team announced for Thimmappiah cricket
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) senior selection committee has been selected a 16-member team in a meeting on Saturday in Cuttack. The team would leave for Bangalore on July 17 to participate in the KSCA Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah Memorial Cricket Tournament in bangalore from July 20 to August 15. Biplab Samantary would lead the team and Govind Podder would accompany his as vice-captain. Odisha placed with KCSA-XI, Haryana CA and Tripura Cricket Association in the Zone-A. In the first encounter Odisha would meet Harayana from July 20 to 24.
Team: Girija Rout, Bikash Pati, Pratik Anurag Das, Niranjan Behera, Govind Podder (vice-captain), Biplab Samantray (captain), Abhilash Mallick, Aravind Kumar Singh, Subhrajit Sahoo, Ansuman Gope (both goalkeeper), Basanta Kumar Mohanty, Alok Mangaraj, Suryakanta Pradhan, Preetamjit Das, Dhiraj Singh, Paresh Patel, support staff; Debasis Mohanty (coach), SS Das (batting coach), Subhasis Bhuyan (manager), Subhakant Sahoo (physio), Manoj Biswal (trainer).
Anantprava leader in School Chess meet
Bhubaneswar: After the end of 6th Round of the 1st State Schools\\' Open Chess Championship organised by Odisha Secretariat Recreation Club (OSRC) held at Secretariat Recreation Club, Unit-2, Bhubaneswar, Anantprava Naik of Kendriya Vidyalaya-IV, Niladri Vihar, is the sole leader with six points. He is closely followed by Jagadish Ghadei of D.A.V. Public School, Kalinga Nagar with 5.5 points. There are two players with five points each. They are Sumit Kumar and Chiranjeeb Dibyajyoti. Eight players with 4.5 points shared the fourth place. Anantprava created two upsets of the day by beating top seed Sumit Kumar in the 5th round and 2nd seed Haraprasad Chatterjee in the 6th round.
Sunrise, Rising Student win in FAO
Bhubaneswar: Pankaj Sona of Sunrise Club netted double goals in the 32nd and 63rd minutes and guided the team to beat Sunshine Club by 5-1 goals in the FAO Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Saturday. Bharat Munda of the winning team draw the first blood in the 28th minute. Wasu Harsan and Adide Ucha netted a goal each in the 49th and 78th minutes respectively. Sonu Hara of the Sunshine Club netted a goal in the 11th minute only manage to reduce the winning margin. In another match, Rising Student got a walk over from Town Club. The officials who conducted the match were P Rajeswar Rao, Bhanu Bauri, Ratnakar Barik and Subrat Purohit as referees. Morning Club and Radhagobinda Club would meet Utkal Club and Chand Club respectively on Sunday.