State Athletic meet begins on Dec 28
Bhubaneswar: Cuttack District Athletic Association is all set to host the 61st Odisha State Athletic Meet-2013 at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack from December 28 to 30. The Opening function and felicitation function for medal winners of Asian Athletic Championship and National Open Athletic Championship is scheduled to be held at Barabati Stadium. Athletes from all the districts of the State, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association, Odisha Police, Rourkela,East Coast Railway, KIITS and Paradip Port Trust would participate in the meet. In this meet International athlete like Dutee Chand, Amiya Mallik, Purnima Hemberam will be in action.
Kishor Club win in Sarat Memorial Football
Bhubaneswar: Racing from the back Kishor Club of Bhubaneswar defeated Azad Hind Club of Cuttack by 2-1 goals in the 25th Sarat Tripathy Memorial All Odisha Football Tournament at Nima Sahi in Cuttack on Friday. After the barren first half, Azad Hind Club got the lead in the 50th minute through the goal by Rama Murmu. Manoj Soren of the Kishor Club scored the equaliser in the 69th minute. His-mate Sashikant Sandil nailed the winning goal in the 79th minute.The officials who conducted the match were PK Pal, Subrat Purohit, Y Chandrasekhar Rao , Sk. Hatyat and PK Mohanty as match commissioner. Home Guard of Cuttack would meet their city counterparts Independent Club on Saturday.
Kalinga lancer shots ad-campaign in Puri
Bhubaneswar: Star Sports, the official broadcaster of the Hero Hockey India league, shot the ad-campaign featuring Kalinga lancers’ star players Prabodh Tirkey and Mohammed Amir Khan at the Puri beach on Friday. Hero Hockey India league will see world’s best hockey players playing in diverse cities across the country. Star Sports is therefore shooting the marketing campaign across all six team cities to build team affinity and local pride. The campaign will show star players of all the teams showcasing their hockey skills with the most iconic location of the city, region in the backdrop. Speaking on the occasion, Juju Basu, Head of Communications for Sports business, Star India, said, “The core idea behind the campaign is to get India’s hockey playing regions to celebrate the game that’s been a part of their culture for decades. The campaign is therefore based out of the regions that the teams are from, using iconic backdrops and elements from their hockey heritage.” Besides the Kalinga lancers shoot, the plan is to shoot star players from the Dabur Mumbai Magicians team playing Hockey in a Mumbai local train; Ranchi Rhinos ad-campaign will be shot with star players playing at Dassan Falls, Jharkhand. The campaign for Delhi Waver Riders team has already been shot at the Jantar Mantar while players from the Uttar Pradesh Wizards will be shot playing Hockey in the lanes of Varanasi. The star players of Jaypee Punjab Riders team will shoot in Amritsar with the Golden Temple as the back drop.
Achutananda bags gold in Weightlifting
Bhubaneswar: Achutananda Sahu bagged overall gold medal in the junior men 62kg event of the 9th Youth, 50th Men and 26th Women Junior National Weightlifting Championship at the Tarun Ram Phookan Indoor Stadium in Guwahati on Friday. Achutananda listed 108 kg in snatch (bronze), 140 kg in clean and jerk (gold) and total of 248kg, claimed the overall gold medal. Another Odisha lifter Saraswati Rout lifted 74 kg in snatch (bronze), 95 kg clean and jerk (silver) and total of 169 kg and won overall bronze medal.