Narayanan leads in Kesabananda memorial Chess
Bhubaneswar: IM Narayanan Srinath of Tamil Nadu caused upset in the seventh round and forced the GM Neelotpal Das of PSPB to share points. Narayanan gathered six points by the end of seventh rounds in the 3rd Keshabananda Das Memorial All India FIDE Rating Chess Championship (1900 and above rating) here on Thursday. Neelotpal, GM laxman RR, IM Himanshu Sharma and IM Swapnil S Dhopade scored 5.5 points each and shared the second place. Seven players placed in the third place with five points each. local girl WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty defeated Srikanth K and scored 4.5 points along with seven others in the fourth place.
IMPaCT sought nominations for Ekalabya Puraskar
Bhubaneswar: Indian Metals Public Charitable Trust (IMPaCT) which has been honoring literateurs in the State with the prestigious Sarala Award for the last 34 years has also instituted ‘The Ekalabya Puraskar’ to recognise budding Odiya sportsperson. Young sports-persons of Odisha below 25 years of age who have participated in games recognised by the Olympic Association are eligible to apply. The award carries a cash prize of `200,000. Besides the main award two awards are also given which carry cash prize of `50, 000 each. For the award year 2014,the trust invite applications from different sports organisations, universities, colleges and schools. Kindly send the nominations by 31st May. Nominee should be less than 25 years of age as on 31st March, 2014. He and she should have won awards and or represented State at the National level during the last two years along with National performance, if any during the last two years defined as April 2012 – March 2014, informed Sanjeev Das Convenor Ekalabya Puraskar Committee.
Sundargarh to meet RSP in Women Football final
Bhubaneswar: Sundargarh would meet Rourkela in the final of the All Odisha State-level Women Football Tournament at Ispat Stadium in Rourkela on Friday being organised by Panposh Sports Association (PSA). In the semifinal on Thursday, Sundargarh defeated Rajgangpur by 2-0 goals. After the barren first half, Pyari Xaxa netted double goals in the 39th and 55th and powered the team to register victory against Rajgangpur. Ajya Mohanty, Prasant Kumar Pal, T Mohan Rao, Chitrambada Patra and Banamali Jamtia were the officials who conducted the match. OSAP 4th Battalion Commandant, Subash Chandra Samal inaugurated the semifinal match as chief guest in presence of Dilip Kumar Mohapatra, Asst. Commandant, OSAP 4th Battalion and Tarunballav Mishra, GM, WESCO as guests of honour and PSA officials Grogary Minz, Sushant Behera, Mahendra Mishra and Bikram Swain.
Jose Jacob to get Dronacharya Award
Bhubaneswar: Rowing coach Jose Jacob has been chosen for this year’s prestigious Dronacharya Award. The award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component of Rs 500,000. Jacob will receive the award from the President of India at a specially organised function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29. The coveted award is given to coaches, who have trained and worked lifelong for betterment of sportspersons. Jose Jacob, hailing from Athirmapuzha in Kottayam district is currently the head coach of Odisha rowing team. His contributions to the State team as the trainer fetched him the award. Four more coaches were also in contention for the award for various events. Rowing Federation recommended him for the award. Jose Jacob has been associated with Odisha Rowing Federation for the last 14 years. During these years, he played a vital role in producing several national and international-level rowing players. His trainees won medals at 20 international events. He also made Odisha champions for 13 times at national level. Talking to media, Jose said he was extremely happy over the achievement and dedicated the award to his coaches.
Ramakrushna, SAI win in Football tourney
Bhubaneswar: Ramakrushna Sikhya Kendra of IRC Village and SAI International School defeated Xavier School and Vikash School both of Khandagir by 2-0 each in their respective league round matches of the 25th Kalinga Marine Vivekananda Memorial Inter-School Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground on Thursday. In the group-D league match, Naika Hansda of the Ramakrushna School netted double goals and powered the team to beat Xavier School by 2-0 goals. Naika scored in the 12th and 47th minutes and bagged the man of the match award. In group-E league match, double goals haul by Md Kamran of SAI International School guided the team to beat Vikash School by 2-0 goals. For the double goals Kamran received the man of the match award. Chandrakant Barik, Saroj Maharana, Rajendra Barik, Durga Routaray, Durga Acharaya and Kabi Nayak were the referrers who conducted the league matches. Buxi Jagabandhu English Medium (BJEM) School and Kendriya Vidyalaya-II would meet St Joseph High School and DAV Pokhariput respectively on Friday.