Odisha eves beats Punjab in National jr Hockey
Bhubaneswar : Odisha register back-to-back win by defeating Punjab by 3-0 goals in the 4th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2014 (Division A) played at Chamundi Vihar Hockey in Mysore on Wednesday. In a Pool D match, Hockey Odisha registered their second win in a row, as they defeated Punjab 3-0. Hockey Odisha took the control of the match from the 9th minute itself, when Captain Ambika Toppo converted a motivating penalty corner and opened the account for the team. The second goal for Hockey Odisha was followed through Ashmita Barla in the 33rd minute, coming in again as a successful penalty corner conversion. The last goal of the match came through Sarojini Ekka of Hockey Odisha as a field goal in the 54th minute of the game. Alternatively, Punjab’s repeated attempts failed to budge Hockey Odisha and ultimately lost the game with a fateful 3-0 on board. The repeated errors by Punjab cost the game with which the road to semi-finals for the team has almost come to an end. Pool D: Odisha 3 Ambika Toppo (9 min), Ashmita Barla (33 min) and Sarojini Ekka (54 min) bt Punjab 0.
Odisha bags six gold in Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar : Team of 13 special athletes from Odisha had participated in the National Championship in Athletics organised by Special Olympics Bharat and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi from March 12 to 15. Teams from 27 States with 740 athletes had participated in the competition. The team from Odisha did exceedingly well in various categories bagging six gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals. Among the medal winners who have made Odisha proud are Debashish, Sagarika, leena Rout and Pritam Dalei of Open learning Systems, Bhubaneswar and Rajesh Meher and Karna Das of Physically Handicapped School, Bargarh won gold medals while Neelachal of OlS and Abinash of PHS won silver medals. The two bronze medals were bagged by leena Rout and Sangita Nayak of OlS.
OTPPA to host U-14 Championship Series
Bhubaneswar : In a motive to promote the budding talents of the State Odisha Tennis Players Parent’s Association (OTPPA) will organise the three-day-long AITA Championship Series (U-14) Tournament at Kalinga Stadium from March 22 to 24, said OTPPA president PK Patnaik in a Press Meet at Sahid Sporting ground here on Wednesday. More than 100 U-14 boys and girls are expected to participate in the meet. The champion will receive 25 points ranking point and the runners-up to get 20 points. In our future agenda we will organise various tournament. Further to motivate the young players we will organise various training camp, skill development, physical fitness and mental and emotional development program in coming days, said OTPPA secretary Jamini Mohan Mohanty. Among others, OTPPA vice-president Sarbeswar Mahaptra and Debabrata Chhotray were present.
Odisha eves wins in Sr Women Hockey
Bhubaneswar : Odisha register second win by defeating Chhattisgarh in the 4th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2014 (Division A) in Bhopal on Wednesday. In the Pool-A league match, Odisha defeated Chhattisgarh by a comfortable margin of 12 to 1 goals. This included four penalty corners and eight field goals. Balvinder from Chhattisgarh scored the lone goal in the team’s favour in the 46th minute to bring the score to 8-1. Rest of the attempts by Chhattisgarh went in vain. Odisha’s Captain lilima Minz and Elin lakra both were responsible in contributing a total of six goals for the team, with 3 goals each in their kitty, when lilima Minz stroked in 4th, 27th & 68th minute and Elin lakra in 21st, 36th, 58th minute of the game.
Pool A: Odisha 12 lilima Minz (4, 27 and 68 min), Nilprojita Majhi (12 and 54 min), Zeera Ekka (15 min), Elin lakra (21, 36 and 58 min), Dipti lakra (25 min), Seema lakra (29 min) and Amubi Devi Ningombam (69 min) bt Chhattisgarh 1 Balvinder (46 min).
Ranjan receives FIBA-BFI level-I coaching certificate
Bhubaneswar : Ranjan Kumar Pradhan, former Odisha State basketball player and presently sports officer of the SOA University, has been awarded the FIBA-BFI level-I coaching certificate. Pradhan was awarded the certificate after completing the course at the FIBA Coaches Clinic held in Ranchi recently under FIBA instructor Belson Isley. He had graduated from National Institute of Sports (NIS), Patiala in 1994-95 after completing his Master in Physical Education from the Utkal University. Pradhan represented the state at the junior level in 1989 and followed it up by playing for the senior team in 1992. He also represented the Utkal University in the all-India Inter-University basketball championship for four years.