India register 5th consecutive win against Malaysia
Bhubaneswar: In the fifth match of the Malaysian Tour 2014, played at Kuala lumpur on Sunday, the Indian Women Hockey team registered their fifth successive win by defeating Malaysia 2-0. The six match series against Malaysia is a part of the team’s preparations for the Commonwealth Games 2014. Filled with abundance of confidence and showing excellent skill set, Indian Women Hockey Team yet again registered a win over the hosts. In the first half of the match, showcasing an exceptional skill set Ritushah Arya opened the account for the team as early as in the 12th minute of the game and took the lead over Malaysia by 1-0. It was just before the final whistle for the half time blew in the 35th minute that Vandana Kataria pierced in a goal to take the lead further ahead by 2-0. The second half of the match saw a dry run as both the teams failed to strike any goals where India displayed strong defensive skill. Speaking on win captain Ritu Rani said, “the team is escalated with today's win as we now look forward to take the series with a clean sweep in our favour. Today's score on the other hand could have been much better, it was only in the second half that the game went a little slow but the team is confident in putting up a better score on board in the next match."
India will play their next match on 17th June, 2014 (Tuesday) with Malaysia at 0530hours (IST) Result of the day: India –2 Ritushah Arya (12 min) and Vandana Kataria (35 min) bt Malaysia – 0 .
Dutee bags double gold in Asian Jr Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: India bagged six medals, including two gold by Odia sprinter Dutee Chand and women\\'s 4x400m relay team, on the concluding day to finish sixth overall in the Asian Junior Athletics Championship at Taipei on Sunday. Chand outclassed her opponents and won the junior women\\'s 200m gold with a time of 23.74 secs. Singapore\\'s Shanti Veronica Pereira (23.99s) and Nigina Sharipova (24.24s) of Uzbekistan were the other medalists. On Saturday, Dutee clocked a much impressive 23.57 secs while winning her qualifying 200m heats that shattered Pandeswari\\'s 16-year-old national junior record of 23.95 secs as well as Vinitha Tripathi\\'s Indian junior best time of 23.59 secs registered during the SAF Games. Unfortunately, Dutee was forced to skip her 100m heats on the opening day of the championships on Thursday due to late arrival of Indian team after a visa mess. Dutee won her second gold as she anchored the Indian 4x400m relay team to victory with a timing of 3:40:53. The quartet of V V Jisha, Jessy Joseph, G K Vijaya Kumari and Dutee romped home, ahead of the Thai and the home team. For her gold medal Asirbad Behera Hony. General Secretary, Odisha Olympic and Athletic Association congratulate her and declared Cash award Rs.1 lakh to Dutte.
Gorakhpur win block level cricket tourney
Bhubaneswar: The CSR wing of Utkal Alumina International limited, Doragudain Rayagada district organised a block level cricket tournament from June 5 to 13. Altogether16 teams from Mundagaon, Bilamal, Kashipur, Panchali, Gorakhpur, Gokulmunda, Kucheipadar, Dharmaguda, Kampar, D. Karol, Tikiri, Kodipari and Dwimundi villages along with teams from Utkal Alumina, Doraguda Police Station and Driver’s team participated in the tournament. Gorakhpur edged out Tikiri in the exciting final match and emerged champion on Friday. Gorakhpur bagged the trophy along with cash award of Rs15000. The runners up team was awarded with trophy and cash prize of Rs10000. Sudip Banerjee, Sr. VP (Finance & Commercials), Utkal Alumina inaugurated the final match and the prizes were distributed by N Nagesh, Joint President (Projects) and M Ramesh Kumar, Sr. VP (HR, Admn. & CSR).
Rakesh, Rurumbara win State U-15 Chess meet
Bhubaneswar: Fide Master Rakesh Kumar Jena and women fide master Rutumbara Bidhar of Khurda emerged champion in open and girls categories respectively in the Odisha State Sub-Junior U-15 Open and Girls Chess Championship at Vibaha Mandap in Baripada on Sunday, being organised by Mayurbhanj District Chess Association in association the All Odisha Chess Association. Rakesh Kumar Jena, Ansuman Samal, Nilsu Pattnayak and Ashirwad Swain are the four players got selected for the national meet. Similarly, in girls category Rutumbara, Gitashree Biswal, Ankita Sahoo and Sairupa P would participate in the National U-15 Chess championship. AOCA secretary Vivek Kumar Tibarewal, executive member Suresh Chandra Sahoo, Baleswar District Chess Association secretary Manoranjan Panda, Mayurbhanj District Chess Association president Basant Kumar Sahoo and secretary Ananta Narayan Mishra were present in the closing ceremony.