Western Railway retain Hockey titles
Bhubaneswar : Defending champion Western Railway of Mumbai retained the title by defeating Rail Coach Factory of Kapurthala by 2-0 goals in the final of the 73rd All India Railway Hockey Championship, which concluded at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday, being organised by East Coast Railway. Western Railway bagged the title continuously for the third times. Amit Rohidas and Vinod Kumar of the winning team netted a goal each in the 16th and 54th minutes respectively. Malak Singh of the champion team scored five goals in the tournament and bagged the player of the tournament award. Central Railway Mumbai edged out South Central Railway (SCR) of Secunderbad by 6-3 goals and finished third. Yuvraj Walmiki and Narad Bahadur netted three goals each in the 10th,14th,63rd and 32nd,46th, 67th minutes respectively. Ajit Pandey, Abdul Aleem and Belsajar Horo of SCR scored agoal each in the 16th,28th and 42nd minutes respectively. Governor SC Jamir distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of General Manager of East Coast Railway Rajiv Vishnoi and ECoR Sports Association president Siba Prasad Samantary.
Juspin,Pinky shines in Inter-Dists women cricket
Bhubaneswar: Juspin lakra of Nayagarh and Pinky Sharma of Jharsuguda scaled six and five wickets respectively and powered their respective teams to beat Boudh and Mayurbhanj by 24 runs and seven wickets respectively in the OCA Inter-District Women’s Cricket Tournament at different grounds in Cuttack on Friday. In another match Keonjhar pipped Sundargarh by 10 wickets. Bhadrak team got walkover as Sambalpur team did not report. Similarly, Sonepur team got walkover as Rayagada team did not report.
Brief Score: Barabati Stadium: Sundargarh 41/10 in 24.4 overs (Purnima Ray 3/9, Asha Soy 2/1, Kiran lakra 2/11) lost to Keonjhar 45/0 in 6.1 overs (Susmita Munda 22 n.o;) by 10 wickets.
Sunshine Ground: Mayurbhanj 66/10 in 32.5 overs (Pinky Sharma 5/12, Sunita Murmu 3/12) lost to Jharsuguda 70/3 in 14.3 overs (Rekha Dey 29 n.o; Saraswati Singh-2/14) by 7 wickets.
SCB Medical College Ground: Nayagarh 93/10 in 25.4 in overs (Chilika Pradhan 4/15, Sasmita Jhankar 2/15, Priyanka Singh 2/27) beat Boudh 69/10 in 16.2 overs (Juspin lakra 6/39, Adyasa Priyadarsini Sahani 3/18) by 24 runs.