Nishan to join National Jr Women Hockey as official
Bhubaneswar : Nishan Jyoti Mohanty, Hockey coach from Bhubaneswar city has been appointed as an umpire for the 4th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2014 in the B Division. The championship will commence from March 5 to 23 at Mysore (Karnataka). Nishan Jyoti Mohanty has officiated umpiring in the previous Hockey India Championships. He is an employee of East Coast Railway Bhubaneswar. As per Pratap Satpathy, General Secretary of Hockey Odisha who is also the Vice President of Hockey India said that Nishan has a bright future ahead.
He is a talented young man with total dedication to the ever evolving modern game of Hockey. According to Mohammad Shakeel, member Hockey Odisha, Nishan is a young promising Hockey coach and is gradually being recognised as future coach in all India level.
‘Concentrate more in coaching for Asian meet’
Bhubaneswar : I have to concentrate more in my coaching as my expectation as well as my fraternities expectation has been increased many folds,” said Ashutosh Padhy after his arrival from the national meet here on Monday. After capturing Sub-Junior Billiards and Snooker titles, Padhy also wins the Junior Snooker title by defeating Dhvaj Haria of Gujarat in the last round robin match of the Manisha Billiards and Snooker Championship being played at lucknow on February 23. The first Odia cueist Padhy created history by qualifying for the Asian Snooker and Billiards Championship in the junior category, schedule to be held in Chandigarh from April 4. He will also participate in the World championship to be held this year.
I am hopeful that after my achievement many players of our State will take cue sports seriously and the State Government will
extend their support. My coach Subrat Das always have believe in my ability and motivated me to have positive frame of mind,
added Ashutosh.
KISS leaves for International Rugby tourney
Bhubaneswar : KISS Under-13 girls rugby team left from here on Monday to participate in the International Under-13 Girls Rugby Tournament scheduled to be held from March 5 to 15 at United Kingdom. Sumitra Nayak (captain), Manika Majhi, Elisabath Pradhan, Jemamani Naik,Rajani Sabar, lija Sardar, Chandamani Munda (vice-captain), Pravashini Nayak, Minati Hansdah from class 9th and Nirupama Mallick from class 8th are in the team. Manisa Tarasia and Roshan Xess accompanied the team as manager and coach respectively. KISS Team will represent India and other eight countries Brazil, Colombia, Hong Kong, St. lucia, Trinidad and Tabago, Swaziland, Uganda and UK are participating.
Tripura beats Odisha in East Zone ODI
Bhubaneswar : Tripura smashed Odisha by six wickets in the Inter-State East Zone one-day Tournament at Ranchi on Monday. With the win Tripura bagged four points. Winning the toss Tripura elected to field first, Odisha batsman bow down in front of the discipline bowling line of Tripura. Rana Dutta, U Bose and K Acharjee bagged two wickets each and restricted Odisha innings for 124 runs in 37.4 overs. In reply, YV Takawala’s unbeaten 42 runs guided Tripura to reach the winning target in 30 overs for the loss of four wickets. Brief score: Odisha 124/10 in 37.4 overs (Paresh Patel 27; Rana Dutta 2/19,U Bose 2/19,K Acharjee 2/7) lost to Tripura 127/4 in 30 overs (KB Pawan 26, YV Takawala 42 n.o;) by 6 wickets .
IPl likely to shift South Africa: Ranjib
Bhubaneswar : The suspense over the venues for this year’s IPl is all set to end on March 5 when the BCCI will take a decision on the matter in a meeting at Nagpur. The BCCI president has been authorised to take a decision, said a BCCI working committee member, adding that the matches may not be played in the country because of the general elections due in April-May.
“We are in touch with the Home Ministry and a decision will be taken on March 5. Therefore, the BCCI has options of holding the matches in South Africa, Bangladesh, Sri lanka and United Arab Emirates. While considering the four alternatives I believe South Africa would be the suitable venue for IPl, we are keen to allow half of the tournament to be conducted outside the country and bring it back to India when the general elections are over in May said IPl chairman Ranjib Biswal in an informal discussion. Regarding South Africa already they have the experience of conducting the high voltage IPl matches.
While, Sri lanka has been ruled out for hosting the matches due to prospect of rains in the island country during the period and Bangladesh infrastructure might not able to meet the IPl expectation.