Radha Gobinda win in FAO 1st Div Football league
Bhubaneswar: Racing from the back Radha Gobinda Club edged out Radha Raman Club by 3-1 goals in the super league round match of the FAO 1st Division Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday. Radha Raman Club got the lead in the 16th minute by the goal of Nilay Ghosal. Suresh Kujjur of the Radha Gobinda leveled the score in the 21st minute. Basila of the winning team scored the double goals in the 46th and 80th minutes respectively. The officials who conducted the match were Siba Sankar Panda, Sujit Patra, Subrat Purohit and Chandrakant Barik as referees. East Coast Railway and Independent Club would meet Radha Raman Club and Sunrise Club respectively in the super league round matches on Wednesday.
Payal, Agnibesh to take part in Asia Cadet Karate meet
Bhubaneswar: Payal Baral and Agnibesh Maharana of Utkal Karate School (UKS) leave from here on Tuesday to participate in the Cadet categories of the Asia Sub-Junior, Cadet, Junior and U-21 Karate Championship to be held at Kuala lumpur in Malaysia from August 7. Payal and Agnibesh bagged silver medal in the cadet girls kata and boys fight events respectively in the National Karate Championship held at Delhi from May 30 to June 1. Odisha Karate Do Federation wished both the karatekas. Among others, Chittranjan Swain, Dipak Samantary, Dillip Kumar Jena and Mahesh Barala were present.
Sprinter Amiya donates kit to women footballers
Bhubaneswar: Ace sprinter of the State Amiya Kumar Mallick on Tuesday donated kits to 20 women footballers of Bhuubaneswar. Maximum footballers belong to Salia Sahi and many of them were participated in international football meet. It is always better to have lot of blessing then money, said Amiya who will leave from here on Wednesday for the final trail to be held at Bangalore on August 15 for the forthcoming Asian Games to be held in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 to October 4. As a athlete I am having lot of respect for other sports and players. I believe everybody should do charity as per their own capacity. The joy of giving is something different from receiving any gift, said Amiya. I will join the national camp at Bangalore. I am hopeful if everything goes in right direction I will qualify for the Asian Games, added Amiya. Among others, Amiya’s coach Nilamadav Deo and Nanda Kishore Pattnaik were present.