Air India enter Kalinga Cup Football final
Bhubaneswar : Air India (Mumbai) entered the final by defeating Bhawanipore (Kolkata) by 4-3 goals in the All India Kalinga Cup Football Tournament at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. In the keenly contested semifinal match, the goal scorer for AIR INDIA were Allan Dias one goal at 2 mins,Praveen Sharma one goal at 33 mins and N.D.Opra one goal at 57 mins and Bhusan Thube one goal at 84 mins. The goal scorer for Bhawanipore FC were Francis Xavier two goals at 62 and 64 mins and Md. Shoabib one goal at 71 mins. There were two on field expulsions (Red Card) Francis Xavier of Bhawanipore FC and Baldeep Singh of AIR INDIA at 78 mins. The officials who conducted the match were Durga Madhab Naik, Bhanu Bauri, SS Panda and Roopak Mukherjee and Subrat Das was the match Commisonner.
Ajay, Satirtha double crown in Open Tennis
Bhubaneswar : Top seed Ajay Nishank and Satirtha Patnaik emerged champion in two different categories in the All Odisha Open Tennis Championship, which concluded at Bhubaneswar Club Tennis Ground here on Sunday. In the open doubles event, Ajay and partner Satirtha edged out Santosh Mallick and Adwithya Pattnaik by 6-3,6-4 points. The champion received the trophy along with cash prize of `6,000 and the runners-up richer by `3,000. Satirtha defeated Santosh Mallick in the men singles final by 7-5, 6-3 points. The champion received cash award of `10,000 and runners-up got `5,000. Ajay and his partner Shilip Swarupa Das pipped Asutosh Das and Alisha Samal in the mixed doubles final. While the champion received `6,000 and runners-up got `3,000. In the veteran category, Rajpal Singh and RN Senapati duo beat Saswat Jena and Bandhu Mohanty and emerged champion in the senior men’s 40+ event. Similarly in the 50+ event title claimed by BN Mohanty and Ajay Mohapatra by defeating PK Bakshi and SS Rath. In another 60+ category, V Raman and Mansingh HO bagged the title by beating Aruna Birla and Anar Mohanty. All the champions received trophy along with cash prize of `6,000 and runners-up got `3,000 each.
BBSR-A win Veterans Cricket Tourney title
Bhubaneswar : Bhubaneswar-A (BBSR) emerged champion by defeating Puri by seven wickets in the 2nd Inter District Veterans Cricket Tournament, which concluded at Idco Ground here on Sunday, being organised by Veteran Cricket Association of Odisha (VCAO). Winning the toss Puri elected to bat first, Ashok Panda of BBSR bagged four wickets and well supported by Manoj Chabbra who claimed three wickets and restricted Puri innings for 76 runs. In reply, Amresh Mohanty contributed an unbeaten 32 runs and BBSR reached the winning target in 17.4 overs for the loss of seven wickets. Ashok Panda and Amresh Mohanty of the champion team jointly bagged the man of the final award. Similarly, their-mate Manoj Chhabra grabbed the man of the series award. Brief score: Puri 76/10 (Alok Das 14; Ashok Panda 4/14, Manoj Chabbra 3/4, Amresh Mohanty 2/3)lost to Bhubaneswar-A 77/3 in 17.4 overs (Amresh Mohanty 32 n.o) by 7 wickets.