Jobra Durga, Rising Star win in FAO league
Bhubaneswar: Jobra Durga Club and Rising Star Club defeated Mangala Club and Mahaveer Club respectively in the FAO 1st Division Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Thursday.
Racing from the back Jobra Durga Club beat Mangala Club by 4-1 goals.
The goal scorers for Mangala Club were Sashikanta Rout and Bijoy Kumar Das one goal each in the 17th and 78th minute respectively. Anil Sasmal netted two goals each in the 48th and 64th minutes. Bapi Haldar of Jobra Durga Club scored the solitary goal in the 13th minute.
Arjit Keora of the Rising Star Club scored two goals in the 44th and 56th minutes and guided the team to beat Mahaveer Club by 4-0 goals. Santrai Bahadur and Chetan Nayak netted a goal each in the 32nd and 68th minutes respectively.
Subrat Purohit, Bhim Chetri, Sekhawat Khan, Jiban Jyoti Nayak, SS Panda and PK Nayak were the officials who conducted the match. Rising Student Club would meet Odisha Police on Friday.
Birendra lakra selected in national hockey team
Bhubaneswar: The only Odisha defender Birendra lakra got selected in the national team. Hockey India on Thursday announced its Senior Men Hockey team for the Commonwealth Games to be held at Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 July to August 3.
The team of 16 players for the Commonwealth Games was selected by Hockey India selectors BP Govinda, Harbinder Singh, RP Singh and Arjun Halappa along with Director High Performance Roelant Oltmans and Chief Coach Terry Walsh on the basis of their performance during the selection trials conducted at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on June 30 and July 1, 2014.
Midfielder Sardar Singh (186 caps) will be the captain of the team while goalkeeper PR Sreejesh (100 caps) will be the vice-captain.
India will play their first match of the Commonwealth Games against Wales on July 25 followed by a head- on with Scotland on July 26, Australia on July 29 and South Africa on July 31 .
The preparatory camp of the Indian team is currently underway at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi until the departure of the team on July 12 for Scotland to participate in the Commonwealth Games.
list of Selected Players: Goalkeepers: P R Sreejesh (100 Caps) vice-captain, Defenders: Gurbaj Singh (164 caps), Birendra lakra (71 caps), Rupinder Pal Singh (89 caps), Kothajit Singh (71 caps), V R Raghunath (160 caps), Midfielders: Dharamvir Singh (75 caps), Sardar Singh (186 caps) Captain, Danish Mujtaba (111 caps), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (52 caps), Manpreet Singh (97 caps), Forwards: Ramandeep Singh (11 caps), Akashdeep Singh (41 caps), S V Sunil (137 caps), Gurwinder Singh Chandi (97 caps), Nikkin Thimmaiah (11 caps) .
11 Odisha swimmers to participate in National meet
Bhubaneswar: A 11-member of State team has been selected to participate in the 41st Junior National Aquatic Championship at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh from July 12 to 16.
Dibya lochan Hati, Rajib Minz, Sonu Patel, Aditya Biswal, Sachikanta Mallick (all Sambalpur), Swadhin Behera, Omkar Dash, Adyasa Mishra, Tulasi Kisan, Raunde Tudu and Anju Paradia (all Bhubaneswar) are selected on the basis of their performance in the State championship.
The State will leave from Cuttack on July 9.