Basant Mohanty selected ‘A’ team for NZ ODI
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s most dependable simmer Basanta Mohanty has been selected in the India-A team one-day squad in the All-India Senior Selection Committee meeting at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai on Wednesday. The India ‘A’ teams would play one-day, three-day and four-day games against New Zealand ‘A.’ The ODI to be played at Vizag on September 8th , 10th and 12th. The squad for the three ODIs also includes consistent performers from the domestic scene. The side, led by Unmukt Chand, the former Under-19 captain, also includes Robin Uthappa, who last played an ODI for India in 2008. “On behalf of the Odisha Cricket Association, I congratulate Basanta Mohanty, one of our best cricketers (bowler) for being selected to India-A team. His selection will definitely be an opportunity to make an entry to the main Indian Team by displaying outstanding performances in the matches and it will be a matter of great inspiration for all other promising cricketers of the State also” said OCA secretary Asirbad Behera. ODI team: Unmukt Chand (DDCA - Captain), Robin Uthappa (KSCA), Aditya Tare (Mumbai CA), Kedar Jadhav(Maharashtra CA), Mandeep Singh (Punjab CA), Ashok Menaria (RCA), Sanju Vishwanadh (Kerala CA) Sachin Baby (Kerala CA), Dhawal Kulkarni(Mumbai CA), Basant Mohanty (OCA), Sandeep Sharma (PCA), Shrikant Wagh (VCA), Rahul Sharma (PCA), Jalaj Saxena (MPCA) .
Dutee to participate in Asian Youth Games
Bhubaneswar: The Athletics Federation of India has been finalised 27 youth athletes, including 13 girls, for the 2nd Asian Youth Games, in which Odisha’s ace sprinter Dutee Chanda conformed her berth in the 100 and 200 metre sprint events to be held at Nanjing in Chain from August 16 to 25. I am confident that I will make my country proud in this meet, Earlier, 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 . 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 at Belewadi Stadium, Pune on July 7.
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. The multi-sport Asian Youth Games for boys and girls under the age of 18 years was first held in Singapore, four years ago, wherein Indian track and field athletes garnered four gold, two silver and two bronze medals. In order to give more opportunity for aspiring youngsters to gain international exposure, AFI recently conducted an open selection trials at lakshmibai National College of Physical Education in Thiruvananthapuram on July 26th. As much as 126 athletes took part in the above trials, from which the national team have been selected.
Future, Jungle, Mumbai, KISS win in U-19 Rugby
Bhubaneswar: The defending champion Future Hope of Kolkata and last year runners-up KISS Rugby Academy maintained their supremacy by defeating Rajasthan Rugby Football Club (RFC) and Young Rugby Club (YRC) of Kolkata by 98-0, 34-0 points respectively, In the inaugural-day league matches of the five-day-long All India Under-19 National Rugby Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. In other league matches of the day, Jungle Crow of Kolkata and Mumbai Gymkhana edged out Kerala RFC and Karnataka RFC by 59-0, 55-0 respectively. For the second time Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA) in collaboration with Indian Rugby Football Union is hosting the five-day-long national meet. Altogether 300 players of 12 best teams of the country will fight for the honor. The teams are divided in four groups. After the league matches, top team of each group would enter the cup semifinals. Similarly, the second teams of each group would qualify for the plate semifinals and the third team of the groups would play the bowl semifinals. 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. MP Dillip Tirkey, Steel and Mines Minister Rajani Kanta Singh, ORFA president Priyadarshi Mishra, Secretary Upendra Mohanty and Ashok Kumar Mohanty were present in the inaugural ceremony. Pool-A: Future Hope (Kolkata), RFC Chhatisgarh, 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.
Rajesh bags bronze in Sub-Jr Judo meet
Bhubaneswar: Rajesh Kumar Sahu 9th standard student of BJEM School of the city bagged bronze medal in the boys below 55kg weight category of the 2013 National Sub-Junior Judo Championship at Khuman lampa Indoor Stadium, Imphal in Manipur on Wednesday.
The five-day event is being organised by the Manipur Judo Association (MJA) under the auspices of the Judo Federation of India (JFI) which kicks started on Tuesday. Altogether 600 judokas from 25 States are participating in the meet. The 2012 National Sub-Junior Championships was held at the Desgbhakta Tarun Ram Phookan Indoor Stadium, RG Baruah Sports Complex, Guwahati in October. The event was organised by All Assam Judo Association under the aegis of Judo Federation of India. At the 2012 edition, Manipur emerged as the overall champions, picking up 15 medals – 7 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze, while Haryana finished runners-up bagging 12 medals including six gold.