YVCG wins in FAO Football league
Bhubaneswar: YVCG edged out Chauliaganj Club by 4-2 goals in the group-F league match of the FAO 1st Division Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday.
Anjan Dey and Manik Burman of the winning team scored double goals each. Similarly, Sanjay Kandoli of the Chauliaganja netted twice but the team suffered defeat. Anjan started the party in the third minute of the match. However, Sanjay scored the equaliser in the 21st minute. Once again YVCG got the lead through the goal of Manik Burman in the 27th minute. After the lemon breaks, Manik and Anjan stocked again in the 48th and 62nd minute respectively and in the last season Sanjay scored his second goal in the 81st minute only helped the team to reduce the winning margin. In the group-C league match, Western Mavaveer Club would meet Sunshine Club on Wednesday.
Odisha enters sub-junior football semis
Bhubaneswar: Three goals haul by Bijaya Behera of Odisha powered the team to enter the semifinals by defeating Punjab by 5-0 goals in the Sub Junior National Football Championship for Coca –Cola Cup at Pune in Maharashtra on Tuesday. Bijaya Behera draw the first blood in the 10th minute and he doubled the lead in the 27th minute. Another Odisha striker Sanjay lakra joined the party and he scored double goals in the 33rd and 42nd minutes respectively. After the change of sides, Bijaya nailed the final goal in the 54th minute and team scripted a 5-0 goal victory. In another match played between Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu ended in 1-1 draw. Earlier on Sunday, Odisha beat Tamil Nadu (TN) by 4-0 goals. After the barren first half, Odisha geared up after the change of sides and Bishnu Minz started the party in the 54th minutes. Just after four minutes Amar lakra increased the margin to 2-0. Bijaya Behera’s long range shooting gave Odisha 3-0 lead at 65 minutes and it was Fagu Hansda who ended the tally with a goal at 74 minutes.
RSP camp nurturing future sports star
Bhubaneswar: Manisha Finku, a tenth standard student of Town High School, Daily Market, Rourkela, would have never dreamt of playing for the Indian National Junior Volleyball Team if it had not been for Rourkela Steel Plant’s (RSP) Summer Coaching Camp. Her father being a contract labour, survival itself was a tough task, what to talk of sports coaching. Manisha, who has been selected in the national team, is one of the many aspiring young sports enthusiasts participating in the summer coaching camp being organised by RSP. Balram Gope, a twenty-year old science student has a similar story. Balram, whose father has a snacks stall near IGH has won a gold medal in the last All-Odisha Boxing Championship held at Berhampur in the fly-weight category. Balram is a regular member of the camp. He aims to make it big at the National level too. The tender eyes of eight-year old Suman Tirkey light up when she speaks about her hockey coaching camp at Biju Pattnaik Hockey Stadium. Suman and many others like her are being provided training at the state-of-the-art Hockey Stadium by the coaches of the SAIl Hockey Academy. Natraj Behera, Odisha’s Ranji cricketer and the ‘Man of the Series’ of the recently concluded Odisha Premier league is one of the many successful alumni of the prestigious camp which started way back in 1986.
The Camp got off to a splendid start at Ispat Stadium with the unfurling of the sports flag by RSP CEO GS Prasad on May 4. More than 800 children are learning the nuances of cricket while more than 100 students each are being trained in basketball, athletics and hockey. The other events like volleyball, boxing, badminton, cycling, table tennis, bodybuilding, weightlifting, powerlifting, chess and kabaddi are also witnessing the enthusiastic participation of many budding sports-stars. The camp is slated to conclude with a spectacular closing ceremony on the May 24. The campers are not only from Rourkela but also from nearby places. They are learning the art and science of sport in 14 disciplines from expert coaches. The multi-location camp is being organised at the Ispat Stadium, Basketball Complex, Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium, Ispat Indoor Stadium and the Chess Hall of Ispat Stadium.