Odisha beat UP in National Jr Rugby Tourney
Bhubaneswar: In the inaugural day, Odisha boys defeated Uttar Pradesh by 45-5 in the league round match of the All India Junior National Rugby Championship (Boys and Girls ) held at Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday. Gyana Ranjan Prusty, Dharmananda Bhoi, Sanjay Biswal, Alekha Murmu and laxmana Soren of Odisha scored a try each. Ajit Kumar Hansdah and Budhadeb Pradhan successfully converted three and two kicks. In other league matches, West Bengal, Delhi and Maharashtra defeated Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Punjab by 52-0, 26-10 and 39-0 respectively. Padmashree MP Dillip Tirkey and MlA Priyadarshi Mishra wished the players to play positively and put their best effort in the meet.
Dutee bags 3 gold in Open Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: Odia sprinter Dutee Chand representing from Indian railway team bagged the gold medals in the 55th National Open Athletics Championship, which concluded at SAI East Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday. Similarly, another Odia sprinter Srabani Nanda grabbed two silver medals and a gold medal by representing Indian Railway. Dutee won gold medal in the 100, 200 and 4X100 meter women relay team. She clocked 11.68 and 23.69 in the 100 and 200 meter events respectively and 45.92 second in the relay. Srabani clocked 11.70 and 23.75 seconds in the 100 and 200 meter events respectively and got silver medal each. In the 4X100 meter women relay gold winning team Srabani was among the four.
Hockey umpires’ workshop held
Bhubaneswar: The umpires’ workshop was conducted by Poonam youth welfare organisation for young junior umpires on Saturday at Satyabrata Stadium, Cuttack. International technical staff of Hockey India, Biswa Ranjan Sarangi imparted his knowledge and gave necessary training crucial for an umpire in this workshop.
Gyanesh Kanungo(former national level player and coach) was also present on the occasion and he shared his views on umpiring. The young umpires present in the workshop are Biswajit Maharana, Deepak Behera, Prasanna Behera, Bharat Bhusan Sethy, Tapan Sethy and Chiranjibi Pati. This is going to be a regular continuous process for next two months to produce good umpires of international repute from Odisha. The training and guidance was given by Biswa Ranjan Sarangi. Anyone interested can contact Poonam Youth Welfare Organisation at Satyabrata Stadium on 26th September.
Neel Kamal win in Gati Memorial Football
Bhubaneswar: Neel Kamal Football Association edged out Ekamra Sports Association by 2-1 goals in the group-D league match of the 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-B Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Saturday, being organized by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association. Neel Kamal got the lead in the 20th minutes through the goal by RK Jena. After the change of sides, Amulaya Kumar Jena of Ekamra Sports scored the equalizer in the 46th minutes. Priyansu Patik Nanda netted the winning goal in the 56th minute. Sekhawat Khan, Chitrambada Patra, Durga Acharya and Sudipta Dash were conducted the match as referees. Bir Birsa Youth Club and Tec Mahindra would meet Gopabandhu Youth Association and JSJS AG Colony respectively in the league round matches on Sunday.
Bhanjanagar win Parida Memorial Football
Berhampur: Bhanjanagar Football Club pipped Barhampur Barracks by 2-0 goals in the final match and emerged champion of the one day long Subash Parida Memorial Football Tournament at Berhampur on Saturday. Tutu Singh and Pintu of the winning team received the man of the tournament and best scorer respectively. S Patel of runner up team and Sunil Das of Kashiram team received the best goalkeeper and defender award respectively. Sujit Patra, Bijaya Adhikari, D Biswanath Patra, Gopal Panda, Arunkant Sahu, Paresh Mohapatra and Vincent Das were conducted the tournament as referees. Veteran player Sudam Parida inaugurated the meet as guest. Subash Parida memorial committee director Sanjay Kumar Majhi, weightlifting coach Satindra Majhi, Susant sabat, Brundaban Bisoi, BDA Chairman Subash Maharana and corporater R Murli Mohan were present. In the closing ceremony, South zone DIG Amitav Thakur gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of MlA Dr RC Chaupatnaik