Bikram bags silver in National Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Bikram Murmu in boys-14 category bagged silver medal in 100 mtr by clocking 11.47 second in the 29th National Junior Athletic Championship-2013 is going on at Kanteerva Stadium, Bangalore on Thursday. In this event Sanchay KR Paul of West Bengal secured gold medal with new National record with time of 11.14 second and bronze medal received by Sudesh Gurjar of Madhya Pradesh with timing of 11.53 sec. Other Odisha athletes, Sekunta Kullu in Girls-18 finished 6th in long jump with distance of 5.62 meters. Ramachandra Hansdah in Boys-16 finished 7th in 400 mtr Run with timing of 51.15 sec. Tapati Sahoo in Girls-16 finished 7th in 100 mtr Run with timing of 13.03 sec.
Manipur retain Girls football titles
Bhubaneswar: Defending champion Manipur emerged champion in the Junior National Girls Football Championship by defeating host Odisha 3-0 goals at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Thursday. Manipur got the lead in the 18th minute of play through the goal by Ratan Bala Devi. After the change of sides, Manipur intensified their attack, Dangmei Grace nailed double goals in the 51st and 62nd minutes respectively. Ratan Bala of the champion team grabbed the player of the final award. Nyitsarho and Rokosenvo Meyase of Nagaland bagged best goalkeeper and best defence award respectively. S Muthuselvi of Tamilnadu and Pyari Khaka of runners-up Odisha won the best midfielder and best striker award respectively. Founder Director of Odisha Television ltd Jagi Mangat distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, MlA Debashis Samantray, OCA and OAA secretary Asirbad Behera, Bijaya Das, Bhakta Ballav Das, Ramesh Chandra Mallick (Vice President – FAO), Avijit Paul ,Bikram K Mahapatra and Sangeeta Sharma (Jt. Secy- FAO) were also present .
Tapobana to meet KISS in Football final
Bhubaneswar: Tapobana High School would cross swords with KISS (red) in the final of the YMCA Inter-School Football Tournament at Unit-1 High School Ground on Saturday. In the semifinals on Thursday, a three-goal haul by Mohan Hansda of Tapobana powered the team to beat Kalinga Vidyapitha by 6-1 goals. Mohan scored three goals in the 12th,33rd and 45th minutes respectively. His-mate Mohanty Murmu netted double goals in the eighth and 30th minute. One more goal scored by Rupa Sirka in the 55th minute. Suresh Bhoi of Kalinga Vidyapitha scored the solitary gal in the 38th minute to reduce the winning margin. Mohan Hansda of the winning team bagged the man of the match award. In another semifinal, KISS (red) defeated Mothers Public School by 2-0 goals. loxman Soren draw the first blood in the ninth minute of the play and Bholanath Sardar nailed the winning goal in the 42nd minute and claimed the man of the match award. Somanath Barik, Durga Acharay, Sankar Shana Bhuyia and Durga Routary were conducted the matches as referees.
WB retain East Zone Football title
Bhubaneswar: Defending champion West Bengal emerged champion by defeating Assam by 4-1 goals in the final of the three-day-long East Zone Inter Audit and Accounts Football Tournament, which concluded at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Thursday. West Bengal’s star striker CS Sabeeth scored a hattrick in the final, he netted in the 10th,12th and 21st minutes respectively and his-mate Manigh Mathani scored a goal in the 31st minute. Thomson langthasa of Assam scored a in the 35th minute. The champion and runners-up team qualified for the All India Inter Audit and Accounts Football Tournament to be held at Gwalior from December 16. Dharamveer Singh (Gwalior), PK Baliarsingh, Bilas Behera (both Odisha) and Rakesh Sharma (Haryana) were conducted the match as referees. Chief Post Master General Tilak De distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Principal Accountant General Gargi Kaul, Sunil Srkrishna Dadhe, organizing chairman Siba Gonda Patil and chairman technical committee GS Suryavanshi were present.