2 Odisha hockey players in World Cup probables
Bhubaneswar : Goalkeeper Sushant Tirkey and Birendra lakra are the two Odisha players has been selected in the 33 senior men core probables were shortlisted for the camp commence at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi from March 9. In preparations for the FIH Hockey World Cup would be held at The Hague, Netherlands from May 31 to June 15. The training camp would conducted by Roelant Oltmans, Director High Performance, Terry Walsh, Chief Coach Senior Men Hockey Team and Harbinder Singh Government Observer during a meeting held on February 25. A month long preparatory camp of the senior men core probables will continue till 10 April 2014. Indian Senior Men Hockey team finished in sixth place while competing against the top teams of the World in the recently concluded Hero Hockey World league Final at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.
Ansu, Suraj cause upset in Falcon-AITA Tennis
Bhubaneswar : Unseeded Suraj Konwar of Gujarat and Ansu Kumar Bhuyan of Odisha caused upset of the day by defeating second seed Mohammed Azhar of West Bengal and fifth seed Bharat Bhardwaj of Haryana by 6-2,6-1 and 6-4,6-4 respectively in the pre-quarterfinal match of the Falcon-AITA 50k Men’s Ranking Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Tuesday. Top seed Chinmay Pradhan of Odisha entered the quarterfinal round by beating State-mate Ajay Nishank by 7-5,7-6 (6). Results: Chinmay Pradhan (ODI) bt Ajay Nishank (ODI) 7-5, 7-6 (6), Abhishek Gaur (Delhi) bt Jairaj Sirohi (HR) 6-0,6-2, Neeraj Choudhary (MP) bt Jasdeep Singh (Punjab) 6-3,6-0, Rohit Rampuria (WB) bt Pradeep Deswal (HR) 6-1,6-2, Sunny Dahiya (HR) bt Parasdeep Singh Virk (HR) 6-2,6-2, Abhinansu Borthakur (Assam) bt Sajid Ur Rahman (AP) 6-2,6-1, Ansu Kumar Bhuyan (ODI) bt Bharat Bhardwaj (HR) 6-4,6-4, Suraj Konwar (GJ) bt Mohammed Azhar (WB) 6-2,6-1.
Gangapur smash Mizoram in National-B Hockey
Bhubaneswar : Undefeated Hockey Gangpur of Odisha smashed Mizoram by 6-0 goals in their last league round match and topped the Pool-C group of the 4th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship played at Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium in lucknow on Tuesday. Gangpur started its scoring feat in the 3rd minute of the game with Ashish Anmol Minz scoring his first goal of the match through a field goal. The second goal was scored in the 13th minute and this time it was Banamali Xess scoring for his team. Within four minutes of the 2nd goal, Ashish Anmol Minz scored the 3rd goal for his team and 2nd in his name, which he converted through a penalty corner opportunity. At the end of the first session of the game Hockey Gangpur – Odisha was leading the score card with 5-0. In the second half just four minutes into the game they managed to score their 6th goal of the match and Sashi Topno converted a brilliant field goal. Mizoram failed to convert the chances that they got and ended the game without a goal in their name. Results: Pool C- Hockey Gangpur Odisha 6 Ashish Anmol Minz (3 17 min), Banamali Xess (13 min), Mangal Kispotta (23 min) and Dillip Kerketta (30 min) and Sashi Topno (39 min) Mizoram 0.
Hariprasad bags 7th Dan Black Belt
Bhubaneswar : Prominent martial artist of the State Hariprasad Pattanayak bagged 7th Dan Black Belt and accredited coach certificate from World Karate Federation (WKF). For his achievement Karate Association of India (KAI) president sensai R Tayagarajan and secretary Bharat Sharma wished him.
The contribution of Pattanayak for the field of sports is immense he created many national and international players at his Utkal Karate School here.