KIIT enter Gati Krushna Div-B Football semis
Bhubaneswar: The double goals haul by Chaturananda Marandi of KIIT powered the team to beat Tiger Youth Club by 3-0 goal and entered the semifinals of the 11th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-B Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Saturday.
Marandi of the winning team draw the first blood in the 40th minute. After the lemon breaks, Dilip Kumar Murmu double the lead in the 50th minute and Marandi nailed the final goal in the 55th minutes.
Sekhawat Khan, Susanta Kumar Mishra, Durga Routray and Pradipta Nayak were officiated the match as referees. MS Eleven would meet Royal Physical Association in the last quarterfinal match on Sunday.
Padmini maintains led in World Jr Chess
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s WGM Padmini Rout (rating 2331) scored five points by the end of sixth round and maintains her jointly overnight lead in the World Junior Chess Championship at Pune in Maharashtra on Saturday. Padmini defeated Ioana Gelip (2154) of Russia in 38 moves in the sixth rounds. Sunyasakta Satapathy (1926) split points with Afraoui Solenn (1989) of France and scored two points. WCM Saina Salonika (1765) lost from Djogteva Jekaterina (1754) and scored one point. In the open categories Odisha boys put a good show in the sixth round out of six players four registered victory. Fide Master Rakesh Kumar Jena (2164) edged out country mate Anish Gandhi (2068) and scored 3.5 points. Md Ashraf (2132) and Ashirwad Swain (1998) pipped Vandewiele Emiel and Yashas D (2159) respectively and scored three points each. Similarly, Utkal Ranjan Sahu (2170) defeated FM Saim Mohamed llias (2040) in 55 move and scored 2.5 points. Sidhant Mohapatra (2382) and Rakesh Kumar Nayak (2057) suffered defeat from Yogit S (1954) and Megalious Konstantinos and scored three and two points respectively.