Ravenshaw, SCB school win in Inter-School football tourney
Bhubaneswar: Ravenshaw Collegiate School and SCB Medical School register win in their respective matches of the FAO- DebabrataKar Memorial Inter School Football Tournament at P.M Academy School play ground in Cuttack on Tuesday. In the first match Ravenshaw Collegiate School defeated Municipality High School Jobra by 2-1 goals. Rajesh Kumar Das Ravenshaw Collegiate School was adjudged as the man of the match.
Another match of the day between Ratnakar High School, Biribati and SCB Medical School ended in 0-0 draw in the regulation time and in the penalty tie breaker rule S.C.B Medical School won the match by 3-1.Sk Aman of the winning team received the man of the match award. Shayad Seminary High School would meet Stewart School on Wednesday.
Hockey Odisha enter National Jr Div-A hockey final
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Odisha would meet Hockey Punjab in the final of the 5th Junior National Hockey Championship 2015 (Men) – Division A in Pune on Wednesday.
In the second semifinal between Hockey Odisha and Hockey Haryana, it was Hockey Odisha which emerged victorious after a hard fought battle and a score of 3-1 in their favour.
The second semi-final match between Hockey Odisha and and Hockey Haryana was a complete dry run in the first half as the defence of both the teams were alert, not allowing any single opportunity to be cashed on by the opponents. With the second half being the crucial deciding session, it was Hockey Odisha who finally broke the jinx as they converted the penalty corner in the 53rd minute by Suman Kujur. Taking the goal as a cue, the team scored within two , again through Sumna Kujur converting the penalty corner. Trailing the game 0-2, Hockey Haryana registered their first goal in the 56th minute when Santa Singh charged into the D and deflected the ball into the nets. While Hockey Haryana tried to equalize the game, Hockey Odisha dented their spirits as they scored their third and final goal in the 63rd minute and going on to win the match 3-1.
Semi-Final 2 Hockey Odisha 3 Suman Kujur (53 min-PC, 55 min-PC), Prakash Barla (63min-FG) vs Hockey Haryana 1 Santa Singh (56 min-FG)
KISS to meet DAV school in PVR Murthy Cricket final
Bhubaneswar: KISS School of Bhubaneswar would cross swords with DAV Public School of CDA in the 10th PVR Murthy Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament at BOSE Ground in Cuttack on Thuesday.
In the semifinal on Tuesday, the all round performance of Ramachandra Majhi, who scored 45 runs and scalped two wickets and guided the KISS team to the final by defeating PM Academy by 68 runs.
Odisha High Court Advocate Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra gave away the man of the match award to winning team all rounder Ramachandra Majhi. Santosh Jena and Tapan Behera conducted the match as umpire.
Brief Score: KISS School 150/7 in 25 overs (Ramachandra Majhi 45, Subash Chandra Mallick 19 n.o; Y Sudeep 3/29, Sabir Hussain 2/31) beat PM Academy 82/10 in 22 overs (Gyanaranjan Behera 31; Jogibar Tiria 3/22, Ramachandra Majhi 2/6, Deula Singh 2/17) by 68 runs.
Gangpur register second win in National Senior Div-A Hockey
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Gangpur Odisha registered back to back win the 5th Senior National Hockey Championship 2015 (Men) Div- A being played at Pune, Maharashtra on Tuesday. The teams produced a spectacular performance to beat Hockey Jharkhand by 4-2 goals.
In the Pool B match, the first half of the match between Hockey Gangpur-Odisha and Hockey Jharkhand rained goals from both sides as each scored two goals each to keep the scores tied at 2-2 at the end of first half.
Hockey Gangpur-Odisha kept their nerves intact to take the lead and win the game by 4-2. The match started with both teams attacking and trying to put pressure on each other. Hockey Gangpur-Odisha immediately took the lead in the 2nd minute when captain Roshan Minz scored through a field goal. This was followed by Wilson Minz doubling the score for his team in the 10th minute as a pass to him in D was put past the goalkeeper. With the lead of 2-0, Hockey Gangpur-Odisha was placed in a comfortable position and started looking for another goal.
But Hockey Jharkhand looking at coming back into the game opened their account in the 15th minute through Captain Chandrashekhar Xalxo who made mistake in cashing on the penalty corner opportunity. Within five minutes the captain equalized the game through another penalty corner that the team got to their name.
With the game tied at 2-2 the second half was important for both the teams as they looked at accelerating the momentum and winning the match. Hockey Gangpur- Odisha broke defence of Hockey Jharkhand to take the lead in the 53rd minute as Roshan Minz scored through the penalty corner. Increasing the goal difference, Hockey Gangpur- Odisha scored their fourth goal in the 57th minute and sealing the fate of opponents through the goal.
Hockey Odisha and Hockey Gangpur Odisha would meet Sports Autharity of India and Hockey Bhopal respectively on Wednesday.
Pool B - Hockey Gangpur-Odisha 4 Roshan Minz (2 min-FG, 53 min-PC), Wilson Minz (10 min-FG), Bikash Toppo (57 min-FG) vs Hockey Jharkhand 2 Chandrashekhar Xalxo (15 min-PC, 20 min-PC)
India,Japan hockey teams likely to reach in Bhubaneswar on April 30
Bhubaneswar: The Hockey India and Japan Hockey teams would reach here on April 30 evening for the upcoming India Japan Series scheduled to held at Kalinga Stadium here from May 3 to 9, said an Sports and Youth Services official.
The Hockey India will host the four match test series and the Odisha Sports and Youth Services Department will facilitate the infrastructure facility.
In between Hockey India joint director BN Bhushan had a meeting with police Commissioner Dr RP Sharma regarding the security arrangement. Sharma ensured us to provided full proof security from the arrival to departure of the teams in the city, said Bhushan.
To encourage the sports and involve the hockey loving spectators of the State the East Stadium of the Stadium would be free and in the west stand only the white chairs would the reserved for the organiser.
The matches would be played in the evening hour on 3rd,5th,7th and 9th. The Indian Men team bagged the bronze medal at the recently concluded 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and will be looking at continuing their form in the upcoming tournament.