SAI, Vikas win in MCl Cup Inter-School Football
Bhubaneswar: SAI International School and Vikah Residency scripted win in their respective league round matches of the 26th Inter School MCl Cup Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Friday. In the group-C league round match, Sai School edged out Xavier High School by 2-0 goals. After the barren first half, Dipankar Marandi netted the first goal in the 46th minute and Abhisek Mohapatra scored another goal for the team in the 49th minutes. Former Odisha team captain Nipendra Das gave away the man of the match award to Dipankar Marandi. In the group-F league round match, Vikas Residency School defeated Baxi Jagabandu English Medium School by 3-0 goals. Sampad Patra draw the first blood in the seventh minute and scored another goal in the 27th minute. In between Sudip Kumar nailed a goal in the 15th minute. Kusha Ranjan Patnaik gave away the man of the match award to Sampad Patra. Chandrakant Barik, Rajendra Barik, Durga Routray, Sudip Das, Shekhawat Khan and Golakh Pradhan were conducted the match as referees. Ramakrushna Mission School and Xavier Khandagir would meet KISS School and DAV Kalinga Nagar respectively.
Mini Marathon to be held on National Sports Day
Bhubaneswar: District Administration, Mayurbhanj and District Athletic Association Mayurbhanj would host Mini Marathon on the occasion of National Sports Day on August 29. Men and women would participate in the 11 kilometer mini marathon at Baripada Town. The champion and runner up would receive Rs 50,000 and 40,000 respectively. The third place holder would receive Rs 30,000. Both the group 4th to 20th finishers would receive Rs 1,000 each. The interested players can contact general secretary, Mayurbhanj District Athletic Association and District Sports Officer, Mayurbhanj over mobile 9437033093 and 9437374017.
Priansh joint leader in National U-7 Chess
Bhubaneswar: Overnight leader seven seed Priansh Das of Odisha retained the top place along with three others in 6.5 points by the end of seventh rounds in the 29th National Under-7 Open Chess Championship at Chennai on Friday. Priansh defeated 10th seed Aranav Muralidhar of Karnataka and scored 6.5 points. Similarly, Sriansh Das edged out lakshyesh Mohan Gupta of Madhya Pradesh and scored 5.5 points and shared the third place along with seven others. Other Odisha players, Annirudha Sahoo (5 points), Rajveer P Pal, Abhinav Pal (4.5 points each, Durgesh Mohanty, Koustuv Das (4 points each) and D Sabat laxmidatt (3.5 points). Among the Odisha girls, Yashita Rout shared the points with Swetha S of Tamil Nadu and scored five points. Other girls from Odisha, Sradha Suman Jena, Aria Routray (3.5 points each), Dibyashrita Swain and Amrusha Mohanty (3 points each) by the end of seventh round.
lIC Zonal Volleyball meet begins
Bhubaneswar: The lIC’s 8th Zonal Volleyball Meet inaugurated at KIIT Indoor Stadium, KIIT Campus here on Friday. R D Prasad, RM(HRD) inagurated the tournament in the presence of Sreepati Hansda, Sr Divisional Manager, G K Jena, Marketing Manager and D Nandi, Manager (P&IR). Altogether 80 players from 10 division of East Central Zonal Office are participating in the meet. In the inaugural match Bhubanewar Division beat Sambalpur Division by 2-0 point.
Ten players will be selected from among eighty eight players who will represent the zone in the all India lIC games to be held at Bhopal in December. The Athletic events would kick start at Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday. Athletics would participate in 16 events in both men and women categories.