Cuttack District Athletic meet concluded
Bhubaneswar : PB Athletic Coaching Center emerged group champion in the two-day-long Cuttack District Athletic Association Annual Meet, which concluded at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. Around 1000 athletes of 50 affiliated Clubs, Colleges and Schools of Cuttack District participated in it meet. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cuttack Praveen Kumar distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Cuttack District Athletic Association vice-president Suvendu Patra, secretary Bipin Behari Mohanty and other office bearers of the association were present.
Results: Group Championship; Boys-14 Banki Athletic Association, Boys-16 Banki Athletic Association, Boys-18 SAI Training Center (Cuttack), Boys-20 PB Athletic Coaching Center, Men PB Athletic Coaching Center, Girls-14 Govt. Girls High School (Athgard), Girls-16 SAI Training Center (Cuttack), Girls-18 Gangotri Club (Salipur), Girls-20 Gangotri Club (Salipur), Women Inter Village Sports Association (Kamarpada).
Cuttack lift Sahani Cup Football titles
Bhubaneswar : Cuttack emerged champion of the Senior Men Inter District Football Championship for Sahani Cup by defeating Bhubaneswar by 2-1 goals at Angul on Sunday. Somnath Nayak of Cuttack draw the first blood in the third minute of the play. His mate Sk Mustakin doubles the lead in the 32nd minutes. After the change of sides, Sasikanta Sandil of Bhubaneswar scored the solitary goal in the 67th minute. Earlier in the semifinals, A Kanheya of the Bhubaneswar scored the all important goal in the 34th minute and the team defeated Angul by 1-0 goal at Angul on Friday. Similarly in another semifinal match at Talcher venue, Cuttack thrashed Bhadrak by 5-0 goals. Gokul Oram (31st), Satish Ekka (38th), Sk. Mustakim (49th), Shekhar Sarkar (58th) and Surendra Soren (73rd) of the Cuttack team scored a goal each. Odisha Cricket Association and Odisha Olympic Association secretary Asirbad Behera distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Angul District Athletic Association secretary Nilamani Rout , OCA treasure Satya Mohanty, FAO vice-president Bijaya Das and Ramesh Chandra Mallick.
Odisha enter EPF East Zone meet final
Bhubaneswar : Odisha team barged into the finals of the three-day-long Employees Provident Fund East Zone Basketball and Volleyball Tournament at IBCS Sports Complex, Sikhya ‘O’ Anusandhan University here on Sunday. In the volleyball final, Odisha would meet Bihar in the title clash on Monday. Similarly, Odisha would meet Jharkhand in the basketball final. In the semifinal on Sunday, Bihar defeated West Bengal by 25-18,25-11 and entered the final of the volleyball event. Earlier on Saturday, in another semifinal match, host Odisha pipped Jharkhand by 27-25, 25-10. In the basketball semifinal on Saturday, Odisha edged out Bihar by 58-18 points and Jharkhand beat West Bengal by 23-5 on Sunday.
Odisha eves to meet WB in women’s One-day final
Bhubaneswar : Odisha eves would cross swords with West Bengal in the final of the in the Plate-A women’s one-day cricket match at Vijayawada on December 24. In the semifinal match on Sunday, Odisha edged out Rajasthan by 70 runs. Being invited to bat first, Swagatika Rath of Odisha smashed 66 runs and helped the team to reach 142 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 50 overs. Zakya Ali of Rajasthan scalped three wickets and put check gate in Odisha scoring. In reply, Sushree Pradhan and S Mallick grabbed three wickets each and restricted Rajasthan innings for 72 runs in 35 overs.
Brief score: Odisha 142/9 in 50 overs (Swagatika Rath 66; Zakya Ali 3/39) beat Rajasthan 72/10 in 35 overs (RA Dhar 17; Ritu Singh 2/14, S K Mallick 3/17, Sushree Pradhan 3/19) by 70 runs.
Parthiv’s ton take Gujarat to 287/3 in Ranji trophy
Bhubaneswar : Parthiv Patel smashed his 21st first-class century to power Gujarat to 287 for three in their first innings at stumps against Odisha on the opening day of their Ranji trophy Group A match at Motare, Ahmadabad on Sunday. Parthiv scored an unbeaten 109 runs in 166 balls with the help of 11 fours. Venugopal Rao (68) and Bhargav Merai (45) were the other top scorers for Gujarat. For Odisha, Jayanta Behera (2/65) took two wickets, while BB Samantray (1/38) scalped one. Choosing to bat, Gujarat were given a 54-run partnership upfront by Samit Gohel (27) and Priyank Panchal (31) before the duo departed in successive overs. Bhargav Merai (45) and Parthiv (109) took over from the openers and added another 84 for the third wicket. Jayanta Behera gave Odisha the breakthrough, removing Merai to take his second wicket in the 52nd over. However, Gujarat put together another big unbeaten partnership when Rao joined Parthiv and the duo stitched 141 runs, which carried Gujarat to 287 for three by stumps. Parthiv and Rao (68) were at the crease at the draw of stumps at the Sardar Patel Stadium.
Brief Score: Gujarat: 287-3 in 90 overs (Parthiv Patel 109; Jayanta 2/65) Vs Odisha .