Ashutosh wins Junior Nat’l Snooker Crown
Bhubaneswar: Promising Odisha cueist Ashutosh Padhy emerged junior snooker champion in the Indian National Billiards and Snooker Championship at PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune on Friday. Bhubaneswar lad Ashutosh won seven matches in a row to capture his second junior national snooker title after 2014 lucknow Nationals. Seven wins includedthree in league round and four in knock-out stage. Ashutosh beat Raghav Agarwal of Delhi, Adarsh Verma (Jharkhand), loukic Pathera (Maharashtra) and Mandeep Singh (Railway) by 3-1, 3-0,3-2 and 3-0 in the knockout stages. In junior snooker, two other Odisha players , Soubhagya Behera and Rakesh Barik crashed out from the first round in main draw.
Nishan, Biswaranjan to officiate HIl
Bhubaneswar: Nishan Jyoti Mohanty along with Biswaranjan Sarangi have been appointed as Judges for the Coal India Hockey India league 2017. The tournament is going to be held at here Delhi,Ranchi,Uttar Pradesh, Punjab,Mumbai from January 21 to February 26. Teams like Kalinga lancers, Delhi Waveriders, Ranchi Rays, Uttar Pradesh Wizards, Punjab Warriors, Dabang Mumbai are participating. Earlier also in 2015 and 2016 Sarangi was appointed as Judge the same Tournament. This time another Odia Mohanty who has been consistently and successfully acting as umpire in many National and International Hockey Championships.