Sundargarh bags Inter-Hostel Football title
Bhubaneswar: Sundargarh Sports Hostel emerged champion by defeating Phulbani Sports Hostel in the five-day-long Inter Sports Hostel Competition (Football Boys), which concluded at Satyabrata Stadium in Cuttack on Saturday, being organized by Department of Sports and Youth Services under the aegis of Cuttack Sports Hostel.
The final match ended in goalless draw in the stipulated time. Sundargarh won the match by 4-2 goals through tie breaker.
In the closing ceremony Naba Kishore Mishra (Sports Director, DRIEMS) distributed the prizes as the chief guest. Among others, Subodh Kumar Jena (football coach), Gangadhar Behera (coach in-charge, Sports Hostel), Bijay Kanungo, Rashmi Ranjan Samantray (DSO, Cuttack) were present.
Radharaman wins in FAO Football league
Bhubaneswar: Radharaman Club defeated YVCG by 1-0 goal in the league round match of the FAO 1st Division Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Saturday. After the barren first half, experienced Bhabani Mohanty netted the winning goal in the 58th minute through penaltykick. Sports Authority of India, Cuttack center would meet Sports Hostel Cuttack on Sunday.
Sanjeeban leads in Makhanlal Open Chess
Bhubaneswar : Sanjeeban Nayak of Bhubaneswar scored six points by the end of sixth rounds of the 20th Makhanlal Halder Memorial All Odisha Open Chess Championship at Durgabaadi Samiti, Puri, being organised by Puri District Chess Association. Third seeded Sanjeeban Nayak is the sole leader with six points. He is closely followed by DSP Rao of Cuttack and Santosh Sinha of Puri with 5.5 points each. Third place shared by 11 players with five points each. They are Manas Parida, Birakishore Behera, D.Das, Kalucharan Sahoo, Aditya Pattnaik, Pradipta Mishra, Natabara Das, Sahadev Khatei, Nabaghana Baral, Anish Ray and Samarendra Sahoo.