Callaghan Cup Div-II Rugby from Feb 5
Bhubaneswar : For the seventh time Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA) is all set to host the 7th All India Senior National Division-II Callaghan Cup-2013 Rugby Tournament at East Coast Railway Stadium here from February 5 to 9, informed in a Press Meet here on Wednesday. This tournament was schedule to hold in the month of December 2013, due to the devastating cyclone (Filin) we were forced to postpone the meet, said ORFA president Priyadarshi Mishra. This is full contact sports, almost every day 30 to 40 players reported injury for which we need a better green top for such high level tournament. The ground realty is that in our city it is very difficult to get such venue, said Ashok Mohanty.
5 Odisha girl footballers to join national camp
Bhubaneswar : Five under-14 girls have been selected by the Football Association of Odisha (FAO) to join the National U-14 selection camp to be held at Trivandrum in Kerala from February 1 to 4. Total 30 players were participated in the State selection camp held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on January 23. Sanjukta Tirkey, Srijana Tamang (both Bhubaneswar sports hostel), Subhadra Nayak (Nita Ambani Football Academy), Eva Panna (Sundargarh) and Suman Prangya Mohapatra (Cuttack) are the five players would leave on Thursday to join the national camp. The selected players from the national camp would stay for one month at Kerala for the preparation of national U-14 team.
Kalinga lancer to meet DW on Jan 30
Bhubaneswar : Kalinga lancers (Kl) and Delhi Waveriders (DW) will be playing against each other at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi on Thursday. Both teams will aim to win and go ahead in the points table. From two matches Delhi Waveriders bagged a win and lost to Ranchi Rhinos. Kalinga lancers were unable to secure the win against Jaypee Punjab Warriors in front of a packed stadium here. Captain Probodh Tirkey said “This is a young team but against Delhi Waveriders but we are confident that our performance will not let our fans down this time. The entire team is disappointed the way we played against the Jaypee Punjab Warriors at our home town but I think as we were playing together for the first time, hence we lacked the required coordination. For the upcoming matches we are working on our passes, defense, attack and sticking to basics as these will be the key for us to go ahead in the tournament.”
Karate body felicitate national medal winners
Bhubaneswar : Odisha State Karate-Do Association felicitated national medal winners on their arrival here at Utkal Karate School on Wednesday. A-10-members Odisha karate team participated in the three-day-long 24th National Karate Championship, which concluded at Talkotra Stadium, in Delhi on January 26 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. OSKA secretary Hari Prasad Patnaik, Gouri Mohanty, Chittaranjan Swain, Sandeep Mohanty, Mir Ahamad Ali, Manisha Padhi, Priyadarshini, Bikash Digal, Pranabesh Dash and Gouriswama Mohapatra were present in the function.
Semifinalist spotted in Khitindra Memorial Cricket
Bhubaneswar : Host Saheed Sporting would meet Juvenile Club of Cuttack in the first semifinal match of the 1st Khitindra Mohanty Memorial All Odisha U-15 Cricket Tournament at Saheed Sporting Ground here on Thursday. In the last quarterfinal match on Wednesday, Juvenile Club edged out Oscar Club of Bhubaneswar by 66 runs. Being invited to bat first, Juvenile was scored 197 runs by losing nine wickets in 35 overs. In reply, Binit Mohanty and Arpit Sharma scalped three wickets each and restricted Oscar Club for 131 runs in 23 overs. Binit of the winning team bagged the man of the match award. Brief Score: Juvenile Club 197/9 in 35 overs (Siddharth Nayak 38, Binit Kumar Mohanty 36, Siddharth Jain 20; Anil Singh 3/20, Karan Uday Das 2/28, Asutos Sahoo 2/19) beat Oscar 131/10 in 23 overs (Arya Jena 34, Ankit Pradhan 25; Arpit Sharma 3/25, Binit Mohanty 3/25) by 66 runs.