2 Odia cricketers in East Zone team
Bhubaneswar: Nataraj Behera and Deepak Behera are the two Odisha cricketers have been selected to represent East Zone Cricket Team for Prof DB Deodhar Trophy Tournament 2013-14 which is scheduled to be played from March 23 to 27 at Visakhapatnam. laxmi Ratan Shukla of Bengal would lead the team while Saurav Tiwary of Jharkhand as his deputy and Subrata Banarjee would accompany the team as coach. Five Bengal, six Jharkhand and two each from Assam and Odisha cricketers are in the 15-members East Zone squad.
Abhinansu bags Falcon-AITA Tennis title
Bhubaneswar: Abhinansu Borthakur of Assam emerged champion of the Falcon-AITA 50k Ranking Tennis Tournament, which concluded at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday. In the men’s singles final, Abhinansu eliminated local favorite top seeded Chinamay Pradhan by 7-5, 6-0. With the win Abhinansu bagged 15 points and Chinmay claimed 12 points. The champion received the trophy along with casah prize of Rs 6,000 and the runners-up took home Rs 4,500. Tournament director Rabi Mohapatra distributed the prizes in presence of Odisha Tennis Association manager Prakash Patnaik, tournament referee Jatin Bastia, PK Pattanik and Dr PK Pradhan.
Odisha bodybuilders bag 3 medals
Bhubaneswar: Odisha bodybuilder team got a rousing welcome here on Friday. The team bagged two silver, one bronze and total of three medals in the All India Federation Cup Bodybuilding Championship held at ludhiana in Punjab from March 4 to 5. Anil Gochhikar and Sanjay Sahu won silver medal each in the 70kg and 60kg weight categories respectively. Debasish Dutta claimed bronze medal in the 75kg weight categories. I am stratified with the player’s performance as they all put good fight against Punjab and Haryana bodybuilders, said Babuli Swain. Now I will put more effort in my practice as I will participate in the Senior Mr India Championship schedule to held at Hyderabad from March 21to 23, said Anil. State Team: Anil Gochhikar , Sanjay Sahu , Janmajaya Mohanty , Debasis Dutta, Chutku Dutta, Rashmi Ranjan Sahu, Bhabani Sankar Sahu (manager), Babuli Swain (referee).