ECoR lifts Bhagyadhar Trophy football title
Bhubaneswar : East Coast Railway (ECoR) of Khurda emerged champion by eliminating Home Guard of Cuttack by 4-0 goals in the final of the Bhagyadhar Trophy All Odisha Day and Night Football Tournament at Indira Maidan here on Wednesday, being organized by City Club of Bhubaneswar. Maheswar Das of the railway team netted double goals in the second and 35th minutes. His-mates Sanatan lohar and Gokul Oram scored a goal each in the 19th and 52nd minutes respectively. The champion ECoR bagged the trophy along with cash award of Rs 20,000 and the runners-up team richer by Rs 10,000. Gokul Oram and Sk Mustakin of the champion team bagged the man of the final and man of the tournament award respectively. Sk Alam of the runners-up team received the best defence award. Siba Sankar Panda, Sudipta Das, Pradip Nayak, Chandrakant Barik and Sekhawat Khan were the referees for the final match. Altogether eight selected teams of the State wereparticipated in the four-day-long tournament. Sports Hostel (Cuttack), Royal Wings Club (Rourkela), East Coast Railway and Kishor Club (Bhubaneswar) were placed in group-A. Similarly, Odisha Police (Cuttack), Yazdani Club-73 (Bhubaneswar), Barbil lancer and Home Guard (Cuttack) were in the group-B. Additional Director General of Police Sanjev Marik distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary SR Parija, Naba Ranjan Patnaik, City Club secretary Pradeep Kumar Routary, treasurer Sk Jalil and Bhagyadhar Jagadev were present.
Assam beats Odisha in East Zone T20 Cricket
Bhubaneswar : Assam defeated Odisha by 34 runs in the East Zone T20 Cricket Tournament at Kolkata on Wednesday. Batting first, Assam scored 136 runs by losing six wickets. In reply, P Das of Assam bagged four wickets by giving 19 runs and restricted Odisha for 102 runs in 17.2 overs. Brief Score: Assam 136/6 in 20 overs (Rishav Das 27, D Jadhav 32, S Roy 47; D Behera 2/23, Biplab Samantary 2/17) beat Odisha 102/10 in 17.2 overs (Paresh Patel 38; PN Das 4/19, Syed Mohammed 2/19, AK Das 2/19, Abunechim Ahmed 2/23) by 34 runs.
Rinashree shines in Inter-district women cricket
Bhubaneswar : The all-round performance of Rinashree Baliar Singh of Khurda who scored 38 runs and scalped seven wickets by giving only seven runs and powered the team to beat Sundargarh by 125 runs in the Inter-district Women’s Cricket Tournament at Nimpur Ground in Cuttack on Wednesday. In other league matches of the day, Rourkela, Jajpur and Mayurbhanj defeated Kendrapada, Jagtsinghpur and Bhadrak by 75 runs, 10 wickets and four runs respectively. Brief Score: At Ravenshaw Ground-I: Rourkela 151/8 in 35 overs (Suchitra Das 56, Sangita Khadia 43; Arundhati Sahu 3/45) beat Kendrapara 76/10 in 22.5 overs (Sangita Khadia 3/1, Suchitra Das 2/7, D. Janaki Reddy 2/13, Tarani lakra 2/14) by 75 runs. At Bidanasi Ground: Jagatsinghpur 29/10 in 14.1 overs (Anjali Das 4/4, Swagatika Rath 2/8, Punam Nayak 2/11) lost to Jajpur 30/0 in 4.5 overs (Suchitra Ray 15 n.o;) by 10 wickets. At Ravenshaw Ground-II: Mayurbhanj 112/3 in 30 overs (Bidyut Prava Singh 48 n.o; Suman Mahakud 25; Geetanjali Sutar 2/19) beat Bhadrak 108/10 in 26 overs (Geetanjali Sutar 22 n.o; Anjana Mukhi 3/14, Gayatri Singh 2/9, Bidyut Prava Singh 2/18) by 4 runs. At Nimur Ground: Khurda 149/10 in 31.1 overs (Sasmita Sahoo 45, Rinashree Baliarsingh 38; Pinky Bhoi 3/19, Anchilla Ekka 2/32) beat Sundergarh 24/10 in 10 overs (Rinashree Baliar Singh 7/7, Sasmita Sahoo 2/16) by 125 runs.
Mahavir Club wins Dewakar Memorial Football
Bhubaneswar : Mahavir Club of Nagabali team emerged champion of the Dewakar Swain Memorial Day and Night Football Tournament at Cuttack on Tuesday by defeating Sai Ram Club of Cuttack by 1-0 goal. In the semifinal, Mahavir Club defeated Bana Mahavir Club of Jaypur by 2-0 goals. Similarly in another semifinal match, Sai Ram Club beat Maa Tareni Club of Gopalpur by 4-2 goals. Odia film star Aparajita Mohanty distributed the prizes as the the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Bharat Swain and Dhirendra Biswal.