Odisha bags a silver,3 bronze
Bhubaneswar : Odisha team bagged one silver and three bronze medals and finished fifth in the 24th National Junior Kayaking and Canoeing Tournament at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh from January 14 to 20. Jajati Kujur bagged two bronze medals in the 500 and 1000 meters boys Kayaking events respectively. Another Odisha boy, Prabin Biraja claims bronze medal in 500 meter kayaking-1 event. Only girl of the State Sarojini Topo grabbed silver medal in 500 meter canoeing event.
Gallant Club liftS Srikrushna football trophy
Bhubaneswar : Racing from the back Gallant Club of Cuttack emerged champion of the 9th Srikrushna Biswal Memorial Football Tournament, which concluded at Indira Maidan here on Thursday by defeating AG Odisha by 2-1 goals, being organised by Sports and Games Organisation (SGO). AG got the lead in the 14th minute by the goal of Kisan Das. After the change of sides, Sunil Nayak nailed double goals in the 41st and 65th minutes respectively. The champion bagged the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 15,000 and the runners-up team took home Rs 10,000. In individual category, Sunil Nayak of champion team received best player and man of the match award respectively. Manjur Ali of champion team got the most promising player of the tournament. Prakash Jena of the runners-up team received man of the tournament award. Special DG police Sanjib Marik distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, former national women football team captain Sradhanjali Samantary, social worker Dilip Srichandan, corporater Naba Kishor Behera, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary SR Parija, SGO secretary Bhagyadhar Jagadev, Ashok Mohanty, Pradip Moanty and Partha Biswal.