YSC bag SNEH Kabadi Cup title
Bhubaneswar: Young Sporting Club (YSC) emerged champion by defeating Kalinga Stadium team by 41-40 points in the SNEH Kabadi Cup held at Salia Sahi here on Sunday. Komalika Das of the champion team bagged the best player award. Society for Nature, Education and Health (SNEH) president Subarna Ghosh inaugurated the match in presence of AG Colony president Khagendra Mohanty. National repute referees Alekha Narayan Srichandan and Bishnu Prasad Jena were conducted the match. Among others, Ranji team coach Abakash Khatua, volleyball referee Sudarsan Pattnaik, Nita Ambani Football Academy coach Nanda Kishor Patnaik, former national women team captain Sradhanjali Samantary, sports hostel women football coach Sarita Jayanti Behera and Subash Panda were present.
ECoR win in FAO Football league
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway defeated Radha Raman Club by 1-0 goal in the tough fight group-E league match of the FAO 1st Division Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday.Gokul Oram scored the all important goal in the 12th minute. After the lead in the early time, East Coast Railway maintained the dominancy up to the end. Both the fought hard but railway scripted the win.The officials who conducted the match were Jugal Chandra Das (match commissioner), Bhanu Bauri, T Mohan Rao, Prasanta Kumar Pal and G Suresh Kumar as referees.
In the group-D league round matches on Monday, State Sports Hostel and OGP would meet Chand Club and Town Club respectively.
KISS bag Central India Rugby trophy
Bhubaneswar: KISS Rugby Football Club (RFC) defeated Bhubaneswar RFC by 24-12 points in the final match and bagged the champion trophy of the two-day-long Central India 7s-a-side Rugby Tournament, which concluded at Balasore on Sunday. In another match of the day, Kalinga RFC beat Chhatisgarh by 12-7 points and Kalinga club finished thisr in the tournament. Earlier, in the inaugural day on Saturday, Bhubaneswar and KISS edged out Bihar and Chhatisgarh-A by 37-5 and 50-0 respectively in the quarterfinal match. Similarly, Kalinga and Chhatisgarh defeated host Kashish and Bihar-A by 15-10 and 36-0 in their respective quarterfinal match.