Gallant enters Srikrushna Football final
Bhubaneswar : Gallant Club of Cuttack barged into the final of the 9th Srikrushna Biswal Memorial Football Tournament by defeating Friends and Friends Club of Bhubaneswar at Indira Maidan here on Sunday. Gallant goalkeeper Santosh Moharana made the difference, after the goalless draw match in the stipulated time. He stopped two penalty struck of Friends Club and team registered a 4-1 win via through penalty strike. Sk Himmayat, Munna, Papu Singh and Sunil Naik of the winning team successfully converted their strick, while, Suvendu Puhan of Friends scored the solitary goal. Siba Sankar Panda, Somanath Barik, Chandrakant Barik and S Khan were conducted the semifinal match as referees. In the second semifinal match on Tuesday, AG Odisha would meet Kishore Club.
lIC, Axis win in HoD Cup cricket
Bhubaneswar : lIC and Axis Bank defeated Tech Mahindra and KIIT by two and 10 wickets respectively in the Heads of Department (HoD) Cup Cricket Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here Sunday. An unbeaten half century haul by Ansuman Dash of Axis Bank powered the team beat KIIT by 10 wickets and Ansuman bagged the man of the match award. In another league match of the day, the all-round performance of Subhojeet Ganguly of Tech Mahindra who scored half-century and scalped three wickets by giving 22 runs gone to vain while team suffered two wickets defeat from lIC. Atish Ray and Sushant Dash was the umpire for the matches. Brief score: KIIT 83/7 in 20 overs (Avinash Rath 32; Divesh Mohanty 2/10) lost to Axis Bank 86/0 in 7.2 overs (Ansuman Dash 53 n.o; Siva Prasad Roy 21 n.o;) by 10 wickets. Tech Mahindra 145/6 in 20 overs (Subhojeet Ganguly 50, Amit Hooda 37) lost to lIC 146/8 in 20 overs (PrasantBiswal 24; Subhojeet Ganguly 3/22, Rajesh Kumar 2/9) by 2 wickets.
Mahesh emerges Utkal Tennis champion
Bhubaneswar : Top seeded Mahesh Mohaptra maintained his dominancy and emerged champion in the U-12 boys singles by defeating Pratusha Mohanty by 4-1,4-2 in the two-day-long Utkal Open Tennis Tournament, which concluded here at Kalinga Stadium on Sunday, being organized by ACE Tennis Club. Ajay Nishank and Satirtha Pattnaik edged out Vivek Tibarewal and patner santosh Mallick by 6-4,4-6, 11-9 in the men’s doubles final and claimed the top prizes. In the 40+ doubles final, Paresh Singh and Dayal Gangwar pipped Jhadeswar Das and Purna Pradhan. Similarly, in the 50+ doubles final, Ajay Mohapatra and Ajaya Sahu defeated R Viswanath and Paresh Nath by 7-4. The super veteran 60+ title bagged by Amar Mohanty and Aroon Birla by eliminating PK Bakshi and GR Das by 8-5. The champions bagged the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 8,000 and the runners-up took home Rs 4,000. Sports and Youth Services secretary Saswat Mishra distributed the prizes in presence of commissioner-cum-secretary Madhusudhan Padhy.
Scan to meet Rising in NMB cricket final
Bhubaneswar : Scan Sporting would cross swords with Rising Student in the Narendra Mohan Bhuyan Memorial All-Odisha Cricket Tournament here at BJB College Ground on Monday. In the semifinal match on Sunday, Sumitosh Praharaj of Scan smashed an unbeaten 58 runs and well supported by Santosh Devkant and Gourav Mohapatra who contributed 61 and 52 runs respectively and team total reached 238 runs in 40 overs by losing five wickets. In reply, Ranjit Singh and Priyatosh Parmanik scored 47 and 46 runs respectively and Progressive Cricket Association scored 205 runs in 38.2 overs. Manoj Naik was the most successful bowler of the day who bagged three wickets by giving 40 runs. Sumitosh of the Scan team received the man of the match award as team registered a 33 runs victory. Brief Score: Scan Sporting 238/5 in 40 overs( Santosh Devkant 61(4x4), Sumitosh Praharaj 58*(5x4,2x6), Gourav Mohapatra 52(4x4,1x6), Pravanjan Mallick 29(4x4) beat Progressive Cricket Association 205/10 in 38.2 overs( Ranjit Singh 47(4x4,1x6), Priyatosh Parmanik 46(3x4,1x6), Ansuman Gope 36(3x4,1x6), Prasant Sahoo 21(2x4,1x6); Manoj Naik 3/40, Rabindra Naik 2/24, Dinesh Sahoo 2/32)by 33 runs.
Srikant wins Invitational Golf tourney
Bhubaneswar : Srikant Pradhan of Brahmani Golf Club won the13th Invitational Golf Tournament at Paradip Golf Course on Sunday, being organised by Paradip Port Trust (PPT) Sports Council. Best gross prize won by Srikant Pradhan of Brahmani Golf Club (BGC). Handicap championship 0-17 won by Augustine Ekka of Paradip Golf Club (PGC) and runners up for the same category was Srikant Pradhan of BGC. In handi 18-24 category, AC Sutar of PGC was champion where as BC Nayak of PGC was runners up. In longest drive category, SN Mahato of Ranchi Golf Club was the champion. In nearest to pin category, NC Sethi of Bhubaneswar Golf Club (BGC) was the champion. In veteran category, winner was GS Garcha of Mahanadi Golf Club, runner up was PK Nanda of PGC. In Women category, Snehalata Mohanty of PGC was winner and Namita Mahapatra and Saraswati Moharana of PGC were 1st and 2nd runners up respectively. Pranati Sharma of BGC was given a special award. Paradip Golf Club was awarded as the best golf club in the tournament. PPT Chairman Sudhanshu Sekhara Mishra distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Binita Mishra, President of Paradip Women Club. Sudhanshu Sekhara Mishra declared that any player of Paradip Golf Club if excelling in the national or international golf tournaments will be provided with all facilities and will be suitably rewarded. Welcome address in the meeting was given by Sunil Kumar Pattnaik, president of PPT sports council. Vote of thanks was given by working president of the council, Kishore Kumar Sahoo. Secretary of the council, Babloo Sikdar conducted the meeting.