Hockey player died in lightning
Rourkela: A teenaged girl hockey bud of Rajgangpur area died of lightning struck on Thursday evening while returning home from play ground. Source said Nikita Toppo (13) of Kukuda village of Rajgangpur is known as a budding girl hockey talent in the region. She had been to ground for practice as on next day morning she had to go for appearing testfor admission in SAI Hostel. But her dream remained in dream for ever. The sudden demise of Nikita has stunned the people of Rajgangpur.
School Open Chess begins
Bhubaneswar: The 1st State Schools’ Open Chess Championship organised by Odisha Secretariat Recreation Club (OSRC) began on Friday in the Secretariat Recreation Club, inaugurated by the first Fide Master (FM) of Odisha, Soumya Ranjan Mishra in presence of Managovinda Dalai, General Secretary of OSRC. 76 players from 15 schools of the State are taking part in this three-day long eight round Swiss Tournament. After the end of 3rd round, eight players are leading with three points each. They are Sumit Kumar, Divyaranjan Pahantasingh, Haraprasad Chatterjee, Chiranjeeb Dibyajyoti, Anantaprava Naik, Amrutanshu Mohapatra, Pratisha Harichandan & Jagadish Ghadei. They are closely followed by three players with 2.5 points each. They are Ritesh Mohapatra, Vivek Sahoo and Aryan Rajguru. The tournament is conducted by Debasis Panigrahi.
Radha Gobinda, Morning Club win in FAO league
Bhubaneswar: Radha Gobinda Club and Morning Club defeated Young Utkal Club and Chand Club respectively in the FAO Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Friday. Basilla of Radha Gobinda netted three goals in the 19th,62nd and 70th minutes and powered the team to beat Young Utkal Club by 5-0 goals. laxman Murmu and Suresh Kujjur scored a goal each in the 53rd and 58th minutes respectively.In another match, Morning Club defeated Chand Club by 2-0 goals. Fakir Oram draw the first blood in the 19th minute. After the change of sides, Basant Sahoo doubled the lead in the 78th minute. The officials who conducted the match were Bhanu Bauri, Subrat Purohit, Ratnakar Barik, Jiban Jyoti Nayak, P Rajeswar Rao and Bhim Kumar Chettri as referees. Sunrise Club would meet Sunshine Club on Saturday.