MCl felicitates Saina Salonika
Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Coal Fields ltd (MCl) felicitated Odisha’s young chess star Saina Salonika in their office here on Sunday.
MCl Chairman-cum-Managing Director AN Sahay handed over a Cheque of Rs50,000 in presence of DGM Abani Kumar Samantary for her brilliant achievement in the field of chess in the national and international arena.
Saina bagged gold medal in Commonwealth Chess Championship 2012 and two gold medals in Asian School Chess Championship 2012. Sahay wished her good luck for the World Youth Chess Championship 2013 to held at UAE and assured her to support in future. Saina thanked the MCl authorities and said it will motivate her to do well in future.
OPl final postponed to Monday
Bhubaneswar: Skipper Paresh Patel’s brilliant half-century knock gone to vain while Rushikulya suffered defeat from Dhauli by five wickets in the Odisha Premier league-II at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. The winning team finished third. The final match between Baitarani and Chilika postponed to Monday due to heavy rain.
Winning the toss Dhauli elected to field first, Rushikulya lost wickets regular interval, the steady fourth wicket partnership between Paresh (50) and Ashok Barik (23) contributed 59 runs and the team total reached 124 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. The credit goes to Sanjib Barik, who bagged three wickets for 15 runs and his-mate Dina Krushna Parida and Suman Mishra scalped two wickets each and restricted Rushikulya in a low total.
In reply, Sumitosh Praharaj and Abhinab Mishra scored 43 and 38 runs respectively and Dhauli reached the winning target in 19.3 overs for the loss of five wickets.
Brief score: Rushikulya 124/7 in 20 overs (Paresh Patel 50, Ashok Barik 23; Sanjib Barik 3/15, Dina Krishna Parida 2/26, Suman Mishra 2/20) lost to Dhauli 125/5 in 19.3 overs (Sumitosh Praharaj 43, Abhinab Mishra 38; Ashok Barik 2/19) by 5 wickets.
Puspanjali, Jitendra win MBS Mini Marathon
Bhubaneswar: Puspanjali Jena of Unit-4 Girls High School and Jitendra Kumar Behera of the Unit-9 Boys High School emerged champion in the girls and boys catagories respectively of the mini marathon here on Sunday, being organised by Mothers Business School (MBS).
On the occasion of Mothers Day altogether 1,000 boys and girls in between the age group of 16-19 were participated in the 5.5 kilometer marathon, which was flagged by veteran marathon runner Dr Vivekananda Tripathy from the school and the runner touched Sisubhavan chakka, Maushi Maa Temple, Municipality office, Kalpana Chakka, Rajmahal overbridge,SBI main branch and culminated at school campus.
The champion of both the boys and girls categories were received a cash prize of Rs 5,000 each and the runners-up both events richer by Rs 3,000 each. However the third finishers got Rs 2000 each.
Among others, eminent athlete Anuradha Biswal, former national women football team captain Sradhanjali Samantary, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary Sourya Ranjan Parija, actor Papu Pam Pam, Ashok Kumar Mohanty and Dr Sheshadev Mohapatra were present.
Results: Girls; Puspanjali Jena (unit-4, high school, champion), Pravati Majhi (runners-up), Joshana Raita (third), Arati Kisan (fourth), laxmipriya Naik (fifth), Sanam Karjii (sixth)(all from KISS).
Boys; Jitendra Kumar Behera (Debaray college, champion), Jayanta Jena (Unit-9 boys high school, runners-up), Jaganath Marandi (third), Chaturananda Marandi (fourth), Babuli Hembram (fifth), Tairash Oram (sixth)(all from KISS).
5 Odia in Asian Cup qualifiers national squad
Bhubaneswar: Five Odia women footballers are in the 23-member senior national squad in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, the All India Football Federation announced on Sunday.
Goalkeeper Tikina Samal and midfielder Supriya Routary are the two players from Odisha, other three Odia players Sasmita Mallik, Suprava Samal and Pinky Bampal Magar are the employees of Jharkhand Railway.
Defender Tuli Goon of West Bengal will lead the team, while mid-fielder Sasmita Malik of Railways has been named as the team’s vice-captain.
India will be playing two preparatory matches against Bahrain on May 14 and 16 respectively. India, who are in Group D, play their first match against Myanmar on May 21, followed by Chinese Taipei on May 23 and hosts Palestine on May 25.
The 23-member squad: Goalkeepers: Okram Roshini Devi, Tikina Samal, Usha Rani Das,Defenders:Ashem Romi Devi, loitongbam Ashalata Devi, Suprava Samal, Gurumayum Radharani Devi, Tuli Goon (captain), lako Phuti Bhutia, Ansha, Midfielders: Yumnam Kamala Devi, Yumlembam Premi Devi, Supriya Routray, Amoolya Kamal, Dangmei Grace, Oinam Bembem Devi, Sasmita Malik (vice-captain), Paromita Sit, Forwards: Irom Prameshwori Devi, Salam Rinaroy Devi, Jyoti Ann Burrett, Ngangom Bala Devi, Pinky Bompal Magar .