prakash shines in FAO Football league
Bhubaneswar: Prakash Dilla of the East Coast railway netted four goals and guided the team to thrash Mangala Club by 7-1 goals in the super league round match of the FAO Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Monday. Dilla scored four goals in the fifth, 14th,32nd and 33rd minutes respectively and hismate Goakul Oram, lala SS Ray and sk Mustakin scored a goal each in the 30th,37th and 44th minutes respectively. Anil Sasmal of the Mangala Club scored the solitary goal in the 44th minutes. In another high scoring match of the day, Chand Club edged out Sports Hostel by 5-3 goals. Purna Chandra Samal of the winning team draw the first blood in the 18th minutes. Adil Khan and Shasikanta Sandil joined the party and scored double goals each in the 21st, 38th and 30th, 45th minutes respectively. The goal scorer for Sports Hostel were Sunil Sardar, Surendra Sardar and Ashok Goud netted a goal each in the 53th,70th and 79th minutes respectively. The officials who conducted the match were Bhanu Bauri, Chandra Kanta Barik, PK Pal, Durga Madhab Naik, Sudeep Das and Nabin Naik as referees.
Umesh Mishra memorial open chess concludes
Bhubaneswar: D Das scored seven points by the end of eighth round and emerged champion of the 2nd Umesh Chandra Mishra Memorial Open Chess Championship here on Monday, being organised by Odisha State Chess Association (OSCA). Bira Kumar Behera gathered 6.5 points and grabbed the runners-up title. Sanjeeban Nayak, B Kumar and PK Ojha scored six points each and finished third, fourth and fifth respectively. Sanghamitra Singh and Bansidhar Bhoi received best women and veteran player award respectively. Actor Salil Mitra distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Puri District Chess Association secretary Bimal Prasad Mohanty, OSCA vice president Arati Bijoy Mohantyand Sabita Tripathy were present.
Abhimanyu hits 194 in Thimmappiah memorial cricket
Bhubaneswar: In replay to Haryana’s huge first innings score of 483 runs, Odisha scored 251 runs by losing four wickets at stumps on day two of their four-day-long match in K Thimmappiah Memorial Cricket Tournament at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Monday, being organised by Karnataka State Cricket Association. Haryana opener Abhimanyu Khoda smashed 194 runs and the team set a massive 483 runs first innings score. In reply, Odisha opener Girija Rout scored 54 runs, skipper Biplab Samnatary and Abhilash Mallick’s unbeaten innings of 55 and 65 runs respectively, help the team to get 251 runs by losing four wickets.
Brief Score: Haryana 483/10 in 105.2 overs (Abhimanyu Khod 194, Nitin Saini 49, Rahul Dalal 136, Jogindar Sharma 43; Surayakant Pradhan 5/110, Basant Mohanty 3/83, Dhiraj Singh 2/77) Vs Odisha251/4 in 68 overs (Girija Rout 54, Gobind Poddar 48, Biplab Samantary 55 n.o; Abhilash Mallick 65 n.o; Jogindar Sharma 2/35).