DPS, St Paul’s bag Inter School Football titles
Bhubaneswar: Delhi Public School (DPS) girls emerged champion by defeating Deepika English Medium School by 2-0 goals in the Rourkela Open School Football Tournament for boys and girls at Ispat Stadium in Rourkela on Monday. Similarly in boys final, the junior and senior Boys’ teams from St. Paul’s School emerged victors in their respective categories. The juniors won against Deepika English Medium School by a solitary goal and their seniors defeated their MGM School counterparts by a similar margin. “Winning in sports is important but participating is more important,” said GS Prasad CEO, RSP while addressing the winners and runners-up teams on the closing ceremony. Speaking further, Prasad advised the runners-up teams not to lose heart and to continue to strive hard and give their best next time over. “If Spain, the Champion of the previous edition could be knocked out in the first round and if Germany could regain the World Cup Football Championship after 28 years, it only shows that perseverance ultimately pays,” said Mr. Prasad. He further added that he was happy that all the teams played the game in the right spirit of sportsmanship and congratulated the winners and runners-up teams, the Tournament Officials and the Sports Unit of Rourkela Steel Plant for the splendid show. It is noteworthy that a total of 38 teams comprising 19 junior boys’, 14 senior boys’ and five girls’ teams participated in the tournament. The tournament, which was organized by the Sports Section of RSP, was inaugurated on 9th July and was enjoyed by many enthusiastic spectators over the fortnight.
Sunrise, Rising Star win in FAO Football league
Bhubaneswar: In a nail biting super league round match, racing from the back Sunrise Club edged out Sports Autharity of India (SAI) Cuttack by 4-2 goals in the FAO Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday. Saswat Swain of the SAI netted double goal in the 28th and 38th minutes respectively and dominated the first half. In the 44th minute Sk Zahid of Sunrise scored a goal. After the change of sides, Sunrise took away the match, PC Raju, Prasant Kumar Nayak, and Antu Murmu scored a goal each in the 52nd, 75th and 82nd minutes respectively. In another match, Rising Star Club defeated Kishore Club by 3-0 goals. After the barren first half, Biplav Ghose, Rohit Tudu and Santosh Behera of the winning team netted a goal each in the 74th,78th and 79th minutes respectively. The officials who conducted the match were Bhanu Bauri, Nabin Nayak, Durga Madhab Naik, Jiban Jyoti Nayak, PK Pal and Sudeep Das as referees.