Umasankar conducts workshop in Dubai
Bhubaneswar : First Odiya president of the Indian Association of Physiotherapists Dr Umasankar Mohanty had been conducted a two-day workshop “Hands on manual therapy in the management of sports injury at Dubai on May 3 and 4. Altogether 15 countries doctors and sports management professionals were participated in the workshop was conducted by Dr Umasankar Mohanty. Manual Therapy Foundation of India Founder President, Umasankar has made constant and continuous effort to educate and prevent sportsperson from injury in our Country. “ we cannot eradicate chance of Injury in a sportspersons life. We must understand that proper rehabilitation and treatment can help the sportsman to regain his fitness. Sometimes wrong therapy may spoil the future of the players”, said Umasankar in his visit to Odisha. Umasanker, a native of Baulanga village of Jagatsinghpur district in the State has expressed his thanks to the sportspersons and parents and family for the honour.
Chilika emerges OPl-II champion
Bhubaneswar: The brilliant unbeaten century of Nataraj Behera gone to vain while Baitarani suffered defeat from Chilika by four wickets in the floodlight final bout and Chilika emerged champion of the Odisha Premier league-II at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Thursday.
Put into bat, Baitarani compiled a healthy total of 168 for four in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, Chilika romped home with three balls to spare. Gochhayat, a Grade-C player, scored an unbeaten 47 (37 balls) with the help of three fours and four sixes to enable Chilika pull off the thrilling victory from the jaws of defeat. He received a cash prize of Rs 5,000 as the man of the final match. Amidst the defeat, Baitarani captain Natraj Behera stood tall, hitting an unbeaten 115 (69 balls, 12x4, 6x6), the lone century of the tournament. His splendid knock fetched him the man of the tournament reward, which carried a cash prize of Rs 25,000. Champions Chilika received the top cash prize of Rs 3 lakhs, while the runners-up Baitarani took home Rs 2 lakhs. Dhauli, which finished third in the tournament, became richer by Rs 1 lakh. Police DG Prakash Mishra handed over the trophy in the glittering closing function. Host Odisha Cricket Association president Ranjib Biswal, secretary Asirbad Behera and Cuttack Mayor Soumendra Kumar Ghosh were present on occasion. Brief score: Baitarani 168/4 in 20 overs (Nataraj Behera 115 n.o; Suryakant Pradhan 2/39) lost to Chilika 171/6 in 19.3 overs (Rakesh Gochhayat 47 n.o; Aravind Singh 41; Sukant Das 2/33) by 4 wickets.