Bibek, Anmol in joint lead at Open Golf
Bhubaneswar: Bibek Sardar and Anmol Mahajan of Kolkata shot an identical round of 10-over par 82 to share the lead in the top category (A&B) at the end of the opening round of the Bhubaneswar Junior Open, the sixth leg of the Tata Steel IGU East Zone Junior Tour at the Bhubaneswar Golf Club here on Wednesday.
Rahul Dey and Yashvardhan Sarda were third and fourth with scores of 84 and 86 respectively. local lad Yun Woo Jung with a total of 90 was placed seventh on the leaderboard. In Category C, it was Devansh Chadha who took the lead with a round of 82. Devansh was three strokes ahead of the second placed Sandeep Yadav while Manish Rajak and Abhikanks Basu pccupied the third and fourth positions with a total of 87 and 96 respectively. Rajib Ali and Kaushal Bagrodia were tied for lead in Category D after shooting a 101. Arav Shanghavi and Divij Sehgal shared the third spot at 108. Meanwhile, Vanshika Badshah was leading in girls junior category B with the score of 99. Sushnata Deb and Chitrangada Singh with rounds of 112 and 100 were leading in girls category C and D respectively. Rakshik Basu the only contender in category E Top scores (after 18 holes);Category A; Bibek Sardar (82), Anmol Mahajan (82), Rahul Dey (84), Yashvardhan Sarda (86), Suryasikhar Bose (89), Kunal Naidu (89). Category B;82 Bibek Sardar , Anmol Mahajan (both 82), Yashvardhan Sarda (86), Suryasikhar Bose, Kunal Naidu (both 89), Category C; Devansh Chadha (82), Sandeep Yadav (85), Manish Rajak (87), Abhikanks Basu (96), Ayush Prusty (107), Category D; Rajib Ali, Kaushal Bagrodia (both 101), Arav Shanghavi, Divij Sehgal (both 108), Aryaman Chakrabarty (115).
OP beat Sports Hostel in FAO league
Bhubaneswar: Defending champion Odisha Police edged out Sports Hostel by 1-0 goal in the super league round match of the FAO 1st Division football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Wednesday. In the nail biting match, Basant Kumar Swain scored the all important goal in the 40th minute. But after the change of sides, both the teams got few chances could not able to convert into goal.
The officials who conducted the match were Jugal Chandra Das (match commissioner), Prasanta Kumar Pal, Subrat Purohit, Chandrakant Barik and Srikant Bahidar as referees. Sports Authority of India (SAI), Cuttack center would meet YVCG in the super league match on Thursday