Aparajita bags silver in Commonwealth Chess
Bhubaneswar: Aparajita Gochhikar bagged six points out of 11 round and grabbed silver medal in U-20 girls category of the Commonwealth Chess Championship at Port Elizebeth in South Africa on Saturday.
Altogether 11 member of India contingent including Odisha’s WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty were participated in the 10-day-long tournament, which concluded on Saturday. Earlier Aparajita got silvermedal in 2012 at chennai and gold medal in 2011 at Johannesburg. WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty lost her final bout and missed the chance of getting medal.
Self-defence training drive for girls starts
Bhubaneswar: In regard to the new Youth Policy of the State Government, the Sports and Youth Services Department in association with the State Home Department is organising self-defence training for the girls at Kalinga Stadium here on Monday. This will conclude on October 24. Total 550 girls of different colleges across the State will participated in 11 phases. The city based Utkal Karate School sensai Hari Parasad Pattnaik and his students are teaching the campers about different tricks and martial art to overcome various add situation.
These trained girls will impart the skills to nearly 4 lakh girl students at the district level in order to empower them physically and mentally to counter any untoward incidents.
Surendra shine in FAO 1st Div Football league
Bhubaneswar: A three-goal haul by Surendra Soren of Sports Hotel powered the team to beat Jay Durga Club by 5-1 goals in the FAO 1st Division Football league at Barabati Stadum in Cuttack on Monday.
Surendra Soren nailed three goals in fourth, 45th and 67th minutes and his-mate Bikash Chandra Padhihary and Sunil Sardar scored agoal each in the 21st and 58th minute respectively. Santosh Behera of the Jay Durga Club scored the solitary goal in the 18th minute. Another super-league match of the day between Rising Student Club and Independent Club ended in 1-1 goal draw in the stipulated time. The firsthalf dominated by Rising Student and Ramachandra Murmu scored a goal in the 32nd minute. After the change of sides, Independent Club intensified their attack and Md Mehraj Khalid leveled the score in the 55th minute. The officials who conducted the match were Jugal Chandra Das (match commissioner), Durga Madhab Naik, PK Pal, Sakhawat Khan, Bhanu Bauri and Romanch Bhaisal as referees. In the superleague match on Tuesday, East Coast railway would meet SAI-STC.