6 players share top spot in Open Chess championship
Bhubaneswar: Six players shared the top place by scoring four points each by the end of third round in the inaugural day of the 2nd Umesh Chandra Mishra Memorial All Odisha Open Chess Championship here on Saturday, being organised by Chess Association of Odisha (CAO). PK Ohja, Aditya Pattnaik, Natabara Das, Ayananshu Mohanty, D Das and DSP Rao are the players who scored four points each. They are closely followed by Birakishore Behera, Manas Singh and Pravas Behera with 2.5 points each. Total 60 players including 14 rated players from seven districts of the State are participating in the three-day- long eight round meet. Chess Association of India vice-president Sabita Tripathy inaugurated the meet as chief guest in presence of Orissa State Chess Association (OSCA) vice-president Arati Bijoy Mohanty.
local unrated boy Ayananshu Mohanty of DPS Kalinga School created back to back upsets by beating 3rd seed Santosh Sinha in 2nd round and 7th seed Akhila Majhi in 3rd round.
FAO super league matches from July 20
Bhubaneswar: Altogether 12 teams qualified for the super league round match of the FAO Football league to be held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack from Sunday. In the super league round matches on Sunday, Rising Star Club and Sunrise Club would meet Sports Authority of India (SAI) Cuttack center and Radha Raman Club respectively. Group-X: Mangala Club, Odisha Police, East Coast Railway, Sports Hostel, Independent Club, Chand Club.
Group-Y: Rising Star Club, Sunrise Club, Kishore Club, SAI-Cuttack, Radha Raman Club, Radha Gobinda Club.
5 Odia eves selected for U-19 national camp
Bhubaneswar: Five Odisha women footballer got selected in the under-19 girls probable list for the National Camp for the preparation of AFC U-19 Women’s qualifying round-2 tournament.
Tikina Samal, Rachita Malik, Sinulata Sahoo, Menaka Malik and Pyari Xaxa are the five junior players has been selected for the national camp schedule to be held in September.
KISS Archer Ranjit in Asian Grand Prix
Bhubaneswar: Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) boy Ranjit Naik has been selected to participate in the 2nd Asian Grand Prix Tournament as a member of the Indian Junior contingent to be held in Taiwan, Chinese Taipei from August 10 to 15. Ranjit, who will participate in Recurve round, was selected following his excellent performance in the 4th National Ranking Archery Tournament at SAAP Sports Complex, Gachibowli, Hyderabad held from June 25 to 28.
He will proceed to attend National Coaching Camp to be held at Sonepat, Haryana on July 20. Ranjit, who studies +2 IInd Year Arts in KISS. His talent in archery was spotted by Sports Dept. of KISS, which provided him opportunity to undergo training under professional coaches in the in-house facility of the institute. Subsequently, he posted commendable performance in Youth World Archery Championship-2013, Wuxi, China.