4 Odisha cricketers in East Zone team
Bhubaneswar: East zone selection committee has been announced a-15-member team in which four Odisha cricketers conformed their berth for the Dullep Trophy Tournament to be held at Chennai and Kochi from October 3 to 21. Due to injury the defending champion East Zone team captain Natarj Behera missed the chance. Sunrise team member Biplab Samantary, simmer Basanta Mohanty, all-rounder Dipak Behera and young Govind Poddar of the State selected in the team. Wridhiman Saha would lead the team.
7 Odisha players in National U-19 Rugby team
Bhubaneswar: Seven Odisha rugby players have been selected in the national team. The team will participate in the Asian Under-19 Rugby Championship to be held at lahore in Pakistan from October 2 to 5. India is grouped with Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and hosts Pakistan. The players were selected from the national camp held at Kolkata from September 11. Altogether 60 players including 12 from Odisha were in the camp. Divya Ranjan Dalai (Bhubaneswar), Niranjan Biswal, Raj Kishor Murmu, Bukai Hansdha, Chhitaranjan Murmu, Barial Beshra and Gouranga Jamuda (all from KIIT) are the seven players selected.
10 shooters to join Gun For Glory Fans meet
Bhubaneswar: A-10-member Odisha shooters name has been announced by the Odisha Rifle Association to participate in the 3rd Gun For Glory Shooting Fans Competition at Shiv Chattrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge, Balewadi in Pune from September 25 to October 3. Odisha team: Gouri Mohanty, Sandeep Mohanty, Dipak Mishra, Jagendra Kumar Padhy, Sahebani Oram, Bhabani Prasad Haiburu, Debasis rout, Sonal Sibhasis Swain, Satawadi l das and U Raj Nayak.
Angul, Rly win in Inter-District Club Football
Bhubaneswar: Maa Budhi Club of Angul and Railway of Sambalpur defeated United Club of Bhdrak and Tarini Club of Keonjhar respectively in the Inter District Club Championship-2013(Kalinga Cup Qualifying Round) at Baripada in Mayurbhanj on Friday. Chaotray Murmu of Maa Budhi Club scored a goal in the early two minutes of play. But Bapi singh netted the equaliser in the 44th minute. After the change of sides, Diou Behera scored the winning goal in the 66th minute. In another match of the day, in the nail biting match the double goals haul by Basudev Marandi of Tarini Club in the 27th and 44th minutes respectively gone to vain as team suffered defeat from Railway by 2-3 goals. Bhima Bhoi Mahananda, Kanta lama and Nitya Rout of the winning team scored agoal each in the 24th, 40th and 51st minutes respectively. The officials who conducted the match were Chandrakant Barik, PK Pal, Nabin Nayak, Manik Rana, Sudeep Das, Bhanu Bauri, Sujit Patra ,Kailash Chandra Behera and Jugal Chandra Das (match commissioner).
ORFA announced Bhubaneswar women rugby team
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Rugby Football Association here on Friday announced Bhubaneswar RFC women team for the 5th All India Senior National Women’s Rugby 7-A-Side Tournament to be held at Kalinga Stadium here from September 28 t0 29. Altogether 18 teams would participate in the two-day-long meet. Team list: laximi Praya Sahu, Subhalaxmi Barik, Sitamani Hembram, Sunita Pradhan, Rupali Soren, Jyosthna Rani Nayak, Budheshwari Majhi, Anjali Kerai, Elisaboth Pradhan, Jemamani Naik, lija Sardan, Dhiren Kumar Rout (coach).
26 Schools to join Inter-School Cricket
Bhubaneswar: To promote the young cricketer of the city, Veteran Cricket Association of Odisha in collaboration with Bhubaneswar athletic association would host the 12th Bhubaneswar Inter-School Cricket Tournament at BJB College Ground and Government Girls High School Unit-II from October 2 to 9, informed VCAO secretary Biren Das in a Press Meet here on Friday. Altogether 26 school teams would be divided in four groups. The top teams of each group would qualify for the semifinals. Up to the semifinal match it would be 25 overs game and the semifinals and finals would be 30 overs match, added Das. Among others, VCAO working president Bikram Mohanty, vice-president Santanu Satapathy, joint secretary Anaga Prasad Patnaik and Biswa Ranjan Mohanty were present. Group-A: St Xavier School (khandagiri), KIIT International School, Mothers Public School, Unit-6 Government Boys High School, Saraswati Sishu Mandir (Bhimatangi), Kendriya Vidyalaya-II.
Group-B: DAV Public School Unit-8, Venketeswar English Medium School, Prabhujee English Medium School, loyla School, VSS Nagar Government High School, Aswash High School (old town). Group-C: Baxi Jagabandhu English Mediu School, Sai International School, Saraswati Sishu Mandir Unit-3, Ruchika High School Unit-6, Kendrya Vidyalaya-I, GEMS Dumuduma. Group-D: Stewart School, KISS School, St Xavier School Kedargouri, ODM School, DAV Public School Chandrashekharpur, CCIE School Jaydev Vihar.
Jharsuguda, Puri win in women Football
Bhubaneswar: In a one-sided match Jharsuguda pipped Bhadrak by 3-0 goals in the Senior Women Inter District Football Championship-2013 for PC Behera Trophy at Titilagarh in Bolangir on Friday. In the first-half, Bhadrak defender put a break in Jharsuguda scoring. After the change of sides, Gomati Bara started the party in the 59th minute, after that her-mates Kalabati Kachaka and Rashmi Minz scored a goal each in the 64th and 71st minutes respectively. In another match, after the barren first-half, Arati Mharana of Puri scored the all important goal in the 70th minute and team beat Baragarh by 1-0 goal. The officials who conducted the matches were Brishnupriya Das, Chitrambada Patra, Dibyani Sukla, Sudipta Das, Sarat Nanda, Giridhari Sahoo, Nisarkanta Nag and Rajendra Dharua as referee.
Jowakim lakra to join BFI Training Camp
Bhubaneswar: Jowakim lakra the only Odisha player got selected in the U-18 boys of team India will undergo a training camp to be conducted by The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) from September 30 to October 19. lakra conformed his name in the 25 probables lists. The U18 boys will be training at SAI Training Centre, Aurangabad ahead of their SABA qualifying round 2014 for the 23rd FIBA Asia U-18 Championship.
Visually challenged cricket tourney begins
Bhubaneswar: Koraput defeated Baragarh and Keonjhar by 31 runs and 10 wickets respectively and entered the semifinals in the inaugural day of the Inter-District Cricket Tournament for Blind in Cuttack on Friday. Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Keonjhar, Koraput , Baragarh and a junior team of the State are the six teams divided in two groups would play the league round matches. The final match would be held on Sunday. Brief results: Koraput 136/3 in 12 overs (Sukharam Majhi 50) beat Baragarh 105/8 in 12 overs (by 31 runs).
Bhubaneswar 94/10 in 11.5 overs (Sk Reheman 18) lost to Cuttack 95/1 in 8.5 overs (by 9 wickets). Keonjhar 22/10 in 5 overs (Jaisankar dhir 12, Sukhram Majhi 5 wickts, Raghuram hat-trick) lost to Koraput 23/0 in 2 overs (by 10 wickets).