BAA, MYC, Postal win in Senior Basketball
Bhubaneswar: Bhubanerswar Athletic Association (BAA) edged out State Bank of India (SBI) by 83-75 points in a hard-fought Men’s Group-C encounter on the third day of the 56th State Senior Basketball Championship at the Basketball complex of SOA University here on Thursday. In two other matches of the same group played in the morning, Modern Youth Club trounced Keonjhar 51-16 while Postal drubbed Kendrapara 59-18. In the women’s section, holders Bhubaneswar Basketball Association (BBA) defeated Sailabala Women’s College 8-6 in a Group-B match while Bhubaneswar Athletic Association (BAA) defeated Khurda District Basketball Association (KDBA) 33-6 in Group-A. In a Group-C women’s tie, Entertainer beat Keonjhar 17-7.
Bengal, SAI win in Sub-Jr National Football
Bhubaneswar: West Bengal and Sports Authority of India (SAI) defeated Chhattisgarh and Bihar respectively in the Sub -Junior National Football Championship for Coca–Cola Cup at Barabati Stadium in Cuttackon Thursday. Arnab Neogi of West Bengal open the floodgate in the first minute of the match and scored two more goals in the 61st and 82nd minutes. Tarak Hembram and Abhijit Mondal netted a goal eachin the 28th and 58th minutes respectively. Dhalendra Das of the Chhattisgarh scored the solitary goal in the 55th minute to reduce the winning margin. West Bengal claimed 5-1 victory. In another match, SAI edged out Bihar by 4-1 goals. Tanmoy Dasof SAI draw the first blood in the 17th minute and his mate JH Mallik netted double goal in the 25th and 26th minute. After the lemon breaks, Suman Dutta of SAI scored the fourth goal for the team in the 61st minute. In the 87th minute Raphel Soren of Bihar natted a goal in the 87th minute. The officials who conducted the match were Srikant Bohidar,Jiban Gogoi,PK Pal and Suman Dutta. Match commissioner was Subrat Das and referee assessor was M Joy Chandra Singh.
Bodybuilder Gochhikar gets rousing welcome
Bhubaneswar: Anil Gochhikar of Puri got rousing welcome here on Thursday after his arrival from the 2014 World Body Building and Physique Sports Competition, which was held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, NESCO from December 7 to 9. He bagged bronze medal in the 70 kg category. Anil Gochhikar (70kg), Pankaj Pratihari (65kg) and Satyajit Pratihari (90kg+) are three Odisha bodybuilders were took part in the world meet. For the first time the championship, being hosted by the Indian Body Builders Federation (IBBF), more than 400 national and international athletes were participated. The competition divided into 35 categories with both men and women.
ICC World Cup trophy roadshow held
Bhubaneshwar: Reliance Communications limited, India’s fully-integrated telecommunications service provider organised a roadshow of the ICC World Cup trophy here on Thursday and announced its association as ‘Global Partner’ for the 11th edition of the ICC World Cup tournament, to be held in New Zealand and Australia from 14 February to 29 March 2015. The event here was part of exclusive preview roadshows across India before the tournament kicks off in New Zealand and Australia. The ICC World Cup 2015 Trophy will be handed over to the winning team of the tournament. Cricket fans got an exclusive glimpse of the trophy and an opportunity to get photographs clicked with it. They can also send best wishes to the Indian cricket team and participate in contests specially designed for this event and win exciting prizes. Commenting on this partnership, Consumer Business, CEO Gurdeep Singh said: “As a ‘Global Partner’ of ICC 2015, we are proud to be associated with the most popular game in the country, which has also been growing in popularity worldwide. We at Reliance understand the passion that binds cricket enthusiasts across the globe and would like to enhance our customers’ experience through exclusive mobile content, ranging from high-quality video clips of the matches, wallpapers, themes, live audio commentary, score updates, animations, ringtones, CRBT, mobile quiz contest and predictions, amongst others.” The Trophy was designed and manufactured in london by Garrard, the Crown Jewellers. Crafted in silver and gilt, the 64-cm high trophy features a golden globe held aloft by three silver columns. The globe is presented in the form of a stylised cricket ball while the columns, styled as stumps and bails, represent the three essential pillars of the game batting, bowling and fielding.
Valued at over £40,000 and weighing in excess of 11 kilos, the trophy has been designed in platonic dimensions to ensure its uniqueness is instantly recognised no matter from which angle it is viewed.
Yazdani Club-73 to face RK Academy in final
Bhubaneswar: Yazdani Club-73 of Bhubaneswar would cross swords with RK Academy Kanapur in the final of the All Odisha 23rd Tamando Cup Football Tournament at the city outskirts on Saturday. In the semifinal match on Thursday, Club-73 edged out East Coast Railway by 7-6 vie through penalty kicks. The nail biting match ended in 1-1 goal draw in the stipulated time. Club-73 got the lead in the ninth minute through the goal by Santosh Nayak. After the change of sides, Sk Mustakin netted the equaliser in the 51st minute. Pintu Singh, Kishor Khadia, Sunil Marandi, Kedarnath Singh, Sashi Tappo and Santosh Nayak of the winning team successfully converted their kicks into goal. Similarly, Gokula Oram, Maheswar Dash, Bishal Krishna, lSS Ray and Sk Mustakin of ECoR scored a goal each in the penalty round. Club-73 registered the victory in the sudden death round. Gokul Oram of the ECoR bagged the man of the match award.