BM Vidyapitha win Nehru Hockey tourney
Bhubaneswar: Birsa Munda Vidyapitha of Rourkela emerged champion in junior boys and junior girls U-17 categories by defeating KISS teams in both finals and Town High School Sundargarh claimed sub junior boys title by beating Birsa Munda Vidyapitha by 3-2 goals in the State level Nehru Hockey Tournament at Sports Hostel, Panpose on Friday.
BM Vidyapitha edged out KISS boys by 6-0 goals. Sibren lakra scored double goals. Krishna Tirkey, ,Samir Ekka, Nahas Barwa and Anil Kumar Rout netted a goal each. The winning team would represent the State in the National Nehru Hockey Tournament schedule to held at Delhi from November 1 to 14. Similarly in the girls final Jiwan Kishori Toppo and Rinky Kujur netted double goals each and powered the BM Vidyapitha team to beat KISS by 6-0 goals. Janhabi Pradhan and Premanjali Toppo scored a goal each. The champion team would represent the State in the National Nehru Hockey Tournament schedule to held at Delhi from October 8 to 18. Sub junior boys U-15 title claimed by Town High School Sundargarh by defeating Birsa Munda Vidyapitha by 3-2 goals. Bikash Kujur, Albret Tete and Ibrahim Toppo of the champion team scored a goal each. Akash Ekka and Shakti Kujur of Vidyapitha scored a goal each. Bernard lakra, Sanjeeb Xalxo, Rajen Ekka, Florencia Ekka, Bijay lakra, Piter Soreng, AK Behera and KC Swain were conducted the matches. Namita Toppo, lilima Minz, Anupa Barla are the international players present in the closing ceremony.
GBYA beat TYC in the Gati Krushna football
Bhubaneswar: Golak Bihari Youth Association (GBYA) defeated Tiger Youth Club (TYC) by 2-1 goals in the group-C league round match of the 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-2 Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Friday, being organized by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association. Ranjan Pradhan of GBYA netted double goals in the 22nd and 25th minutes respectively. After the change of sides, Raja Bindhani of TYC scored the solitary goal in the 56th minutes. Chandrakanta Barik, Sudipta Das, Chitrambada Patra and T Mohan Rao were conducted the match as referees. In the league round match, Chandrashakharpur Athletic Association would meet Bir Birsa Youth Club on Saturday.