Cup Semifinalists spotted in U-19 Rugby meet
Bhubaneswar: local favorite KISS Rugby Academy and Mumbai Gymkhana would meet defending champion Future Hope of Kolkata and Jungle Crow of Mumbai in the cup semifinals respectively in the All India Under-19 National Rugby Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday. In the league round matches, Future Hope and last year runners-up KISS maintained their supremacy by defeating Chhattisgarh RFC and Delhi Hurricane by 85-0 and 31-5 points respectively. Munu of the Future Hope scored highest five tries in the match. local boy Babula Melaka nailed two tries and helped the KISS to enter the semifinal. In other two matches of the day, Mumbai Gymkhana edged out host Bhubaneswar RFC by 35-5 points. Similarly, Chhotu Kumar of the Jungle Crow scored four tries and the team pipped Bihar RFC by 76-0 points. Rajasthan RFC and Bihar RFC would meet Chhatisgarh RFC and Kerala RFC respectively, similarly, YRC Kolkata and Karnataka RFC would meet Delhi Hurricanes and Bhubaneswar RFC respectively in the league round matches on Friday.
Urbashi to join national basketball camp
Bhubaneswar: Sports Hostel Bhubaneswar inmates Urbashi Mallick has been selected for the Youth Indian Basketball Camp to be held at Aurangabad in Maharashtra from August 18 to be organised by Basketball Federation of India (BFI). Urbashi got selected on the basis of 30th Youth National Basketball Championship performance which was held at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata from April 30th to May 7. In the meet Odisha own three matches, in the matches against Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, Urbashi scored 19 and 10 points and the team defeated both the team by 51-21 and 60-41 points respectively. “Small forward Urbashi having tremendous potential, I am hopeful that she will make a mark in the national platform”, said coach Rajendra Pani. To prepare strong national girls youth team the BFI organising the camp. The selected players from the camp would participate in the Asian Youth Basketball Championship, added Pani.