Birendra lakara selected in National team
Bhubaneswar: With eight top teams of the world vying for Hero Men’s Champions Trophy 2014 title, Hockey India on Monday announced the Indian Men Hockey Team in which only Odia player Birendra lakra got selected for the upcoming tournament scheduled to be held from December 6 to 14 at Kalinga Stadium here. The team was picked basis the selection trials conducted at MDC National Stadium, New Delhi on November 18. With Sardar Singh (200 caps) given the onus of yet again leading the team as the captain, he will be supported by PR Sreejesh(115 caps) as the Vice-Captain for the team.
list of Players: Goal Keepers; PR Sreejesh (Vice Captain (115 Caps), Harjot Singh (6 Caps), Dfenders; Rupinder Pal Singh (101 Caps), VR Raghunath (176 Caps), Birendra lakra (87 Caps), Kothajit Singh (87 Caps), Gurbaj Singh (180 Caps), Gurjinder Singh (19 Caps), Midfielders; Manpreet Singh (112 Caps), Sardar Singh (Captain (200 Caps), Dharamvir Singh (90 caps), Danish Mujtaba (127 Caps), SK Uthappa (58 Caps), Forwards; Ramandeep Singh (26 Caps), SV Sunil (153 Caps), Akashdeep Singh (56 Caps), Nikkin Thimmaiah (27 Caps), lalit Upadhyay (9 Caps).
Kalighat barges into Kalinga Cup Football final
Bhubaneswar: Kalighat MS of Kolkata barged into the final of the All India Kalinga Cup Football Tournament by defeating Tata Football Academy (TFA) Tata by 4-2 goals via through penalty kicks at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Monday. The semifinal match between Kalighat and TFA ended in goalless in the stipulated time. The officials who conducted the match were Prasant Kumar Pal, Siba Sankar Panda, Subrat Purohit and Chandrakant Barik (all Odisha) as referees.
Ravenshaw varsity cricket team announced
Bhubaneswar: Ravenshaw University of Cuttack on Monday announced 16 members cricket team. The teams would participate in the forthcoming East Zone Inter University Cricket Tournament at VBS Purbanchal University, Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, informed sports officer Anjan Kumar Khuntia. Kalinga Das and AK Khuntia accompanied the team as coach and manager respectively.
Sports Dept added two modern mobile toilets
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Sports and Youth Services dept brought two mobile toilets before the Hero Men’s Champions Trophy 2014 to be held at Kalinga Stadium from December 6 to 14. Top eight teams of the world will vie for the title. The practice ground has been prepared before the team’s arrival and the floodlight would be set before the team’s practices season. Both the mobile toilets would be placed on the practice ground for the players use at the time of practice. Ten players can use toilets at a time, having multiple facilities.
28 Odisha athletes leave for National Jr meet
Bhubaneswar: The State 28-member left on Monday to participate in the 30th National Junior Athletic Championship-2014 will be held at Vijayawada from November 26 to 29. The 13 athletes from Bhubaneswar, six each from Cuttack and Sundargarh, two of Puri and one from KIIT would fight for the medals.
State Team: Biswa Ranjan Mohanty, Krishan Munda, Punga Soren, Prasanjit Xaxa, Sukadev Mohanty, Kamakshya Prasad Nayak, Jyosna sabar, Tapati Sahoo, Puspa Rani Jena, Jasmi Kisku, Sekunta Kulu, latika Basra, Damayanti Murmu (all Bhubaneswar), Shrabana Badaraita, Prashanjeet Kujur, Yogendra Tiriya, Chinmay Ranjan Jena, Samsad Ara Begum, Chinmay Ranjan Jena (all Cuttack), Rajat Kumar Mohanty (KIITS), Suresh Behera, Mitali Mallick (both Puri), Bijay Xalxo, Binkash Barwa, Sabita Hemram, Salmi Kispotta, Carmela Barla, Rajeswari Bhoi (all Sundargarh).