PM Academy to meet DAV in BC Parida Cricket final
Bhubaneswar: PM Academy would cross swords with DAV Public School of CDA in the final of the BC Parida Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament at Sun Shine Ground in Cuttack on Thursday.In the semifinal matches on Wednesday, PM Academy High School and DAV School defeated Ranihat High School and Municipal High School by six wickets and 46 runs respectively.
Brief Score: At Bidanasi Ground: Ranihat High School 66/10 in 13.2 overs (Y Sudip 4/17, Chandrasekhar Sahoo 3/5) lost to PM Academy 68/4 in 10.3 overs (Biswajit Rout 2/31) by 6 wickets. DAV Public School, CDA scored 121/6 in 20 overs (Saswat Mohanty 25 n.o; Sritam Nayak 24) beat Municipal High School 75/10 in 17.1 overs (Santosh Das 17, Dikhyant Nayak 3/5, Subasish Sahoo 2/11, Prajwal laha 2/24) by 46 runs.
FCI win District level Football Championship
Bhubaneswar: FCI Vikrampur emerged champion by defeating Nalco team in the final of the District level Football Championship was organised by NTPC Talcher Kaniha on Sunday. This was the sixth time such district level football championship was organised by NTPC Kaniha. Total eight teams were took part in the championship. The tournament was inaugurated by N K Kothari ,Group General Manager,Talcher Kaniha by kicking the football in presence of JVN Rao, General Manager (O&M). Kothari distributed the prizes in the closing ceremony in presence of JVN Rao. The championship was overall coordinated by Sports Council , NTPC Kaniha.
Odia physio Umasankar bags best Academician award
Bhubaneswar: Odia physio Dr Umasankar Mohanty received the Best Academician Award at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi on the occasion of 3rd International Conference on Physical Therapy organised from December 17 to21. Mohanty is PhD guide at Dept of Physiotherapy, lovely Professional University, Punjab. He has trained 13,365 physiotherapists having nationalities of India, Philippines, Jordan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Dubai, Sharjah, Iran, Pakistan, Denmark, New Zealand, Sri lanka, Korea, Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Poland, Pakistan, Philippines, Macedonia, USA and UK.Mohanty is the first person of Odisha to be the President, The Indian Association of Physiotherapists. He is also Founder President, Manual Therapy Foundation of India. Mohanty native of Baulanga village of Jagatsinghpur district is the son of Golak Bihari Mohanty and late Sanjukta Mohanty.
Santosh Trophy trail camp from Dec 26
Bhubaneswar: The selection trail of the State senior men football team for Santosh Trophy to be held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack from December 26. The SantoshTrophy for east zone qualifying round would be held at Jamshedpur. All the campers are requested to report on Friday at the office of Football Association of Odisha. FAO appointed Aksya Das has been appointed as the chief coach, Suvendu Panda as the assistant coach and Ashok Panda as the goalkeeper coach.
CM felicitate cricketer Jafar Iqbal
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated differently abled Sk Jafar Iqbal and handed over a cheque of Rs10 lakhs at Secretariat here on Wednesday. The visually challenged Jafar was the member of the Indian cricket and the team bagged the Blind Cricket World Cup trophy in Cape Town, South Africa on December 7 by defeating Pakistan.Earlier, PM Narendra Modi congratulated each member of the Indian team which won the just-concluded Blind Cricket World Cup for the first time was handed a cash reward of Rs5 lakh by Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Delhi on December 11. Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot also announced that his ministry will also give Rs2 lakh to each of the players. Among others, Sports and Youth Services Minister Sudam Marandi, MlA Priyadarshi Mishra and secretary Saswata Mishra were present in the felicitation function.
Asutosh to meet Rakesh in State Snooker meet
Bhubaneswar: National repute Asutosh Padhy upset top seed Jeet Kishore Das and entered the final of the six-day-long of the 5th MIET Cup All Odisha Open Snooker Championship at Vintage Club here on Wednesday. In the final bout on Thursday, Asutosh would meet Rakesh R Pradhan. In the semifinals, Asutosh defeated Jeet by 5-1(75-57, 33-52, 78-23, 70-36, 57-31, 49-10). Similarly, Rakesh R Pradhan edged out Nishant Biswal 5-3(44-31, 53-64, 62-50, 75-73, 39-47, 69-19, 43-73, 64-39).The champion would receive the trophy along with cash award of Rs20,000 and runners-up to be richer by Rs10,000.
East Zone Tennis Ball Cricket tourney begins
Bhubaneswar: The two-day-long 2nd East Zone Tennis Ball Cricket Tournament kicks started at Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. Total five boys and five girls team from Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and All India Industrial Board (AIIB) are participating. The boys defending champion Jharkhand and AIIB girls defending champion are the favorites in the tournament. Sports and Youth Services Minister Sudam Marandi inaugurated the meet. Among others, MlA Priyadarshi Mishra, Sports and Youth Services director Ananta Kishor Jena, cine star Muna Khan, OTBCA chairman Manoranjan Mohapatra, secretary Sithil Kumar Panda, Bipin Swain, Md Azam and Rugby Odisha secretary Upendra Behera were present.