Gitanjali is joint secy of Judo Federation
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Judo Association secretary Gitanjali
Panda has been elected as the joint secretary of the Judo Federation of India (JFI) during its annual general body meeting held at
Imphal on August 4, which was attended by 56 representatives from the member units. Mukesh Kumar has been unanimously elected as the President JFI. Man Mohan Jaiswal of Rajasthan was elected the general secretary, while Yashbeer Singh of Uttarakhand as treasurer. After the election, the newly elected president said he would make all possible efforts to develop the sport in the country and
give the jodokas facilities so that they could get medals for
India in the Asian Games to be held next year. The election was conducted under the supervision of Retd. Justice Y K Sangal, as chairman, election commission and returning officer for the election was Advocate Akshay Sahni. Subhash Basumatari, an officer from Sports Authority of India attended the election meeting as
Government observer.
Hope to meet C’garh in U-19 rugby inaugural
Bhubaneswar: The defending champion Future Hope of Kolkata would meet Chhattisgarh Rugby Football Club (RFC) in the inaugural match of the All India Under-19 National Rugby Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. For the second time Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA) in collaboration with Indian Rugby
Football Union is going to host the five-day-long national meet. Altogether 12 best teams of the country including defending champion Future Hope of Kolkata and runners-up KISS Rugby
Academy of Bhubaneswar would fight for the honour. Total 300 best players would showcase their skill and talents.
The best 50 players would be selected from the meet for the national U-19 probable team. The selected would join month camp at Delhi before the final team would finalise for the Asian U-19 Rugby Championship to be held at lahore In Pakistan in September. Pool-A: Future Hope (Kolkata), RFC Chhattisgarh, RFC Rajasthan , Pool-B: Jungle Crows (Kolkata) , Kerala RFA, Bihar RFA, Pool-C: Bombay Gymkhana, Bhubaneswar RFC, Karnataka RFA, Pool-D: KISS Rugby Academy, Delhi Hurricans, YRC.