Kamran shines in Inter-School Football meet
Bhubaneswar : Md Kamran of SAI International School scored double hattrick and powered the team to thrash Venketeswar English Medium School by 7-1 goal in the pre-quarter final match of the Inter-School Football Tournament at Unit-1 High School Ground on Tuesday, being organised by YMCA. Kamran dominated the show and scored three goals in a row in the third, 20th and 22nd minutes respectively. His-mate Yajansidha Subudhi netted a goal in the 28th minute. Once again Kamran scored three goals in the 33rd,43rd and 45th minutes respectively. In a quarterfinal match, Kalinga Vidhyapitha defeated KISS Blue team by 4-2 goals via through penalty strike. The match ended in goalless draw in the allotted time. With the win Kalinga Vidhyapitha entered the semifinal round. Somanath Barik, S Jena, Durga Routary,Chandrakanta Barik, Siba Sankar Panda and Durga Prasad Achary were conducted the matches as referees. Ragunath Panda, Ashok Mohanty, Narendra Sethi and Siba Dutta Das graced the occasion as guests.
Odisha to meet Manipur in Football final
Bhubaneswar : The host Odisha would cross swords with defending champion Manipur in the final of the Junior National Girls Football Championship at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Thursday. In the semifinal matches on Tuesday, Odisha prevailed over Tamilnadu by 3-0 goal. Damayanti Triya draw the first blood in the 20 minute. After the change of sides, Pyari Xaxa and Swarna Priya Nayak scored a goal each in the 56th and 66th minutes respectively. A double-goal haul by Kashmina of Manipur helped the team beat Bihar by 3-0 goals. Manipur got the lead in the three minute of the play through the goal by N Ratan Bala Devi. Kashmina netted two goals in the 23rd and 77th minute. Both winners would fight for the title on Thursday.
RK Academy barge into Football semis
Bhubaneswar : RK Academy of Kanapur barged into the semifinal by defeating Friends and Friends Club of Bhubaneswar in the quarterfinal match of the Tamando Cup Football Tournament at Tamando in the city out skirt on Tuesday. The match ended in goalless in the stipulated time. RK Academy scripted victory by 4-2 goal via through penalty strike. Earlier on Monday, Yazdani Club-73 of Bhubaneswar thrashed Sports Authority of India (SAI) Cuttack by 2-1 goals and in the inaugural-day on Sunday, Kishor Club of Bhubaneswar pipped Maa Mangala Club of Cuttack by 2-0 goals. Both the winners entered the semifinal round. In the last quarter final round match on Wednesday, East Coast Railway, Khurda Road would meet Sports Hostel of Cuttack.
Odisha enter Accounts Football semis
Bhubaneswar : In the inaugural day, Odisha edged out Sikkim by 5-1 goals and entered the semifinals of the three-day-long East Zone Inter Audit and Accounts Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Tuesday. Nipendra Das of the host team opened the flood gate in the third minute of the play and he also scored his second individual goal in the 57th minute. Pratap Kumar Sethi (11th), Chetan Nayak (16th)and Rajendra Hemram (65th) of the winning team scored a goal each. Ranjan Chhetri of Sikkim scored the solitary goal in the 51st minute to reduce the winning margin. In other matches of the day, Sanjib Pangipi and Thamsan lamgthasa of Assam scored a goal each in the 18th and 31st minute respectively and powered the team to beat Patna by 2-0 goal. Similarly, in another quarterfinal match, Jharkhand pipped Meghalaya by 2-1 goals. Imtiaz Alam and Ankit Srivastav of the winning team netted a goal each in the eighth and 29th minute respectively. Kerionolad Pyngope of Meghalaya scored a goal in the 85th minute. In the semifinal round on Wednesday, Assam and Jharkhand would meet Odisha and defending champion West Bengal respectively. Information and Public Relation Minister Arun Kumar Sahu inaugurated the meet as the chief guest. Among others, Principal Accountant General Gargi Kaul, Principal Direc6tor Railway Audit Bijaya Kumar Mohanty, Finance department special secretary Asim Kumar Mishra, organizing chairman Siba Gonda Patil and chairman technical committee GS Suryavanshi were present.