Junior Football Camp Season 7 begins
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to promote school level footballers Bajaj Allianz life Insurance Company launched the seventh season of the Junior Football Camp and the online registration began from Thursday. The youngsters will have to log on to the website www.joinjfc.in and register themselves. The online registration and participation campaign will run till July 20, 2016. Once the registration is completed, the candidate will have to play an online football quiz, post which a video needs to be submitted, showcasing his football talent. This camp provides young, talented footballers in India an opportunity to prove their mettle and the top five players get a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity to train in Germany’s prestigious club FC Bayern Munich. The company is targeting seven cities Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati and Kochi for young talent hunt.
Thungiadera beat Mahijor in Belpahar Football
Bhubaneswar: Thungiadera defeated Mahijor by 2-0 goals in the league round match of the Belpahar Football league at TRl Stadium at Belpahar on Friday, being organised by Hallo Brother Football Association. Shyam Oram of Thungiadera drew the first blood in the 10th minutes and his-teammate Karan Oram double the lead in the 18th minute and team scripted a 2-0 goal victory. The officials who were conducted the match Kartikeswar Dash, Ramani Majhi, Rama Sendriya and Mahendra Bagarti as referees.
OSJA submits memorandum to CM
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Sports Journalists’ Association (OSJA) on Friday gave a memorandum to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in regard to inclusion of other categories in Biju Pattanik Sports Journalist Award category. In the year 2002 the State Government constituted Biju Pattanik Sports Awards for best contribution to promotion of sports and games. The State Sports Youth Services Department on December 15th through a resolution included of other categories like sports administrators, sports lovers, administrators, lovers, philanthropist and sports recruitment authority in the category of Sports Journalists Award. The World’s sports fraternity acknowledges the immense contribution of the journalists in the field of promotion of sports and games. If the State Government is interested to admire the contribution of others for the promotion of sports they can introduce another category of award instead of diluting the Sports Journalist category, OSJA secretary Suresh Swain said.