Sachikant scores hattrick in Football league
Bhubaneswar: Sachikant Sandil of Kishor Club scored a hattrick and the team hammered City Club, Nayapalli by 10-0 goals in a group-B league match in 10th Gatikrushna Memorial Bhubaneswar Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Monday. Sachikant Sandil opened the floodgate in the ninth minute and he scored another two goals in the 21st and 24th minutes. Sanjit Panna joined the party in the 30th minute. After the change of sides, Ajay Rout (63rd,70th), B Jorge Prakash (72nd,76th) and Sankar Munda (78th,80th) scored double goal each.Somanath Barik, Durga Routray, Pradip Nayak and Sudip Das were the referees for the high scoring match. Paramount Sporting would meet Unit-VI Athletic Association in a league match on Tuesday.
School Chess Championship concludes
Rourkela: 30 players awarded in three different categories in the six-day-long 4th Open School Chess Championship being started under the aegis of Diploma Engineers’ Association, Rourkela (DEAR) from 10 April cocluded on Sunday. Altogether 160 players participated in the meet. ED (P&A), SAIl, RSP, Dipankar Sahu distributed the trophies as the chief guest on the closing ceremony. . The chief guest said engineers are the life line of the plant. But he is very much happy that besides doing their assigned job the engineers are also doing some addition social, cultural and sports activities. On the occasion the national chess player Pabitra Mohan Mohanty was felicitated by the organising committee. While the prize giving ceremony was presided by DEAR president Sudhansu Rout scribes Patatipaban Arukh and Mihir Ray were guests of honour.
5 share top spot in All India School chess
Bhubaneswar: Sidhant Mohapatra, Baivab Mishra, Smaraki Mohanty, Sradhanjali Jena and Rakesh Kumar Jena are the five players scored 5.5 points by the end of sixth round and shared the top berth in the 3rd Bhola Infratech All India Fide Rating School Chess Championship at loyla School here on Monday. Sunyasakta Satapathy gathered five points and joined with other eight in the second place. The seventh and eighth round would be held on Tuesday. Major upset in fifth round: Sidhant Mohapatra, 2233 (ODI) drew with Sradhanjali Jena, 1714 (ODI), Rakesh Kumar Nayak, 2049 (ODI) lost to Sushobhit Das, 1701 (ODI), Baivab Mishra, 1811 (ODI) beats Sunyasakta Satpathy, 1954 (ODI), Rudraksh Parida, 1779 (ODI) drew with Anwesha Mishra, 1579 (ODI). Upset in sixth round: Ashirwad Swain, 1772 (ODI) drew with Harikrishna Ra, 1874 (TN), Sradhanjali Jena, 1714 (ODI) beats Rakesh Kumar Nayak, 2049 (ODI).