Kishor enter Bhubaneswar Football league semis
Bhubaneswar: Sanjit Panna of Kishor Club netted the hattrick and the team defeated Paramount Sporting by 3-0 goals in the quarterfinal round match and entered the semifinal of the 10th Gati Krushna Memorial Bhubaneswar Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Thursday.
Sanjit draw the first blood in the second minute of the play. He doubled the lead in the 31st minute and after the change of sises, he nailed the final goal in the 72nd minute. Sujit Kumar Patra, Durga Acharya, Somanath Barik and Sarada Prasan Sahu were the referees for the match.
AG Recreation Club would meet Department of Sports at Unit-6 High School Ground In the last quarterfinal match, while in the first semifinal match, Friends and Friends Club would meet Unit-6 Athletic Association at Unit-1 High School Ground on Saturday.
SoA vArsity felicitates women cricketer Swagatika RatH
Bhubaneswar: Continuing with its policy of encouraging sports and sportspersons in Odisha, the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SoA) University on Thursday felicitated Swagatika Rath, the promising all rounder who recently forced her way into the Indian women’s cricket team. Rath, a right hand batsman and off-break bowler, who played three ODIs and two T-20 international matches against Bangladesh recently, was presented a trophy and a cash award of Rs. 50,000 by the vice-chancellor of the University, Professor RP Mohanty at a ceremony organised in the University campus as hundreds of students cheered. “While men’s cricket is well patronised, it is great to see that women cricketers are also getting similar attention”, said Rath. The University had earlier felicitated Roshnara Parvin, another woman cricketer from the State. Among others, Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER) dean RK Hota, former Vice-Chancellor of OUAT and principal advisor to the president of SOA University DP Ray were present.