Darlipali draw with Sunrise in Belpahar Football
Bhubaneswar: The pool-A league match between Darlipali and Sunrise Club Mahindra ended in 1-1 goal draw in the inaugural day of the 6th Kamlu Ping Memorial Belpahar Football league at Gumadera in Belpahara on Friday. Sunrise got the lead in the 15th minute through a goal by Sumit Munda. Ajay Oram of the Darlipali netted the equaliser in the 40th minute. Altogether 16 teams has been divided in four groups to play the league round matches. The champion and runner up team will receive Rs 40,000 and 30,000 respectively. Kartik Dash, Mahendra Bagarti, Ramani Majhi and Nabin Deo conducted the match as referees.
Para athletic Jayanti gets rousing welcome
Bhubaneswar: Gurukul Athletic Training inmates Jayanti Behera got rousing welcome here on Friday after bagging gold medal in the women 400 metre event with a timing of 1.02 minutes in the China Open para Athletic Grand Prix Championship held on May 14. She was the only women sprinter of our country got selected in the 400 metre race to participate in the World Para Athletic meet will be held at london in July 2017. She also got a silver medal in the 200 metre race by clocking 28.50 seconds in the Chian Grand Prix. The youngest daughter of Kunja Behera and Ashamani Behera of Manitilasahi village.