SOA Premier league Cricket from Feb 25
Bhubaneswar: Twelve University teams, four of them from outside the State, will battle it out for top honours when the 6th edition of the SOA Premier league (SPl) invitation cricket tournament will kick-off at the SOA University stadium on February 25. The tournament, with a prize money of Rs1 lakh for the winners and Rs50,000 for the losing finalists, will be played on round-robin basis with the teams divided into four groups. The toppers of each group will qualify for the semifinals, Prof. RK Hota, Convenor of the tournament and Additional Dean of ITER, said. Cash awards will be presented to the player of the tournament and the player of the final match. Three matches will be played in the T-20 format everyday with the evening ties held under floodlights, he said.
Group-A will comprise Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Andhra University and hosts SOA University while Group-B will consist of KIIT University, Gitam University and Centurion University. Group-C will have IIIT, Bhubaneswar, lovely Professional University and Ravenshaw University. Utkal University, Jadavpur University and Biju Patnaik University of Technology will play in Group-D. The two semifinals will be played on March 2 and 3 respectively while the final has been slated for March 4, Dr. Hota informed.
Debadurllav wins Secretariat Cup Badminton
Bhubaneswar: Debadurllav Das defeated Mahendra Kumar Barik by 17-21,21-11,21-15 in the singles final and emerged champion in the two-day-long Secretariat Cup Badminton Tournament, which concluded at Unit-1 Indoor Hall here on Sunday, being organised by Finance Department Cultural Association (FDCA). Debadurllav and his partner Mahendra bagged the doubles title by eliminating Chandi Prasad Das and Uma Shankar Mohapatra. The players from secretariat, Assembly and Rajbhawan were participated in the meet. Pruthiviballav Pattnaik distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, FDCA president Sailendra Kumar Rout, secretary Pravat Kumar Patra, sports secretary Tarun Chandra Pal, Upendranath Ojha, Sarat Chandra Pati, Sukant Kumar Das, Hari Prasan Mohanty, Satyajit Patra, and Kumar Nayak were present.
Semifinalists spotted in Callaghan Cup
Bhubaneswar: Semifinalists finalised in both cup and plate groups of the All India Senior National Division-II Callaghan Cup-2015 Rugby Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Monday, being organised by Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA). In the cup semifinals, KIIT and Chhattisgarh would meet Bhubaneswar RFA and Bangalore RFC respectively. Similarly in the plate semifinals, Bhubaneswar Bulls and Kashis RFC would meet Bihar and Chattisgarh University respectively. North Bhubaneswar MlA and ORFA president Priyadarshi Mishra, city Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena, ORFA secretary Upendra Mohanty and Rugby India Assistant coach Manas Kumar Jena were present in the inaugural ceremony.
Results: Chhattisgarh bt Bihar 20-19, KISS bt Bhubaneshwar Bulls 38-0, Bhubaneshwar RFA bt Chhatisgarh University 73-0, Bangalore bt Kashis RFC 63-0.