7 Odisha girls in national hockey camp
Bhubaneswar: Seven Odisha girl hockey players got selected for the preparatory camp of the Senior Women Core Probables which commences at SAI Centre, Bhopal. This camp is in preparations for the Women’s Hockey World league Round 2 scheduled to be held In Delhi from March 7 to 15. Total 33 players will be the part of this camp for the grooming and training of the players for the upcoming challenges. Deep Grace Ekka, Sunita lakra, Asunta lakra, Namita Toppo, lilima Minz, Punam Barla and Anupa Barla are the seven Odisha players.
Police Men Hockey from Oct 27
Bhubaneswar: State Police is all set to organise 71st All Odisha Police Hockey Tournament at Reserve Police Ground here from October 27 to November 3. Including defending champion Rourkela, altogether 18 teams would participate in the eight-day-long meet. Koraput, Ganjam, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Rourkela, Commissionerate Police-A, Commissionerate Police-B, 1st OSAP Dhenkanal, 2nd OSAP Jharsuguda, 1st IRBE Koraput, 3rd IRBE Kalinganagar, 4th IRBE Deogarh, 1st,3rd,4th,6th and 8th Battalion would participate in the title race.
Semifinalists spotted in Sahani Cup football
Bhubaneswar: Cuttack and Jharsuguda would meet Bargarh and Angul at Brajaarajnager and Jharsuguda respectively in the semifinal of the 56th Senior Men Inter District Football Championship for Sahani Cup on Tuesday. In the one-sided quarterfinal match, Jharsuguda defeated Bolangir by 4-0 goals at Jharsuguda Venue on Sunday. Sumit Munda of the winning team netted three goals at 53rd, 56th and 90th and Kishore Khadia joined the party and netted a goal at 86th minute. G Suresh Kumar, T Mohan Rao, Sujit Patra and Kunti lakra were officiating the match as referees. Cuttack edged out Koraput by 2-0 goals at Brajrajnagar . Mahesh Sahoo and Surendra Soren netted a goal each in the 8th and 35th minutes respectively. The match was conducted by Romancha Bhainsa, Sudip Das, Chandrakanta Barik and P Rajeswar Rao. Antarjami Nayak netted hattrick and powered the Angul to beat Balasore by 4-0 goals at Belpahar Venue. Antarjami scored in the 31st, 53rd and 76th minutes and Sunil Sardar netted a goal at 79th minute. The officials who conducted the match were Bhanu Bauri, PSK Verma , Ramani Majhi and PK Mohanty.
In the nail biting quarterfinal match, racing from the back Baragarh defeated Deogarh by 3-2 goals at laikera Venue. Deogarh got the lead in the 11th minute through the goal by Ananda lakra, he also scored another goal for the team in the 17th minute. Bablu Oram, Prabin Sahoo and Prabin lakra of the wining team scored a goal each in the 13th, 24th and77th minutes respectively. The officials who conducted the match were Prasanta Pal, Rajesh Bhainsa, Jiban Jyoti Nayak and Rajesh Patel.
7 bodybuilders selected for selection trail camp
Bhubaneswar: Seven bodybuilders of the State got selected here on Sunday, for the national bodybuilding selection trail camp to be held at Baroda in Gujarat on November 28. Anil Gochhikar (70kg), Pankaj Pratihari (65kg), Rashmi Ranjan Sahu (75kg) and S Krishna Rao (55kg) were selected from the trail held at Bhanja Kalamandap here.
Other three bodybuilders Satyajit Pratihari (90kg+), Sk Mustak, Rajesh Babu Achary (65kg) got selected on the basis of their past perferfance. Among others, coach and Judge Babuli Swain, Raj Kishor Mallia, Bhabani Sankar Sahu and Bharati Krushna Brahma were present on the occassion.