Kishor would meet Friends in final
Bhubaneswar: Kishor Club would meet Friends and Friends Club in the summit clash of the Gati Krushna Memorial Bhubaneswar Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground. As another state leavel tournament is going on at Phulbani so the final match to be informed soon, said Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary Sauraya Ranjan Parija. In the second semifinal match between Kishor Club and Director of Sports team ended in goalless draw in the stipulated time on Sunday. Kishor entered the final by defeating Director of Sports by 4-3 goals via through penalty shoot. Sasikanta Rout, Barial Hembram, lal Mohan Hansdha and Sasikant Sandil of the winning team converted their shoot into goal, while, Sudam Soren, Siman Marandi and Basant Toppo of the Director Sports transformed their shoot into the net. Prasanta Pal, Sekhawat Khan, Sudipta Dash and Durga Routray were the referees for the nail biting semifinal match.
Ranjit double crowns in Badminton
Bhubaneswar: Top seeded Bhubaneswar ‘s Ranjit Kumar Bantha proved his reputation and emerged champion in the singles event by eliminating his doubles partner Susanta Kumar Rout by 21-18,18-21,22-20. Similarly in the doubles event title clash, Ranjit and Susanta duo of Bhubaneswar edged out Girish Behera and Chandan Behera of Koraput by 21-11, 21-17 points and emerged champion in the doubles event of the two-day-long 3rd Secretariat Cup All Odisha Employees Badminton Tournament, which concluded at Sahid Nagar Indoor Hall here on Sunday. Trinath Beuri of Nalco, Angul pipped Balabhadra Acharay of IOCl, Sambalpur by 21-17,12-21, 21-14 points and emerged champion in the veteran singles category. Racing from the back the veteran doubles title claimed by Bhubaneswar duo Akhaya Kumar Sahu and Chandi Prasad Das thrashed Pratap Kumar Sarangi and Gunanidhi Sethy both of Koraput by 12-21,21-16,21-13 points. Singles and doubles champions bagged the trophies along with cash prize of Rs 4,000 for each event and the runners-up of both the categories took home Rs 3,000 for each event. In the veteran singles and doubles champion received the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 3,000 each and the runners-up richer by Rs 2,000 each.