State Cadet Taekwondo meet on July 12
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Taekwondo Association, Odisha is going to organised the 2nd State Cadet Taekwondo Championship-2015 and 2nd State Poomsae championship-2015 will be held on July 12at Gymnasium Hall Cum Indoor Stadium, Keonjhar. The selected players would participate in the coming 2nd National Taekwondo Championship-2015 at Telengna, Hyderabad from 31st July to 2nd Aug-2015. The State championship will be conducted under aegis of Keonjhar District. Taekwondo Association, Keonjhar. More than 200 players from 21 districts are expected to participate in the meet.
Rutuparna to meet Ameek in TS U-16 girls final
Bhubaneswar: Top seed Rutuparna Choudhary would meet Ameek Kiran Batth both of Odisha in the girls U-16 singles final of the AITA OTA Talent Series Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. In the marathon semifinal match,which lasted about three and half hours, Ameek defeated third seed Anaam Almas of Odisha by 7-5,7-6(4), in the quarterfinal Ameek caused a upset by defeating second seed K Bhargavi of Odisha by 6-1,6-2. Similarly, top seed Rutuparna edged out Siman Neha Ekka by 6-0, 6-0 and entered the final. Semifinal results U-16 girls: Rutuparna Choudhary [1] OD Bt Ayesha Swain OD 6-0,6-0, Ameek Kiran Batth OD Bt Anaam Almas [3] OD 7-5,7-6(4). Quarterfinal results: Rutupurna bt Simran Neha Ekka OD 6-0, 6-0, Ayesha Swain OD Bt Priyanka Hembram OD 6-0,6-0, Anaam Almas (3) OD Bt Shatavisa Ghosh WB 6-1,6-2, Ameek Kiran Batth OD Bt K Bhargavi (2) OD 6-1,6-2. Boy’s U-16 pre quarterfinal: Aditya Satpathy [1] OD Bt Anmol Dash OD 6-0,6-0, Pranav Jain WB Bt Ayush Pani OD 6-3,6-0, Pratyush Mohanty [3] OD Bt Rahul Behera OD 6-4,6-4, Abhiraj Sen [7] WB Bt Yashraj Nayak OD 6-2,6-2, Ritik Mohapatra[5] OD Bt Satyajit Panda OD 6-1,6-3, Kabir Hans OD Bt Justin K Panmei [4] OD 6-7(2),6-3,6-0, Abhishek Mohapatra [8] OD Bt Ankit Tripathy OD 6-0,6-3, Amrutjay Mohanty [2] OD Bt Bighnesh Nanda OD 6-0,6-1. Boy’s U-12 pre quarterfinal: Abhishek Mohapatra [1]OD Bt Rahul Chatterjee WB 6-0,6-1, Md Arib Afzal [4] WB Bt Rohan Mondal WB 6-0,6-1, Bighnesh Nanda [6] OD Bt Stevan Ankit Ekka OD 6-0,6-1, Anmol Dash OD Bt Bisweswar Satpathy [8] OD 6-1,7-5,Kumar Sahil [3] OD Bt Yashraj Nayak OD 2-6,6-1,6-4, Sujal Mohanty [5] OD Bt Kaamlesh Rath OD 6-0,6-0, Aryan Swamy [2] OD Bt Pratik Ku Rout OD 6-1,6-1.
Mangala, Radhagobinda win in Women’s league
Bhubaneswar: Mangala Club and Radhagobinda Club defeated Odisha Police and Sunshine Club respectively in the FAO Women Football league 2015 at Bidanasi Ground in Cuttack on Tuesday.Pyari Xaxa of Mangala Club netted double goals in the 45th and 55th minutes and guided the team to beat Odisha Police by 2-1 goals. Punam Ekka of Odisha Police scored the solitary goal in the 58th minute. In another league match of the day, RadhaGobinda edged out Sunshine 2-1 goals. Swarna Priya Naik of the winning team netted the first goal in the 15th minute. Hermate Sasmita Ghaturay double the lead in the 45th minute. Satyabrati Khadia of the Sunshine scored a goal in the 66th minutes. The officials who conducted the match were Pradipta Nayak, Retali Baral, Dibyani Sukla, Bholanath Mohakul, Joyti Ranjan Swain and Bishnupriya Das. East Coast Railway and Sunrise Club would meet Sports Hostel and Chand Club respectively in the league round match on Wednesday.