Mixed result for Odisha girls in National chess
Bhubaneswar: In the top board WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (lIC,Odisha) with black pieces lost against higher rated IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (rating 2314)of Air India after 63 moves in the eighth round and scored six points in National Women challenger at Peddem Sports Complex, Peddem,Mapusa ,Goa on Friday. In the 3rd board WGM Padmini Rout with white colour beat low rated Pratyusha Bodda(rating 2033) of Andhra Pradesh in 39 moves. In the 9th board Sunyasakta Satpathy with black colour lost against higher rated WFM Swati Mohota (rating 2027) of West Bengal after 54 moves. In the 23rd board Smaraki Mohanty with black colour won against lower rated P Thamaraiselvi(rating 1665) of Tamil Nadu. In 57th board Sonali Mishra won against unrated Thokchom Panthoi Devi of Manipur. After 8th round IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi leads solely with 7 points. Top seed Padmini Rout scored 6.5 points with 3 players maintaining jointly second position. Kiran Manisha Mohanty is in jointly 3rd position with 6 points with 8 others. Sunyasakta Satpathy with 5 points, Smaraki Mohanty with 5 points and Sonali Mishra with 3 points are maintaining 29, 39 and 108 position respectively. On Saturday in 9th round in top board Padmini Rout will play with black colour against sole leader IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi . In 2nd board Kiran Manisha Mohanty will play with white colour against IM Nisha Mahota.
6 Odisha hockey players in Johor Cup camp
Bhubaneswar: The Hockey India has been announced a 33 member squad in which six Odisha player included for the preparatory camp of the Junior Men Core Probables will commence at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi from September 13. The camp is in preparation for the 4th Sultan of Johor Cup, scheduled in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from October 10 to 20 and FIH Junior Men World Cup 2016.
Goalkeeper Sobodh Tirkey, defenders Anand lakra, Nilam Sanjeeb Xess, Dipsan Tirkey and forwards Janma Majhi, Sumit Toop are the Odisha players. India being the defending Champions of the tournament will yet again look at continuing their dominance this year too. Playing against teams including Australia, Great Britain, Malaysia, New Zealand and Pakistan, the Indian team will leave no stone unturned and will aim at bagging the title yet again.
BSNl Tennis team announced
Bhubaneswar: A four-member BSNl Odisha circle team has been selected here on Friday to participate in the All India BSNl Tennis Tournament schedule to held at lucknow in Uttar Pradesh from September 24 to 26. J Ganta, Bhagabata Sahu, PC Das and Biranchi Narayan Mohanty are in the BSNl team would participate in both singles and doubles event.
City, Royal match draw in Krushna Football
Bhubaneswar: The group-B league match between City Club and Royal Physical Association by 2-2 goals draw in the stipulated time in the 11th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-B Football league at Unit-1 High School Play Ground here on Friday. Nelson Tirkey of City Club netted double goals in the 42nd and 66th minutes respectively. Wilson Dham and Satya Prakash Mishra of Royal Physical Association scored a goal each in the 12th and 64th minutes respectively and the match ended in 2-2 goals draw. Sudip Dash, Durga Acharya, Susanta Kumar Mishra and Sudipta Dash were officiated the match as referees. In the league match on Saturday, Mukteswar Club would meet Tiger Youth Club.
Sundeep Memorial Chess begins
Bhubaneswar: The 7th Sundeep Mohanty Memorial Open Chess Championship organised by Bhubaneswar Chess Association began on Friday at Secretariat Recreation Club here. The championship was formally inaugurated by Sundeep’s father, Surendra Mohanty and family members Rabindra Mohanty and Soumendra Mohanty by lighting lamp. 64 players from 11 districts of the State including 14 rated players are participating in this 3-day-long eight round meet.
The top seed is former state Champion Manas Parida. After the end of 3rd round, seven players are leading with three points each. They are Manas Parida, Birakishore Behera, Debaranjan Parida, Sahadeb Khatei, Pravat Ojha, Aditya Pattnaik and Sujit Champati, . They are closely followed by Abhaya Sahoo and Tukuna Kandi with 2.5 points each. There are 22 players with 2 points each.
local player Debaranjan Parida defeated 3rd seed Santosh Sinha of Puri and local player Sahadeb Khatei beat 4th seed Dhiren Das of Bhadrak and caused the upset of the day. The tournament is conducted by Arati Bijoy Mohanty, Debasis Panigrahi and Pravat kumar Nath.
Bahidar elected as Boxing India Vice-President
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Amateur Boxing Association secretary Anil Bahidhar elected as vice-president of Boxing India. The high voltage election of office bearers of Boxing India was held at Mumbai on Thursday. Odisha Amateur Boxing Association president Adhip Das and Anil Bahidar represented the State in the national election. Odisha Olympic Association secretary Asirbad Behera congratulate Bohidar for successfully win as vice president of Boxing India.
KISS to meet DPS in Inter-school Football final
Bhubaneswar: Defending champions Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS) will cross sword against Delhi Public School (DPS), Kalinga, in the final of the 25th Kalinga Marine-Bibekananda Memorial Inter-School Football Tournament at Unit-VI Govt Boys’ High School Ground here on September 16. In the semifinals on Friday, KISS outplayed an off-colour Tapovan High School 2-0, while DPS decimated Ramakrushna Sikhya Kendra 3-0. Sana Kumar Marandi, who opened the account for KISS as early as in the third minute, was adjudged man of the second semifinal match. Deepak Kumar Barada headed home the second goal for KISS in the 20th minute. Earlier in the first semifinal, striker Dhyanendra Bhanjdeo once again turned out to be the star of the thumping DPS win, scoring all three goals for his side. This was the second hat-trick for Dhyanendra, who pocketed the prize as man of the match. Son of a royal a family, Dhyanendra opened the account in the 10th minute, putting the entire Ramakrushna defence on the wrong foot. He doubled the lead, heading home a cross from the right flank in the 29th minute. Dhyanendra, who received coaching for a month at Manchester United Soccer School in london three years ago, completed his hat-trick with a solo effort in the 47th minute. The semifinal matches were officiated by Prakash Das, Siba Sankar Panda, Durga Routray, Rajendra Barik, Chandrakanta Behera, Khirod Das, Saroj Moharana, Amit Nayak and Basant Sahoo. As many as 11 national and state panel referees, who have been officiating matches in the tournament, were felicitated on the occasion by sponsors Kalinga Marine Managing Director Maina Mishra. The referees included Manoranjan Mohanty, P K Baliarsingh, Bilas Behera, Khirod Das, Maheswar Singh, Prakash Das, Rajendra Behera, Sankarsan Jena, Jitendra Samantasinghar, Susant Mohanty and Siba Sankar Panda. Unit-VI Athletic Association, the organisers of the inter-school tournament, will stage the 5th Jayant Mohapatra Memorial Women’s One-day Football Tournament on Saturday. A total of four teams will vie for the trophy. Teams are: East Coast Railway, Government Sports Hostel, KISS and Urmila Football Academy.
Sanjukta, Manjula to participate in Asian Games
Bhubaneswar: A 36 member team consisting of 22 men, nine women, four coaches and a physio, forming the India rowing team, will participate in the 17th Asian Games at Chungju, Korea from September 20 to 25.