FAO referee test held
Rourkela: As per the Foot Ball Association of Odisha (FAO) schedule the fifth category referee test held at Chess Hall in Ispat Stadium here on Sunday. According to the report 36 candidates from Rourkela, Bonai, Kantabanji, Bargarh, Barpali, Biramitrapur and Kuarmunda area were appeared the test. In the RSP assistance test the programme was held under the direct supervision of FAO Joint Secretary Bikram Mohapatra. While on the direction of FAO Ajay Mohanty conducted the examination as superintendent, the National Referee Bhaskar Nanda was the examiner. Organising Committee Chairman Sashadhar Nanda and the members of Rourkela Sports Association were actively involved for successful conduct of test. Besides Rourkela the test was held at Cuttack, Sundargarh, Bouda and Bhabanipatna reveals FAO source.
Selection for sports hostel from July 3
Bhubaneswar: Khurda District selection trials for admission to the State Government Sports Hostels will take place at two different venues here on July 3 and 4. Trials in archery, athletics, basketball, football, gymnastics, hockey, kabaddi, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling will conducted at Capital High School on July 3 and 4 and that of karate and boxing will be held at Utkal Karate School on July 4. For details, contact Khurda District Sports Officer lalilt Mohanty. Mobile No 9437323915.
Tata Steel IGU East Zone Junior Tour from today
Bhubaneswar : A keen battle for honours is on the cards as a star-studded field is lined up for the Bhubaneswar Juniors Cup, an event on the Tata Steel IGU East Zone Junior Tour which tees off at the Bhubaneswar Golf Club here on Wednesday. The two-day event will see approximately 30 talented kids vying for honours in five age-group categories. local led Yun Woo Jung, Ritik Prajjawal Sahu and Gandhi Behera with Yashvardhan Sarda and Bibek Sardar who is second and fourth in current order of Merit. Begin as firm favourites in the top category (A&B) of the Sixth leg of the 8-leg Tata Steel IGU East Zone series. TATA Steel who support various sports have adopted golf in a big way and are very keen to grow the game from the grass root level. The TATA Steel IGU East Zone junior Tour is a true challenge to unearth talent and help young players to take up a game and prepare them to play the sport professionally. This has been proved by the young turks during the current season which has visited three other cities. A challenging lay out and with almost all the top bracket of players on the IGU Order of Merit participating, there can be no deadly concoction for the golfing enthusiasts of Kolkata.
NRO felicitates team India manager Ranjib Biswal
Bhubaneswar: Non resident Odia’s (NRO)s of Delhi felicitated Champions Trophy winning Team India manager Ranjib Biswal at lodi Colony in Delhi on Tuesday after his arrival from london.
Biswal has achieved the unique feet of scoring hat-trick in his assignment as manager of the team India. He was lucky manager in the Asia Cup 2010, ICC World Cup 2011 and the recently concluded Champions Trophy-2013. The representatives of the NRO organisations in Delhi including Delhi Odia Journalists Association president Kishore Dwibedi, Yuva Odisha president Tejeswar Parida, Odia Society for Social Advancement president Manoj Nayak, Shyama Sundar Sahoo, Sanjib Achary, Ramesh Pal, Kaveri Behera, Ramesh Sahoo, Jogi Bahu Balendra, Biswa Mallick, Janmenjay lenka, Deba Ranjan Pradhan and Deepak Saha were present.