Bijoy Club win Samvardhan Rural Football title
Rourkela: Bijay Club, Kalsuria emerged champion by defeating Sunrise Club, Chandiposh by 1-0 goal in the final of the Samvardhan Rural Football Tournament at Dumerjore Grampanchayat Play Ground, being organised by Rourkela Steel Plant. Source said in all 32teams from nearby villages took part in this tournament. The champion team awarded a cash of Rs 8,000 along with the winner’s cup while the runners up team got a cash award of Rs 7, 000 along with the runners-up cup. PK Pradhan, GM (TA and CSR), Rourkela Steel Plant gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the concluding function. The tournament turned out to be a huge crowd puller with hundreds of spectators enjoyed the final match.
BYS create hat trick in Kalinga Football tourney
Bhubaneswar: Bapuji Yubak Sangh (BYS) Tangiripal of Keonjhar emerged champion for conjunctively for the third time in the four-day-long 8th Kalinga Nagar Sahid Smaraki Football Tournament, which concluded at Sukinda on Monday, being organised by Bisthapana Birodhi Jana Mancha.
In the nail biting final match, BYS edged out MDM United of Jajpur Road by 1-0 goal. Beta Marandi of the champion team bagged both man of the final and man of the tournament awards. The champion team bagged the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 40,014 and a goat. The runners-up team richer by Rs 30,014 along with a goat. The third and fourth finished teams received Rs 20,014 and Rs 10,014 respectively. Similarly in women football, Maa Saraswati Club, Rayanal,Jajapur defeated Kalinga Nagar Women\\'s eleven of Jajpur in tie-breaker with 3-0 goals. Bahamain Soren received women of the final award. The champion team received Rs 10.014 and runners-up took home Rs 7,014.
Another friendly match (men) was organised between Naigerian Eleven (Players from Naigeria) and Kalinganagar Eleven ended in a tie.
Mangal Singh Champia (Arjun Awardee for archery) distributed the prizes in presence of international archer Rimil Buliuly, women sprinter Dutee Chand, bodybuilder Pankaj Pratihari, organiser Bisthapan Birodhi Jana Mancha,Sukinda president Amar Singh Banara, secretary Rabindranath Jarika, convenor Babu Jamuda, Pabana Jamuda and Kunja Gagarai.
OPTCl, CESU win in HoD Cup cricket
Bhubaneswar: lalatendu Baireranjan of OPTCl smashed 82 runs in 50 balls and powered the team to beat O Tv by 64 runs in the league round match of the Heads of Department (HoD) Cup Cricket Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Monday. Winning the toss OPTCl elected to bat first, lalatendu and Abhaya Mallick scored 82 and 47 runs respectively and team total reached 191 runs in 20 overs for the loss of five wickets. In reply, Md Aziz played magnificently and contributed 68 runs but O TV achieved 127 runs in 20 overs by losing eight wickets. lalatendu of the winning team bagged the man of the match award. In another league match of the day, CESU edged out GRIDCO by eight wickets. Pratap Patnaik of the winning team received the man of the match award. Atish Ray and Pradeep Jena conducted both the matches as umpire.
Brief score: OPTCl 191/5 in 20 overs (lalatendu Baireranjan 82, Abhaya Mallick 47; Ashok Kumar Sahu 2/28) beat O Tv 127/8 in 20 overs (Md Aziz 68, Prabin Pradhan 20; Umakanta Baliarsingh 2/10) by 64 runs GRIDCO 142/8 in 20 overs (Manoj Subudhi 53, Kabiraj Sahoo 28; Akhaya Kumar Panigrahi 3/31)lost to CESU 143/2 in 19.3 overs (Pratap Patnaik 63, Dipti Mishra 39) by 8 wickets.
Sapan, Amir win Doubles Badminton titles
Bhubaneswar: Sapna Sasmal and partner Amir Kumar Mohanty emerged champion of the three-day-long 24th Suresh Smaraki Badminton Tournament by defeating Sourav Kumar Mohanty and Binesh Ranjan Muduli at Kamala Kanta Vidyapitha in Cuttack on Sunday, being organized by Club 40 plus. The tournament was inaugurated on January 3 by the president and secretary of Sikharpur, Gandarpur and Mohanadi Vihar Puja Committee Bibekanand Mohanty and Jayant Kumar Pradhan respectively.
The champion team bagged the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 2,500 and the runners-up took home Rs 1,500. Ashok Kumar Mallick and Rajesh Kumar Behera finished third and received Rs 5,00. Altogether sixteen teams were participated in the tournament.
Odisha Badminton Association secretary Pradeep Mohanty distributed the prizes in presence of Ajaya Kumar Gochhayat.
Youth volleyball selection on Jan 15
Bhubaneswar: State youth volleyball team selection and trail would be held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttackon January 15. The boys born on or after January 1st 1993 can take part in the selection. The selected State team would participate in the Youth National Volleyball Championship to be held at Sikar in Rajasthan from January 30 to February 4.