OGU Red emerges tourney champion
Bhubaneswar : Odisha Gateball Union (OGU) Red team emerged champion by defeating OGU Blue by 13-9 in the final of the 4th Indian Gateball Open Tournament, which concluded at Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday. Earlier in the semifinals, OGC Red edged out OGU Green by 17-13 and OGU Blue pipped Odisha Junior by 17-7. Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, OGU Red, Blue, Green, Odisha Junior, Women, Government Polytechnic, PHESA, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, and three ODM School teams were participated in the two-day-long meet. laxmipati, Bhagaban Gantayat, Dr Minaketan, Sanjib Kumar Nayak, IGU president Pravat Mohanty, vice-president Ranjan Nanda, secretary Guruprasad Tripathy, joint secretary Bikash Patnaik, Sanjay Patnaik, organizing committee chairman Dwipayan Patnaik, OGU president Trilochan Devta, secretary Subhransu Pattnaik were present in the closing ceremony. Champion team: (OGU Red); Ranjan Nanda (captain), Ranjan Patra, Niranjan Mangaraj, Suresh Kandi, Rajendra Murmu, Arbinda Mohapatra. Runners-up team: (OGU Blue); Satis Prusty (captain), Subhransu Pattnaik, Biswaranjan Mishra, Abhisek Mohanty, Bikash Patnaik, samarendra Maharana.
KISS players leave for national meet
Bhubaneswar : Chulamani Sabar, Kumari Pupren Oram and Sebati Soren of KISS are selected in Odisha Junior Volleyball team.
The State team would participate in the Junior National Volleyball Championship scheduled to be held at Dehradun from January 8 to 13. They players left from here on Sunday.
5 KISS students in State Kho Kho team
Bhubaneswar : Five KISS students including two girls has been selected in the CHSE State Kho Kho (boys and girls) teams to represent Odisha in the 59th National School Games 2013-14 being organised by School Game Federation of India at Ahmednagar, Maharashtra from January 8th to 12th. The State team left from here on Sunday. Sunaram Kisku, Dhanuram Tudu and Kalidas Soren are in the boys team. Similarly, Mandakini Majhi and Saraswati Murmu are in the girls team.
Weightlifter Achyutananda felicitated
Bhubaneswar : International weightlifter Achyutananda Sahu, a resident of Manipura under Nahanga GP in Derabish block of Kendrapara district, who recently brought glory once again for the State by winning two gold medal and a bronze in 62 kg category at Junior National Men’s Weightlifting Championship organised at Guwahati from December 26 to 29 ,was felicitated by the Derabish Nagarika Manch on Saturday in a function at Derabish Women’s College. lifter Sahu was felicitated with a citation, shawl and flower bouquets from the hand of local MlA, Bed Prakash Agrawalla. “ I am happy after bagging medal in Junior National Men’s Weightlifting Championship.But I am not satisfied with this. I want to create history in India as all repose faith on me to make the country proud by winning medal in Olympic “, said Achutananda. He claimed “ if the Government would encourage me and I will get an opportunity then I will definitely bag medal in Olympic.” I am not getting any encouragement from the State Government like the Haryana Government doing to the wrestler Susil Kumar. He stated that he needs protein recovery drinks but his poor father, who is a farmer, failed to provide him the much need protein as per the necessity . If the Government would help him to provide assistance for his much need protein recovery drink , then he is sure to bring more glory for the state and also for the country , added the weightlifter Achyutananda Sahu. “I am happy and a proud father as I was identified for my son .My son has brought glory for my native district as well as for the State and country by bagging medals one after another .I urged the state government to provide protein recovery drinks as I am unable to provide such a huge money for his protein expenses” ,added Bairagi Sahu, the father of weightlifter Achyutananda Sahu, while attending in the felicitation function with his son. He had started his international weightlifting career from Malaysia .But he remained fourth position in the championship as he failed to get protein due to paucity .He has participated in 8 International championships . He clinched a gold in the junior men Commonwealth Weightlifting championship at Apia in Samoa ,that held from 4th June to 9th June 2012 in 62 category. He also bagged gold in youth category of the commonwealth Weight lifting Championship at South Africa in 62 kg category in 2011. He also bagged 3 silver and one bronze medal in Asian Weightlifting championship and also 3 bronzes in Malaysia .Apart from this he bagged three golds, one silver and one bronze in participating four National –level Weightlifting championships in 62 kg weight class. The local MlA, Bed Prakash Agrawalla, stated that he would discuss with the district sports officer and also with the state government to provide a helping hand for the weightlifter Achyutananda Sahu for encouraging him by giving the much needed protein recovery drinks to him .
Sujay shines in HoD Cup Cricket
Bhubaneswar : An unbeaten ton haul by Sujay Mukhapadhya of Infosys powered the team to beat KIIT by huge 107 runs in the league round match of the Heads of Department (HoD) Cup Cricket Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday. Batting first, Sujay smashed 106 runs and stitched 125 runs along with opener Sandeep Das who contributed 70 runs. The Infosys total reached 234 runs for the loss of two wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Manish Pandey and Sunney Singh of Infosys bagged three and two wickets respectively and restricted KIIT for 127 runs in 18.4 overs. Sujay of the winning team received the man of the match award. In another match of the day, TCS edged out lIC by seven wickets. Atis Ray and Susant Das were the umpires for both the matches. Brief score: lIC 137/4 in 20 overs (Prasant Biswal 38, Ajay Panda 35 n.o; Debasis Mishra 1/22) lost to TCS 138/3 in 18.3 overs (Sibasis Rout 44, Subhrajit Behera 39 n.o; Pinaki Mohanty 22) by 7 wickets. Infosys 234/2 in 20 overs (Sujay Mukhapadhay 106 n.o; Sandeep Das 70, Nitesh 40 n.o;) beat KIIT127/10 in 18.4 overs (Avinash rath 36, Subhransu Behera 63; Manish Pandey 3/24, Sunney Singh 2/16)by 107 runs.
Shrimay, Nilsu, Swaraj lead in SR School Chess
Bhubaneswar : Shrimay Dash, Swaraj Sanket Mohanty both of Puri and Nilsu Pattnayak of Cuttack scored three points each by the end of third rounds in the All Odisha SR School Chess Championship at East Coast Railway Institute in Cuttack on Saturday. Total 230 players including 48 girls and 57 international rated players from across 10 districts are participating in the three-day-long nine rounds tournament. IRAS ADRM, Khurdha Division, East Coast Railway MK Podar inaugurated Podar, the meet as chief guest. Among others, All Odisha Chess Association president IM Sekhar Chandra Sahu, Cuttack District Chess Association president Santosh Prusty, GM Debashis Das, SR Chess Center chairman Subhasis Patnaik, director Satya Ranjan Patnaik, ADI-CMS, Working President, East Coast Railway Institute D Rama Rao and Young Indians Bhubaneswar Chapter co-chairman Sujit Kumar were present.