Injured Devindar may miss Kalinga lancer inaugural
Bhubaneswar : Mumbai lad Devindar Sunil Walmiki may miss the Kalinga lancer inaugural league match against Jaypee Punjab Warriors (JPW) at Kalinga Stadium here on January 28 due to injury. The dependable mid-fielder Walmiki had an injury in his right hand middle finger in the practices match here on Saturday. I am excited to play the inaugural match in front of the home crowds, but the doctors has told that minimum two weeks required to hill up the wounds as they had put ten stitches in my finger, said Walmiki. Injury is the part of the games, but if u has to skip the matches because of injury it is most difficult task for the player. As soon as I am fit I will be in the ground, added Walmiki. I am very happy to be part of the Hockey India league. Kalinga lancers is the 6th team in the league. It is good to be a part of it. It will be a huge advantage. Playing against the top players and the world stars will be a good lesson. Also, Terry Walsh, the national team coach training us. It is a great feeling to play under his guidance, further added Walmiki.
Scan emerges NMB Cricket champion
Bhubaneswar : Scan Sporting of Bhubaneswar emerged champion by defeating Rising Student of Cuttack by 16 runs in the 11-day-long Narendra Mohan Bhuyan Memorial All-Odisha Cricket Tournament, which concluded here at BJB College Ground on Monday, being organised by Mukteswar Cricket Club (MCC). Experienced ranji player Pravanjan Mallick’s all-round performance, who smashed 68 runs later he claimed four wickets by giving 29 runs powered the Scan to beat Rising by 16 runs. The champion team bagged the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 30,000 and the runners-up team took home Rs 20,000. Gourav Mohapatra of the champion team received the man of the tournament and best batsman of the tournament and got trophy along with cash prize of Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively. Pravanjan Mallick and Rabindra Nayak of the champion team bragged the man of the final and best bowler awards respectively and received Rs 5,000 each. On the occasion MCC felicitated women cricketer Madhuri Meheta, Sushree Dibyadarsini Pradhan, visually challenged international cricketer Jafar Iqubal, junior cricketer Sandeep Patnaik and Subham Patnaik. All the players received Rs 5,000 each. Sports and Youth Services secretary Saswat Mishra distributed the prizes in presence of Odisha Cricket Association president Ranjib Biswal, OCA secretary Asirbad Behera, treasure Satya Mohanty, coach Kishor Mania, Naba Ranjan Patnaik, Ashok Mohanty, MCC vice president Gurjit Singh and many members were present. Brief Score: Scan Sporting 217/8 in 40 overs (Prabhanjan Mallick 68, Gourav Mohapatra 43; Deepak Behera3/64) beat Rising Student 201/10 in 37.1 overs (Rajiv Rout 45, Surayakant Pradhan 32; Pravanjan Mallick 4/29, Rabindra Nayak 2/37)by 6 wickets.
State officials passed athletic technical exam
Bhubaneswar : Ramesh Chandra Swain, Sanjay Mallick and Sanjay Guru are three Odisha officials passed the All India Athletic Technical Officials Examination, which aws held at Kolkata from November 28 to 30, being conducted by Athletic Federation of India. Similarly, Athletic Federation of India also conducted State Technical Official Examination at Cuttack from December 13 to 15. Total 40 candidates were appeared in the examination from all over the State and 29 candidates are successfully passed the Examination. Technical officials: Chanpinp Khatun, Trinath Patra, Rupashree Pothal, Minati Mohanty, Dalirani Das, Biranchi N Das, Ashok Kumar Panda,Dharmendra Das, Subhasis Nayak, Asit Kumar Pal, Hemanta Pradhan, Abinash Kar, Santosh Meher, Sujata Naik, Rajesh Kumae Swain, Santosh Jagdev, Chandra S Nehar, Sapan Kumar Bairagi, Budhiraj Biswal, Bijaya Kumar, Ajaya K Pradhan, Ananta Kumar Beriha, Patitapaban Mahapatra, Ms Jahida Begum, Asirbad Sahani, Girish Chandra Sahu, Ramesh Kumar Mishra, Ashish Kumar Pradhan, Bijay Kumar Maharana.
Saradhapur wins Kalu Nanda football tourney
Bhubaneswar : Sujit Barik of Saradhapur Sports Association of Khurda nailed the all important goal in the 28th minute of the final match and team emerged champion of the one-day 3rd Kalu Nanda Memorial football Tournament at Indira Maidan here on Monday. After the barren first-half (15 minutes a side), Sujit scored the winning goal and bagged the man of the tournament award. The champion team received the trophy and cash award of Rs 5,000. While the runners up Sports and Games Organisation became richer by Rs 3,000. Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan of the champion team bagged the best goalkeeper award. In the semifinals, SGO and Saradhapur edged out Bajarangabali Sports Club of Ghatikia and United Sports Club of Gadakana by 4-2 goals each via through penalty struck.