Selection for MCPU cup football on Jan 2
Bhubaneswar: Football Association of Odisha (FAO) Academy would conduct a selection and trail camp to form the State junior team at Cuttack from January 2. The team would participate in the East zone qualifiers of the Manchester United Premier Cup (MCPU) (under-15) Football Tournament at Delhi from January 15 to be organised by All India Football Federation. Former international player Gyana Ranjan Behera has been appointed as the coach. The interested players born after 1st January 1999 can register their names on or before December 31 at the office of FAO in Cuttack. The player should poses valid passport or the original birth certificate issued by Municipality or NAC or by Registrar of births.
Dutee bags gold in University Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: Golden girl Dutee Chand bagged gold medal in the women 100 meter race by clocking 11.68 seconds in the 74th All India Inter University Athletics Championship, being organised under the chairmanship of Dr Raj Kumar Sharma Director Sports, Punjabi University in Patiala on Wednesday. Representing from KIIT University she bagged the gold medal which inaugurated on December 23. Another medal also expected from her in the 200meter race. She grabbed three gold medals in the span of six-days. Earlier in the All India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) Athletic Meet at Cochin in Kerala she claimed two gold medals in the 100 and 200 meter race by clocking 11.70 and 24.20 seconds respectively. In this year in senior national athletic meet at Ranchi, Dutee won double gold in the 100 and 200 meter race. If everything goes in right direction she will bring many international medals, said a senior coach.