State open judo meet from Aug 31
Bhubaneswar: Sambalpur District Judo Association is all set to organise the Open State Judo Championship from August 31 to September 1 under the aegis of Odisha State Judo Association. Altogether fourteen districts namely Bhubaneswar(Khourda),Cuttack, Puri,Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam,Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Bolangir, Subarnapur, Baudh, Koraput , Malkangiri , Sambalpur, and two affiliate bodies , Odisha Judo School and KISS are going to participate in the meet. 400 players are expected to fight for the honour.
In the year only seven districts were participated in the meet I believe Judo is now in growing stage. Hockey, athletics ,women Football, rowing have brought laurel for our State. It is my dream and wishes that Judo players of the State will bring the same, said secretary Gitanjali Panda .
MPS enters Football quarterfinals
Bhubaneswar: Mother Public School (MPS) entered the quarterfinal round by defeating Kendriya Vidyalaya-III by 3-0 goals in the 24th Kalinga Marine-Vivenkananda Memorial Inter-School Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Friday. Sarthak Das the star striker of the MPS nailed double goals in the 5th and 25th minute respectively. After the change of sides his-mate Abhinas Mohapatra scored the final goal in the 50th minute and the team qualified for the quarter-finals. Saroj Maharana, Durga Routary, Rajendra Barik and Pradip Nayak conducted the match as referees. Kendrya Vidyalaya-II and DAV Kalinga Nagar would meet Xavier’s Khandagiri and Xavier’s International School respectively in the league round matches on Saturday.
Durdarshi felicitates sportspersons
Bhubaneswar: On the birth anniversary occasion of legendary sportsman Dhyan Chand as National Sports Day the monthly magazine of the State Durdarshi organised a seminar on sports and felicitated sportspersons and coaches here on Thursday. Durdarshi felicitated coaches from athletic Nilamadav Deo, chess SR Patnaik, cricket Sasanka Sekhar Das and player’s sprinter Srabani Nanda, bodybuilder Anil Nayak, women cricketer Rosanara Parwin, chess player Saina Salonika, women footballer Srijana Tamnag and Ranjan Nanda. Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Durdarshi editor Durga Prasad Samantary ,Dillip Samantary, sand artist Sudrasan Patnaik, cricketer Debasis Mohanty, women footballer Sradhanjali Samantary, VVSN Rao, Dillip Satapathy, Madhu Mohanty and Priyadarshi Mishra were present on the function.
Odisha Rugby team finish 3rd in National meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha rugby team returned home on Thursday after finishing third in the Senior National Rugby Seven-A-Side Tournament, which concluded at Srinagar from August 23 to 25. After losing to Jungle Crow of Kolkata by 7-17 in the semifinal, Odisha thrashed Mumbai Gymkhana by 14-10 in a play-off match to secure the third position. Delhi Hurricanes emerged champion by defeating Jungle Crow in the final. Earlier in the group league, Odisha won two matches and lost one to qualify for quarterfinals, where they prevailed over host Jammu and Kashmir by 12-10. led by Manas Kumar Jena, Odisha started their campaign by defeating Goa Magician by 29-14. Despite a 7-15 loss against Delhi Hurricanes in the next game, Odisha entered the quarterfinal rounds thanks to a huge 42-5 victory over Mumbai Police in their last league match. Odisha Rugby Association secretary Upendra Klumar Mohanty thanked the players for giving best in the tournament.