Azad Nagar civic society felicitates Jafar Iqubal
Bhubaneswar : Azad Nagar New Colony Welfare Association felicitated international blind cricketer Md Jafar Iqubal in their annual general body meeting here on Sunday. The regular member of the national squad Jafar got the Krida Kesari award. On the occasion the civic society felicitated social worker Azad Mohammad. Commandant Md Zaheed gave away the memento to both of them in presence of Kendrapada College professor Dr A Usman Khan, president Reheman Khan, secretary K Khan and treasure Samser Ali.
Prachurya, Soundarya jointly lead in Blind Chess
Bhubaneswar : Odisha’s Prachurya Kumar Pradhan and Soundarya Kumar Pradhan scored 5.5 points each by the end of sixth round and sheared the top berth in the National Blind Rating Chess in West Bengal on Sunday. Rajesh Kumar Sahu of Uttar Pradesh also scored 5.5 points and sheared the top place. Swapnil Saha (Maharashtra), Subhankar Chakrabarti, J Deo (both West Bengal), Akilesh Srivastav (New Delhi), Suman Kumar (Bihar) and Rakesh Narwal (Haryana) scored five points each and placed in the second place. Altogether 88 players are participating in the eighth round tournament and the closing ceremony to be held on December 31 .
beat Jay Durga in Sarat Memorial football
Bhubaneswar : Unit-6 Athletic Association of Bhubaneswar defeated Jay Durga Club of Cuttack by 7-6 goals in the 25th Sarat Tripathy Memorial All Odisha Football Tournament at Nima Sahi in Cuttack on Sunday. Pratap Sethy of the winning team draw the first blood in the seventh minute. After the change of sides, Kanha Das of the Jay Durga Club scored the equaliser in the 76th minute. The match enmded in 1-1 goal draw in the stipulated time. In the penalty tiebreaker Unit-6 won the match by 6-5 goals. Sk Zuber of the Jay Durga Club bagged the man of the match award. The officials who conducted the match were Subrat Purohit, .PK Pal, Y Chandrasekhar Rao, Sk. Hayat and PK Mohanty was match commissioner. In the semifinal match on Monday, Mangala Club of Cuttack would meet their city counterparts Home Guard team.