Jay Bharat, OFRC match draw in FAO league
Bhubaneswar: The league match between Jay Bharat Cultural Club and OFRC match ended in 1-1 goal draw in the stipulated time in the FAO 2nd Division Football league at Bidanashi Ground in Cuttack on Tuesday. OFRC got the lead through the goal by Sagar Behera on 36th minute. Just before the end of first half, Santosh Das equalised the score in the 45th minute. In another match of the day, Rovers Club declared as winner as Telecom gave walkover. Prasant Kumar Mohanty (match commissioner), Romanch Bhaisa, Ashok Kumar Kanhar, Jiban Jyoti Nayak and Dillip Kumar Rout were conducted the match as referees. CRRI and lalbag Club would meet Milita Harijana SS and Eleven Gun Club in the league matches respectively on Wednesday.
ECoR beat SAI in FAO 1st Division league
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) defeated Sports Authority of India (SAI) STC by 2-1 goals in the super league round match of the FAO 1st Division Football league at Barabati Stadium on Tuesday.
laxman Murmu of the winning team scored the first goal in the 10th minute, but Kuanr Marndi of SAI leveled the score in the 22nd minute. After the change of sides, Mustakin nailed the winning goal in the 72nd minute. In the relegation match State Bank of India thrashed Chauliaganj by 5-0 goals. The official who conducted the match were Jugal Chandra Das (match commissioner), Bhanu Bauri, PK Pal, Chandrakant Barik, K Jaganath Rao and Salil Kumar Behera as referees. In the super league match on Wednesday, Independent Club would meet Jay Durga Club.
‘Health affected performance in IAAF Athletic’
Bhubaneswar: Due to extensive travel and back to back event I suffered with bad health condition which affected my performance and finished sixth in the 100 meter woman race in the IAAF World Youth Athletic Championship held at Ukraine from July 10 to 13, said Dutee Chand on her arrival in the city on Tuesday. But Odisha’s ace sprinter Dutee created history by claiming her first international bronze medal in the 200 meter race of the 20th Asian Athletic Championship, which concluded at Belewadi Stadium, Pune on July 7. “I am extremely happy with my Asian meet results. Because I was defeated senior partner of my State Srabani Nanda on the track”, added Dutee. She bagged the medal by clocking 23.82 (23.8112) seconds. Chand locked-in a battle with Japan’s defending champion Chisato Fukushima, who made to the finals as a fastest loser in the semis. Finally the Indian got the bronze clocking 1/1000th of a second faster than Fukushima, 23.811 to 23.812, in a photo-finish verdict. Dutee's country-mate Asha Ray received the silver medal by clocking 23.71 second and the top prize claimed by Kazakhstan sprinter Viktoriya Zyabkin with the timing of 23.62 second.