Birendra back in national squad
Bhubaneswar: Good news for the Odia boy Birendra lakra as he has been selected in the National squad after his injury for the forthcoming6 Nations Invitational Tournament to be held in Valencia Spain, between June 27-July 3, 2016.Injuries can be a ‘frustrating’ thing for any player and nobody knows it well enough than Indian midfielder Birendra lakra, who was forced out of the 4th Coal India Hockey India league midway through the league owing to a knee injury in the moth of February 2016 .The 26-year-old Odisha lad, who sustained an injury to his right knee during Kalinga lancers’ February 3 away game against Dabang Mumbai.
lakra has been an integral part of the national team over the last few years. He is solid in the midfield and has off late switched to a fullback role, a role he has performed with aplomb.I am happy that now fit as a fiddle before the national team’s international assignments kick off. I will put my best to get the rhythm soon, lakra said. Team Members: Goalkeepers; PR Sreejesh (VC), Vikas Dahiya, Defenders; Rupinderpal Singh, VR Raghunath, Kothajit Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Birendra lakra, Midfielders; Danish Mujtaba, Chinglensana Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sardar Singh (C), SK Uthappa, Devindar Sunil Walmiki, Harjeet Singh, Forwards; Talwinder Singh, SV Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Nikkin Thimmaiah.
Darlipali enter Belpahar football semis
Bhubaneswar: Tulu Oram of Darlipali scored the only goal of the match and guided the team to entered the semifinal of the Belpahar Football league at TRl Stadium in Belpahar on Monday, being organised by Hallo Brother Football Association.Oram scored the all important goal in the 25th minute. Kartikeswar Dash, Mahendra Bagarti, Ramani Majhi and Surendra Behere were the officials who conducted the match as referees.