18 Odisha shooters to join GV Mavlankar meet
Bhubaneswar: A-18-member Odisha shooting has been finalised by the Odisha State Rifle Association for the forthcoming XXII All India GV Mavlankar Shooting Championship (RP) at Asansol in West Bengal from November 5 to 15. S Sankar Mishra, Ashis Nayak, Balabhadra Das, Alok Saha, Sandeep Mohanty, Gajendra Padhi, Sashi Bhusan Chaine, Anand Jena, Acharya Chinmay Mishra, Bhabani Prasad Haiburu, Sonal Sibasis Swain, Debashis Rout, Sahabani Oram, Chandini Das, Satabadilopha Dash, Prasant Kumar Mohapatra, Bhagaban Behera and Usharani Behera are the eighteen shooters selected for the meet. The shooters would participate in the 10 meter air rifle, air pistol and 50 meter 0.22 rifle events. Altogether 2500 players are expected to participate in the meet.
Odisha Police enters Football quarterfinals
Bhubaneswar : Sunrise Club and Odisha Police both Cuttack team edged out Tata Football Academy of Jamshedpur and ARYANS of Kolkata respectively and entered the quarterfinal rounds of the All India Kalinga Cup Football Tournament at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Monday. Sk Zahid of Sunrise Club draw the first blood in the 43rd minute. After the change of sides, his-mate Charles Walter double the lead in the 61st minute. However, in the 72nd minute Seiminlun Kipgen of TFA netted a goal to reduce the winning margin. In another match, Arun Oram and PK Naik of Odisha Police scored a goal each in the 40th and 74th minutes respectively and the team defeated ARYANS by 2-1 goals. lob Mondal of ARYANS scored the solitary goal in the 81st minute. The match was conducted by Prabir Dhar, PK Pal , Nabin Naik, Durga Madhab Naik, Roopak Mukherjee, Bhanu Bauri, SS Panda, Sujit Patra and Subrat Das (match commissioner) as referees. Sunrise Club and Odisha Police would meet Air India (Mumbai) and Bhawanipore FC (Kolkata) respectively in the quarterfinal rounds on Friday.
Inter districts School Hockey kicks start
Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view of upcoming national level school hockey, the selection of State team of 14-17 age groups for inter district state level school hockey tournament kick started at Panposh Sports Hostel hockey ground in Rourkela on Tuesday. Khurda defeated Bolangir by 6-0 goals in the 59th State Hockey Tournament, being inaugurated by State Transport and Commerce Minister Subrat Tarai in presence of Assistant Director of Sports Department P Mangaraj, Rourkela ADM RN Mishra, Sundargarh DEO, H Kandi, Inspector of Physical Education Bidyadhar Pradhan, Sr. Hockey Coach and in charge of Panposh Sports Hostel were present. Altogether eight boys and four girls team are participating in the two-day-long meet.