Mangala win Sarat memorial football inaugural
Bhubaneswar : In the inaugural match, Mangala Club of Cuttack defeated Arundaya Club of Cuttack by 3-0 goals in the 25th Sarat Tripathy Memorial All Odisha Football Tournament at Sayed Seminary Ground in Cuttack on Tuesday, being organised by Chand Club. Sasikanta Rout of Mangala Club draws the first blood in the 20th minute. After the change of sides, experienced Bijay Das nailed double goals in the 50th and 70th minutes respectively. The officials who conducted the match were SS Panda, Subrat Purohit, Chandakanta Barik, Y Chandrasekhar Rao and PK Mohanty. Azad Hind Club would meet Kishore Club both Cuttack teams on Wednesday. Football Association of Odisha secretary Sanjay Behera inaugurated the meet as the chief guest of the opening ceremony. Among others, Bijaya Das, Bhakta Ballav Das (both vice-president FAO ), Dr. SA Hussain (secretary, Sayeed Seminary Managing Committee), Gopal Paul (Ex-state footballer), Sd. Mustafiz Ahemed president Chand Club, Abdul Jabbar, Manash Samal, Aga Zaheer, Mansur Ali, Abdul Karim, Md. Sahid Jabbar, Md. Sukur, Subasish Kar and Avijit Paul (secretary Chand Club).
Susila, Pramila bag medal in weightlifting meet
Bhubaneswar : Sushila Majhi and Pramila Kirsani bagged overall bronze medals in the junior women 48kg and 53kg weight categories respectively in the 9th Youth, 50th Men and 26th Women Junior National Weightlifting Championship at the Tarun Ram Phookan Indoor Stadium in Guwahati on Thursday. Sushila lifted 64kg in snatch (bronze), 80 kg clean and jerk (bronze) and total 144 kg and grabbed overall bronze. Similarly, Pramila lifted 74 kg in snatch, 88kg clean and jerk (silver) and total 162 kg (overall bronze). The ninth-day-long championship was inaugurated on December 21 being organised by Assam Weightlifting Association and to be concluded on December 29. About 1000 participants, including officials, gather for the championship. All the top weightlifters of the country, including internationals are participating in the meet. Competitions is going on in the weight categories of (Youth girls) 44, 48, 53, 58, 63, 69 and above 69KG. (Youth boys) 50,56, 62, 69, 77, 85, 94 and above 94KG. (Junior women) 48, 53, 58, 62,69,75 and above 75KG. (Men) 56, 62, 69, 77, 85, 94, 105 and above 105KG.
Gujarat to host National Basketball tourney
Bhubaneswar : Defending champions ONGC (Uttarakhand) men and Tamil Nadu women will hope to replicate their last years scintillating performance as Gujarat Basketball Association gets ready to host the Basketball Federation of India organised and IMG-Reliance supported 28th Federation Cup National Basketball Championship for Men and Women from January 4 to 9 at YMCA International Centre, Ahmedabad. In all 18 teams, nine men and nine women will participate in the country’s top most competition played on league–cum–knock-out basis. The winner will take home `1,00,000 while the first and second runners-up will receive `75,000 and `50,000, respectively. The event will showcase some of the best Indian men and women international basketball players turning up for their club/state teams like Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Yadvinder Singh, Trideep Rai, Amritpal Singh, Narender Grewal, Palpreet Singh, Rikin Pethani, P Anitha, Raja Priya Dharsini, P. S Jeena, Manisha Dange and Shireen limaye. Teams; Men – ONGC (Uttarakhand, Bhilai Steel Plant (Chhattisgarh), Bhavnagar District (Gujarat), Northeast Frontier Railway, Central Excise (Kerala), Border Security Force (Punjab), Distt. Sikar (Rajasthan), Army Red (Services) and India Overseas Bank (Tamil Nadu). Women – Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Southern Railway, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, Delhi and Chhattisgarh .