Gangapur team leaves for National meet
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Gangapur Odisha junior men team left from Rourkela on Sunday to participate in the 5th Hockey India Junior National Division-B Championship schedule to held at Mysore from April 1 to 12. The team accompanied by coach Vijay lakra and manager Amlendu Mishra. The preparatory camp was held at Panposh Sports Hostel from March 14 to 28. Altogether 21 teams would participate in the national meet. Gangapur placed in Pool-D along with Hockey Patiala, Chandigarh Olympic Association, and Hockey Rajasthan, Assam Hockey and Bihar. In the inaugural match, Gangapur would meet Bihar on April 3. Team lists: Pratap lakra, Abhisek lakra, Gregory Xess, Akash Kujur, Sudhir Ekka, Sibren lakra, Rasananda Khalkho, Sanjay Xalxo, Sushil Ekka, Sudeep Kerketta, Anand Ekka, Silvestar Barla, Dillip lakra, Sanjay Surin, Binit Ekka, Amit Roshan lakra, Bijay Kumar lakra (coach), Amalendu Mishra (manager).
gold for Pradip in Federation Cup Powerlifting
Bhubaneswar: Pradip Kumar Patra bagged gold medal in the 66kg men category of the Federation Cup Powerlifting Championship held at Punjab, informed Odisha OPowerlifting Association secretary Chitta Ranjan swain through a release. Pradip lifted 115kg in beanchpress, 240kg in deadlift and total of 585kg and claimed the top prize. Anil Kumar of Madhya Pradesh and Bijay Kumar of Chhattisgarh won the silver and bronze medals by lifting 573kg and 535kg respectively.
SRB win Exhibition Cricket match
Bhubaneswar: SRB Group of Companies won the exhibition match against IDCO Contractors by five wickets at IDCO Ground here on Sunday. Batting first, Rupesh Mohanty smashed 42 runs and IDCO Contractors scored 94 runs in 15 overs for the loss of eight wickets. In reply, Sabyasachi Mohanty scored unbeaten 41 runs and SRB reached the winning target for the loss of five wickets. Sabyasachi of the winning team received the man of the match award. IDCO Contractors 94/8 in 15 overs ( Rupesh Mohanty 42, Vinod Kumar Ray 22; Rajib Sekhar Sahoo 3/8) lost to SRB Group of Companies 98/5 in 14.3 overs (Sabyasachi Mohanty 41 n.o; Pramod das 2/14) by 5 wickets.