Pragya, Nitish emerge 3rd in National Karate meet
Rourkela: Two Rourkela guys have brought laurels to the State by securing third position in two separate events of the 31st Japan Karate Association of India National Program 2014 held in Mumbai from January 21 to 27. Seventh Dan from Japan Headquarters Shihan Takuya Taniyama guided the whole programme. Four guys Pragya Mittal, Chirag Mittal, Ashutosh Mohapatra and Nitish Mahato participated in the programme under guidance of chief instructor of Shotokan Karate, Rourkela, Sensei Satyabhan Sahu. Pragya and Nitish stood third positions in bellow 8-year Girls Kata and bellow 18-year Boys Kumite tournaments respectively.
Railway beats Odisha eves in T20 cricket
Bhubaneswar : Railway beat Odisha eves in T20 cricket Railway women team defeated Odisha by 55 runs in the Women Senior T20 Elite-A Tournament at Hyderabad on Monday. Batting first Shweta Jadhav and Punam Raut of Railway scored 34 and 38 runs respectively and team total reached 116 runs by losing six wickets. In reply, Odisha lost wickets in regular intervals, Madhuri Meheta was the only batswomen who scored 25 and team scored only 61 runs in 20 overs by losing nine wickets. Brief Score: Railway 116/6 in 20 overs (Shweta Jadhav 34, Punam Raut 38; Swagatika Rath 2/13) beat Odisha 61/9 in 20 overs (Madhuri Meheta 25; Ekta Bisht 3/8) by
55 runs.
Shriyanka to participate in Asian Shooting meet
Bhubaneswar : Odia shooter Shriyanka Sadangi, who has been recently awarded the Ekalabya Puraskar for 2013, has been selected for the 7th Asian Air gun Shooting Championship 2014 to be held at Kuwait in March as part of the Indian Shooting team in the 10 m air rifle women event. She has also been selected as part of the National Squad for shooting for 2014. Shriyanka is currently training at the Khel Ratna awardee Gagan Narang’s Shooting Academy ‘Gun for Glory’ at Pune under the able guidance of Coach Iurii Mikhalkin. She bagged gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle junior women team event in the 4th Asian Air Gun Shooting Championship 2011, Kuwait and silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle junior women team event in the 12th Asian Shooting Championship 2012, Doha.
Natraj selected in Rest of India cricket squad
Bhubaneswar : The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked Odisha’s dependable batsman Natraj Behera in the Rest of India squad, which will play Ranji Trophy winners Karnataka in the Star Sports Irani Cup game, to be played at Bengaluru from February 9 to 13. Behera came to limelight after his brilliant performance in the Ranji season. Behera who was scored highest runs in the Ranji trophy-2013 season. He smashed four century in this year. Out of six matches he played 10 innings and scored 584 runs in average of 64.88 runs and maintained a strike rate of 51.86. Behera scored first century against Delhi (158 runs) at Sambalpur, another two tons against Mumbai (130,127 runs) and the fourth century against Gujarat (106 runs) at Ahmadabad. Team: Harbhajan Singh (Captain), Jiwanjyot Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Baba Aparajith, Kedar Jadhav, Ankit Bawne, Dinesh Kartik, Amit Mishra, Pankaj Singh, Ashoke Dinda, Varun Aaron, Parvez Rasool, Anureet Singh, Natraj Behera, Mandeep Singh .
Kishor emerges Baramunda Football champion
Bhubaneswar : Kishor Club of Bhubaneswar bagged the champion’s trophy of the Baramunda Cup Football Tournament by defeating Sports Hostel of Cuttack by 1-0 goal at Biju Patnaik Play Ground in Baramunda here on Monday, being organised by Baramunda Youth Association. Sankar Munda of the winning team scored the all important goal through a penalty in the 32nd minute. Sekhwat Khan, Sudipta Das, Chandrakanta Barik and Deepak Panigrahi were the referees conducted the nail biting final match. The champion Kishir Club bagged the trophy along with cash prize of `15,000 and the runners-up team took home `10,000. Sports and Youth Services Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi distributed the parizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary SR Parija, Corperator Sujit Swain, Aurovinda Nath Mitra, Ashok Mohanty, Puspalata Routray, Nitishranjan Routray, Ragunath Panda and RK Mandal were present.
Assam lift National Kick boxing trophy
Bhubaneswar : Assam emerged over-all champion by winning 22 gold medal in the three-day-long 19th Senior National Kick Boxing Championship, which concluded at Saheed Nagar Indoor Hall here on Monday, being organised by all Odisha Kick Boxing Association (AOKA) under the edges of National Kick Boxing Federation (IAKO). Assam team followed by Hariyana who claimed the runners-up trophy with nine gold medals and the host Odisha team won the second runners-up trophy with seven gold medals, informed organising secretary Pradyumna Behera. Chief guest Sibabrata Das awarded the medals to winners in closing ceremony in presence of IAKO president SS Harichandan, AOKA president Sivananda Ray and Satyabrata Padhi.