Odisha’s five athlete to attend Senior Meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Athletic Association on Monday announced a five-member State athletic squad to participate in the 53rd National Senior Inter State Athletic Championship-2013 to be held at Chennai from June 4 to 7. Odisha team consisting of four women (Srabani Nanda, Sraswati Chand, Dutte Chand, Parbati Sethy) and one men (Amiya Kumar Mallick) athletes will take part in the meet.
This year’s Senior Nationals will be a much important athletics meet on the Indian calendar. The four day meet (4-7 June) is slated as the “final selection trials” for the aspirants looking for a slot in the National Team to Asian championships scheduled in Pune, the following month.
According to the preliminary entry lists available as much as 33 defending champions, fifteen of them women athletes, are returning to defend their title in Chennai.
list of Odisha athletes: Srabani Nanda (100mtr, 200mtr), Saraswati Chand (200mtr, 400mtr), Dutee Chand (100mtr, 200mtr), Parbati Sethi (Discus), Amiya Kumar Mallick (100mtr, 200mtr), Santosh Kumar Mohanty (Manager).
Rising Star win in FAO Football league
Bhubaneswar: In the group-B league match, racing from the back Rising Star Club defeated Young Utkal Club by 2-1 goals in the FAO 1st Division Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Monday.
After barren first half, Paresh Biswalone of the Young Utkal Club advanced the team in the 75th minute, but the team failed to maintain the lead. Just after three minutes Ashok Rao scored the equaliser in the 78th minute. On the 80th minute landa Jani nailed the winning goal.
PK Pal, Bhanu Bauri, Ratnakar Barik and Durga Madhab Nayak were the referrers conducted the match. In the group-B league match on Tuesday, Radha Gobinda Club would meet Mangal Club.
27 boys, 9 girls shear top place in U-9 chess
Bhubaneswar: 27 boys and nine girls scored two points each by the end of second rounds in the inaugural day of the three-day-long Odisha State Under-9 Boys and Girls Chess Championship at Kalinga Bharati Residential College, Pira Bazar in city outskirt on Monday.
Altogether 150 players including 40 girls from across 10 districts are participating in the open and girls categories seven round meet. Among the rated players 18 boys and three girls are in the title race.
The tournament featuring total cash prize of Rs 15,000. The top two finishers of each group will represent the State in the forthcoming National Under-9 Chess Championship to be held at Tamil Nadu from November 8 to 17. Cuttack city mayor Soumeindra Ghose inaugurated the meet as the chief guest. Among others, Kalinga Bharati Residential College principal Dr Arun Kumar Rath, KIIMS director SK Baral, veteran chess player Kamalakanta Bisoi, All Odisha Chess Association secretary Vivek Kumar Tibarewal and SR Chess Center director Satyaranjan Pattnaik were present.