Bidisha causes upset in the U-11 Chess Fest
Bhubaneswar: 26th ranked Bidisha Ray of the Jharkhand caused the upset of the day in the second round by defeating top seed local favorite Saina Salonika in the XXVIII National (U-11) Open and Girls Chess Festival at Puri on Friday. By the end of third round, lakshmi C, Bristy Mukherjee, Bommini Mounika Akshaya, Divya Deshmukh, Mrudul Dehankar and Garima Gaurav scored three points and sheared the top place. Altogether 11 sheared the second place with 2.5 points. In the open categories after third rounds, 13 players sheared the top berth with three points and 15 shear second place with 2.5 points.
ECoR wins in FAO Football league
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway defeated Independent Club by 1-0 goal in the super league round match on FAO Football at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Friday. Sanjit Panna of the winning team scored the all important goal in the 35th minute. Another match of the day between Chand Club and Mangala Club ended in goalless draw. The officials who conducted the matches were Prasant Kumar Pal, Bhanu Bauri, Nabin Naik, P Rajeswar Rao, Chandrakant Barik and Sujit Patra as referees. Radha Gobind Club and Rising Star Club would meet SAI-STC and Sunrise Club respectively in the super league round matches on Friday.