All India Ports athletic meet concludes
Paradip : Jawaharlal Nehur Port emerged champion in the 16-18 years boys and girls categories and the host Paradip and Visakhapatnam Ports bagged the joint runners-up titles in the All India Major Ports Athletic meet and Children sports at Paradip which was participated by various major ports of the country. The meet was inaugurated by the Chairman of Paradip Port Trust (PPT), Sudhanshu Sekhara Mishra in Gopabandhu Stadium. In women category, Chennai Port was declared as winner and Paradip Port as runners up. In Men category, V.Chidambaram Port, Tuticorin was declared winner and Visakhapatnam was runners up.
The valedictory function was presided by Kishore Kumar Sahoo the working president of Gopabandhu Kreeda Sansad, The secretary of Sansad also read the annual report. The PPT Chairman Sudhanshu Sekhar Mishra distributed the prizes to the winners in various categories.
Chairman declare that in near future, the port will host various all India tournaments including Hockey, Odisha Premier league Cricket, Major Port volleyball and football to promote the sports and games in the country.
Sambalpur to meet Bihar in Chandan Cup semis
Bhubaneswar : Sambalpur would meet East Central Railway of Bihar in the All India Chandan Cup Women’s Football Tournament at Biju Pattnaik Playground in Baramunda on Tuesday, being organised by Odisha Veer Mahasangha (OVM).
In the quarterfinal match on Monday, Sambalpur edged out Sundargarh by 1-0 goal. After the barren first half, Bharati Kharia scored the all important goal in the 50th minute. Sudipta Das, Somanath Barik, Chitrambada Patra and Siba Sankar Panda conducted the match as referees.
Ashutosh lift National Sub-junior Billiards trophy
Bhubaneswar : Odisha’s top seeded junior billiards player Ashutosh Padhy emerged champion of the National Sub-Junior Billiards Championship at lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
Padhy defeated Arjun Meheta by 251-121 after one-hour final match. He scored a break of 59, which helped him to retain decent lead throughout the match.