preparatory, selection-cum-trial camp for the State team.