Srusti Chess Festival from May 17
Bhubaneswar: The second edition of State selection matches for under-7 and under-17 Srusti Chess Festival would be held at Srusti Academy of Management, Patia here from May 17 to 19, to be organised by Srusti Academy of Management in association with All Odisha Chess Association. The tournament featuring total cash award of Rs30,000. Top two players in U-7 and top two players in U-17 will represent the State in the National tournament. For further details players can contact Subhasis Patnaik 90400091258.
Manoswini gets rousing welcome
Bhubaneswar: Manoswini Maharana got a rousing welcome here on Wednesday on her arrival after bagging gold medal in the Bangkok open Selling Championship held at Pattaya on May 11. The tournament was supposed to start on May 7, due to bad weather conditions the tournament was reschedule on May 11. “I got extra five days for my practices under the foreign coaches who helped me to fetch the gold medal,” said Manoswini. “The more international events I will participate I will gather more knowledge, as in Odisha it is not possible for me to get international standard coach and the competitors. For my development I have to Goa or Singapore for my practice. I am confident that in future I will bring Olympic medal for my State. I am having the row potential need to policy further. My sincere thanks to Mahanadi Coal Field (MCl) because of their support I have purchased a international standard board for this meet and helped me a lot in the event,” she added. As soon as Manoswini gets accustomed with the weather conditions, than she would having lot of ability to win international medals. In the Bangkok event she defeated United Kingdom, Oman and Singapore players. Total 17 players were in her five kilometer wind selling event, said coach Sabir Bux.
Q-finalists finalised in Nat’l Girls Football
Bhubaneswar: Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar and Mizoram outplayed Sikkim, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Tripura respectively in their respective matches of the Sub-junior Girls National Football Championship at different grounds in Cuttack on Wednesday. Maharashtra won the match by 8-0 goals at Barabati Stadium. The goal scorers for Maharashtra were Triga Colaco and Retika Sahani who scored three goals each at 25,45,54 and 40,60,86 minutes respectively. Bhagyashree Dalvi netted two goals at 23 and 67 minutes.
In another match at Barabati, Mizoram won the match by 5-0 goals. The goal scorer for Mizoram were R Vanalpeki two goals at 63 and 73 mins, PB Hmingthanzvali, Grace and Elizabet netted a goal each at 85,89 and 90+1 minutes respectively. Haryana won the match by 9-0 goals against Goa at Satyabrata Stadium. The goals scorer for Haryana were Ranu five goals at 1,16,44,52 and 81 mins, Santosh , Ravina, Anjali and Mona scored a goal each at 3,8, 22 and 77 minutes respectively.
Another match at Stayabrat Stadium, Bihar thrashed Tamil Nadu by 5-0 goals. The goal scorer for Bihar were Soni Kumari three goals at 01,57 and 58 minutes Priyanka Kumari and Neha Kumari scored a goal each in the 61 and 83 minutes respectively.
Group- A -Manipur, Group- B – Odisha, Group- C – Jharkhand, Group- D – Chandigarh ,Group- E – Maharashtra, Group- F – Bihar and Group- G –Mizoram topped their respective group and entered the quarterfinals.
Neelanchal Express Football tourney from May 16
Bhubaneswar: The 2nd All India Neelanchal Express Day and Night Football Tournament would be held at Khurda Road, Jatani from May 16 to 23. Altogether 11 teams including seven out of State teams would participate in the tournament. The tournament will start with a women football exhibition match between Cuttack-XI and East Coast Railway on May 16. In the inaugural match on May 17, East Coast Railway would meet Yazdani Club-73 and Odisha Police would meet Sports Academy Jatni. The champion of the tournament would receive the trophy along with cash award of Rs50,000 and the runner up team to be richer by Rs30,000. DRM Khurda SK Singh, Sports Officer SK Patnaik, SK Panda, Football secretary Siba Prasad Das and match commissioner D Bhagaban were present in the Press Meet held on Tuesday.
Group-A: Bengal Tiger FC (Kolkata), Odisha Police, East Coast Railway, Yazdani Club-73 (Bhubaneswar), South Eastern Railway (Kharagpur), Sports Academy (Jatani).
Group-B: Tamil Nadu Police, Promising Football Coaching Center (Kerala), Diesel locomotive Works (Varabasi), South Central Railway (Vijayawada), South Easteran Railway (Chakradharpur).