Bhubaneswar School Chess inaugurated
Bhubaneswar: The 28th Bhubaneswar Schools’ Chess Championship organised by Bhubaneswar Chess Association began on Friday at Secretariat Recreation Club here. Altogether 81 players from 18 schools of the state including 17 girls are participating in this 3-day-long 8-round Swiss tournament. The youngest participant is 5 years 4 months old, Bikash lenka of Prabhujee English Medium School, Bhubaneswar. After the end of 3rd round, 10 players are leading with 3 points each. They are Hara Prasad Chatterjee, Amrutanshu Mohanty, Anantprava Naik, Anindya Patra, Greesma Rath, Bikash lenka, Sujot Mohanty, Tarini Nayak, Amrutanshu Mohapatra & Swapnil Priyadarshi. They were closely followed by Pratisha Harichandan and Ritesh Mohapatra with 2.5 points each. There are 26 players with 2 points each. Bikash lenka caused a major upset when he beat top seed Sumit Kumar on the top board in the 2nd round. This tournament is being conducted by Debasis Panigrahi assisted by Pravat kumar Nath.
ECoR to meet Sunrise in FAO Football league final
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) would cross swords with Sunrise Club in the final of the FAO 1st Division Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. In the semifinal match on Friday, Sunrise defeated Independent Club by 1-0 goal. The all important goal scored by Pankaj Sona in the second minutes of the play. The officials who conducted the match were Srikant Bohidar, Sujit Patra , Siba Sankar Panda and Subrat Purohit as referees.
CD Kumar, GD Selma win double gold in lICI meets
Bhubaneswar: In the inaugural day, CD Kumar of Manipur and BD Selma of Odisha bagged double gold medal each in the men and women events respectively in the two-day-long lIC East Central Zonal Athletic meet at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday. CD Kumar won gold in men’s sutput and discuss events and Solma of Berahampur region claimed the gold medal in the women’s 200 and 800 meter race. In women discuss event, C Kujur grabbed the gold medal. Total 57 athletes from Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha area participating. NP Chawal inaugurated the meet in presence of Sripati Hansda and Dillip Nandi.
4 Odisha bodybuilders to participate in Asian meet
Bhubaneswar: A five-member Odisha bodybuilders team including an official have been selected to participate in the 48th Asian Body Building and Physique Sports Championship to be held at Macau in China from August 26 to September 1. Anil Gochhikar, Sarvasudi Krishna Rao, Mustaque Sheik, Janmejaya Mohanty and Babuli Charan Swain (official) of Odisha would participate in the seven-day-long meet. The Macau Bodybuilding and Fitness Association would host the meet, where ABBF member would participate for the first time.
RFI recommends Jose Jacob for Dronacharya Award
Bhubaneswar: The Rowing Federation of India(RFI) has recommended the name of Odisha rowing coach Jose Jacob for Dronacharya Award in the category of lifetime contribution in coaching, said sources. Coaches who have worked for the betterment of sportspersons have been given priority in the recommendations for the Dronacharya Award. The federation has sent my name for this award. I have spent 14 years with Odisha Rowing Association. Many of my students have become champions at various international levels. The coach produced outstanding achievement in the year for which the award is given and consistently very good achievements during the three years previous to the year of the award, added Jose. My students have bagged 20 international medals and made Odisha 13 times national champion in my tenure, said Jacob. For the first time Indian women bagged bronze medal in the rowing event of Asian Games in 2010 at Guangzhou, China. Pramila Prabha Minz and Pratima Puhan of the State got the medal. Similarly, in the World Championship another Odisha player Mina Madhuri Tappo won the bronze medal. Odisha’s three junior girls Sanjukta Dung Dung, Manjula Xess and Ashmita Kujur once again proved their supremacy by bagging three silver medals in the 19th Asian Junior Rowing Championship held at Samarkand, Uzbekistan in 2013. Sanjukta Dung Dung and Manjula Xess bagged silver medal in the coxless pair event. Similarly, Ashmita Kujur along with Nafisa Sadiq, Rena Kumari and Tarunikha Pratar grabbed silver medal in the coxless four event in the same event. Dronacharya Award includes a ceremonial dress, a scroll of honour, a plaque and a cash prize of Rs five lakh . The winners are invited to the venue, where the award function is held. Unfortunately, the State Sports and Youth Services Department is yet to consider the Jose’s name for the State Biju Patnaik Coach of the year award, rued a veteran athlete.