Baramunda Cup football from Jan 28
Bhubaneswar : Friends Paradise of Jatni would meet Chand Club of Cuttack in the inaugural match of the Baramunda Cup Football at Biju Pattnaik Ground in Baramunda here on Tuesday. Total eight teams would participate in the seven-day-long meet being organised by Baramunda Youth Association. The champion team would receive the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 15,000 and the runners-up team to be richer by Rs 10,000.
Odisha beat Bihar in Santosh Trophy football
Bhubaneswar : In a one-sided match Odisha pipped Bihar by 5-0 goals in the 68th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy at Paljor Stadium in Gangtok in Sikkim on Monday. Sk.Mustakim of State opened the account at 6 minutes at 33 minute, Suresh Kujjur increased the margin for Odisha to 2-0.In the second half (at 51 mins) Niranjan Sardar made it 3-0 in favour of Odisha. Sanatan lohar from a long range drive at 84 mins made it 4-0 in favour of Odisha and finally at (90+2) mins Arjun Nayak made it 5- 0. Odisha would meet Chhattisgarh on Wednesday.
Paramount, Saheed enter Khitindra cricket semis
Bhubaneswar : The four-wicket haul by Ranjit Mohanty of Paramount Club powered the team to beat Mukteswar Cricket Club by 69 runs and joined the host Saheed Sporting in the semifinal round of the All Odisha Khitindra Kumar Mohanty Memorial U-15 Cricket Tournament at Saheed Sporting Ground here on Monday. Batting first, Paramount batsmen got good start and Kamalesh Sahu (47), Ausha Raja (46) and Sibam Rout (48) but unfortunately five of its batsman were run out and team score reached 182 runs by losing all the wickets. In reply, Ranjit bagged four wickets by giving only 11 runs and bundle out Mukteswar for 113 runs in 25.5 overs. Ranjit of the winning team bagged the man of the match award. In the inaugural match on Sunday, host Saheed Sporting edged out Town Club by nine wickets. Anuwesha Tripathy and Omm Dasmohapatra of Saheed Sporting scalped three and two wickets respectively and restricted Town Club for 134 runs in 35 overs by losing eight wickets. In reply, Omm smashed an unbeaten 34 runs and well supported by Uditanshu Parida who contributed 44 runs and guided the Saheed Sporting to reach the winning target in 26.1 overs by losing one wickets. Omm of the winning team bagged the man of the match award and former national women football team captain Sradhanjali Samantary inaugurated the tournament in presence of Snehamayee Mohanty. Brief score: Paramount Club 182/10 (Kamalesh Sahu 47, Ausha Raja 46, Sibam Rout 48) beat Mukteswar Cricket Club 113/10 in 24.5 overs (Ranjit Mohanty 4/11) by 69 runs. Town Club 134/8 in 35 overs (Binayak Mohanty 32; Anuwesha Tripathy 3/35, Omm Dasmohapatra 2/18) lost to Saheed Sporting 135/1 in 26.1 overs (Uditanshu Parida 44, Omm Dasmohapatra 34 n.o;) by 9 wickets.
‘I will bring Asian game medal for my country’
Bhubaneswar : “As a matter of practice and pride I use to snatch two gold medal every year in the National Karate Championship, unfortunately this time I have to satisfy with one gold and a bronze medal,” said Valena Valentina on her arrival here in the city on Monday, after bagging gold medal in the kata and bronze in the below 50kg weight category kumite of the 24th National Karate Championship, which concluded at Talkotra Stadium, in Delhi on Sunday. “I got selected in the national camp for the Asian and National games in both kata and kumite events. I will concentrate in my practice and give priority to the advices given by the World Karate Federation (WKF) referrers at the time of national meet. I am confident that under the guidance of my coach S Kalaimani in the selection trail I will make my place in the national team for the Asian Games to be held in September at South Korea. Just after two-days I will join my training season, sure that I will bring medals for my country in the Asian games,” said Valena. A-10-members Odisha karate team participated in the three-day-long national meet and won one silver and three bronze medals. Dilip Kumar Jena and Anand Chandra Bihari won bronze medal each in the 55kg and 50 kg kumite respectively, while Anupama Swain received bronze medal in the women 50 kg kumite and the State men’s team won the silver medal in the team kata event, informed Odisha State Karate-Do Association secretary Hari Prasad Pattanaik.