Rabindra wins Odisha Open Chess
Bhubaneswar : Rabindra Kumar Ojha of Cuttack scored 7.5 points and emerged champion in the Puri District Odisha Open Chess Championship at Youth Hostel in Puri on Monday. local favorite Baivab Mishra of Puri bagged runners-up trophy by scoring seven points. Mohammad Ashraf of KIIT, Rakesh Kumar Nayak of Khurda and Dibakar Patnaik of Ganjam scored seven points each and finished 3rd,4th and fifth respectively. Puri Municipality chairman Jayant Kumar Sarangi distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Bibhudatta Subudhi, Subhasis Patnaik, Narayan Patra, Pradyumna Mishra and Subhash Chandra Sahoo were present.
BBSR beat Keonjhar in Sahani Cup football
Bhubaneswar : A three-goal haul by Sanjeet Panna of Bhubaneswar powered the team to beat Keonjhar by 6-1 goals in the Senior Men Inter District Football Championship for Sahani Cup at Athamalik on Monday. Sanjeet netted in the 28th,72nd and 81st minutes respectively. Bhabagrahi Padhiary, Niranjan Sardar and Sashikanta Sandil of Bhubaneswar scored a goal each in the 31st,56th and 65th minutes respectively. Shyam Tudu of Keonjhar netted the solitary goal in the 43rd minute to reduce the winning margin. Host Angul defeated Koraput by 6-4 goals via through penalty stroke. The match ended in goalless draw in the allotted time. Similarly, In the Pallahada venue Bhadrak District won the match by 3-1 goals against Deogarh. The match ended in draw (1-1) in the regulation time. The goal scorer for Bhadrak was Gangadhar Munda one goal at 79mint and the goal scorer for Deogarh was Bidyadhar Bhoi one goal at 65mint. In the Penalty Tiebreaker Bhadrak won the match by 2-0 goals. In another match, Jharsuguda District pipped Bolangir by 6-3 goals at Talcher venue. The match ended in draw (2-2) in the regulation time. Bharat Munda of Jharsuguda nailed double goals in the fifth and eighth minute. The goal scorer for Bolangir was Debendra Bagra one goal at 78mint and Khageswar Pradhan one goal at 90mint. In the Penalty Tiebreaker Jharsuguda won the match by 4-1 goals.
Masters Athletic Meet on Dec 22
Bhubaneswar : The 24th All Odisha Masters Athletic Meet will be organised at Kalinga Stadium on December 22, where large number of master athletes from all over the State will take part. It is expected that around 300 athletes from the age group of 35yrs plus up to 80yrs plus both men and women will assemble for the meet from where the Odisha contingent will be selected to participate in the All India Masters Athletic Meet scheduled to be held at Coimbatore in the last week of February 2014, informed Odisha Master Athletic Association general secretary Santosh Kumar Das. As per the decision of the general council, all the participants are requested to give a subscription of Rs150/- prior to the participation. District Athletic Association Secretaries and District Sports Officers are also requested to sponsor interested athletes for the meet.