State Sepak Takraw meet postponed to Oct 18
Bhubaneswar: In view of the cyclone, the Bhubaneswar Sepak Takraw Association (BSTA) postponed the two-day-long Padmanav Memorial Trophy for Senior State Sepak Takraw Championship Men and Women which was schedule to be held from October 11 and now the new date is October 18 to 19 at Kalinga Stadium, informed Sahadev Rout in a Press Meet here on Wednesday. BSTA formed a organising committee in a meeting on September 13 for the successfully conducting the state championship. Altogether 28 men and 18 women are expected to participate in the meet. The state men and women team to be selected from the meet for the forthcoming 25th Senior National Sepak Takraw Championship which will be held at Rohil Khand University , Bareli in Uttar Pradesh from October 29 to November 2. BSTA president Jagannath Pradhan, working president Sulata Deo, chief patron Naba Ranjan Pattnaik, Dillp Srichandan, SR Parija , Ashok Mohanty were present.
Saina cause upset in World Jr Chess
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s WCM Saina Salonika (1765 rating) caused a upset in the third round by defeating her country mate Guddanti Harshita (1925 rating) after 40th move and she scored one point in the World Junior (U-20) Boys and Girls Chess Championship, which kicks started at Hotel Hyatt, Pune in Maharashtra on Wednesday. WGM Padmini Rout (2331 points) shared the points with her country mate Furtado Ivana Maria (2165) after 33 movers and scored 2.5 points. After 45th move, Sunyasakata Satapathy (1926) caused upset and share points with her country mate S Dharia Parnali (2064) and scored 1.5 points. Another Odiya girl, Rutumbara Bidhar lost from Karolina Turkova and scored .5 points. Similarly, Odisha boys, Ashirwad Swain (1998) and Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (2170) shared points with Ido Ben Artzi of Israel (2423) and IM Novak Cabarkapa of Serbia (2379) respectively and caused upsets. Ashirwad and Utkal scored two and 1.5 points respectively. Sidhant Mohapatra (2382), Md Ashraf and Rakesh Kumar Nayak (2057) suffered defeats from Russian GM Viadimir Fedoseev (2661), Jrakli Berudza (2318) and Nr Visakh (2282) respectively.
Odisha boys, girls win Basketball Inaugural
Bhubaneswar: Odisha boys and girls registered win in the inaugural matches in the 31st Youth National Basketball Championship 2014 tipped off on Tuesday in Chandigarh. The championship is being organised by the Chandigarh Basketball Association under the aegis of Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and IMG-Reliance Group. Odisha boys edged out Assam by 57-29 points. Siba of Abhisek of Odisha scored 16 and 10 points respectively. Similarly girls team defeated Jharkhand by 36-5 points. J Baskey and V Mallick of Odisha scored 16 and 12 points respectively. The championship was inaugurated by Principal Secretary to the Governor of Punjab MP Singh , who declared the championship open by unfurling the flag of the Basketball Federation of India. A cultural programme was conducted for the chief guest, which included a performance of the traditional Punjabi Bhangra dance.The matches were played on five different basketball courts simultaneously in and around the sports complex in Sector 42, Chandigarh.
Results: Girls: Odisha (J Baskey 16, V Malik 12) bt Jharkhand (Alka Gupta 2, Osma Singh 2) 36-5 (18-2, 12-0, 2-1, 4-2), Boys: Odisha (Siba 16, Abhisek 10) bt Assam (Arbaaz 14, Sanju 4) 57-29 (14-9, 10-6, 15-10, 18-4)