Amiya bags silver in National Open Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s ace sprinter Amiya Kumar Mallick bagged silver medal by clocking 10.61 seconds in the ONGC National Open Athletics Championships at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on Monday. Manikanda Rumugam of Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) grabbed the gold medal by clocking 10.56 seconds and bronze medal received by Joythi Shankar by clocking 10.65 seconds. Amiya will participate in 200 meter race and Srabani Nanda to participate in 200 meter race on Tuesday. Srabani representing Indian Railway. After the stupendous performance of the Indian Athletics Team at the 2014 Asian Games, the track and field stars around 1,000 athletes are participating in the 54th edition of the Championships which will concluded on November 5.
Rourkela lift Police Hockey Trophy
Bhubaneswar: Rourkela Districts emerged champion by defeating OSAP 6th Bn Cuttack by 3-1 goals vei through penalty kicks in the final of the 71st State Police Hockey Championship, which concluded at Reserve Police Ground here on Monday. The nail biting final match ended in 1-1 goal draw in the stipulated time. Altogether 18 teams participated in the eight-day-long tournament. OSAP 4th Bn Rourkela defeated 4th IR Bn Deogarh and finished third. A Khalko and G lakra of the champion team received player of the match and best goal keeper awards respectively. E Munda of 1st IR Bn Upper Kolab Koraput received best defence award. Best midfielder award received by A lugun of Commissinorate Police-A. Best forward and emerging player of the tournament awards by S Kerketa of 4th IR BnDeogada and D lakra of Rourkela respectively. DGP Sanjeev Marik distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Additional DGP law and Order Binaya Nanda Jha.
Padmini retains lead in National Women Chess
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s chess queen WGM Padmini Rout (rating 2331)shared points with WGM Kulkarni Bhakti (2295) in the ninth round and scored 7.5 points in the ensuing National Women Premier Chess Championship at Sanghli,Maharastra on Monday.
Overnight leader Padmini maintains her sole lead with 7.5 points. WGM Mary Ann Gomes following Padmini with seven points. In the 10th round Padmini will fight with Hinduja Reddy (1934).
Phulbani, Cuttack win in Kalinga Cup Football
Bhubaneswar: Football Association of Phulbani edged out Jay Hind Club of Sundargarh by 5-1 goals in the Inter District Club Championship-2014(Kalinga Cup Qualifying Round) at Gandhi Stadium on Monday. Antarjami Nayak netted double goals in the 13th and 31st minutes. Prasanjeet Oram, Dasrathi Kanwar and Priya Ranjan Seth netted a goal each in the 21st,66th and 85th minutes respectively. Nilambar Sai of Jay Hind Club of Sundargarh scored the solitary goal in the 40 min. Abdul Mazid, Sarat Kumar Nanda, Giridhari Sahoo and Nisarkant Nag were officiated the match as referees. In the match between Pataka Club of Angul and Sports Hostel of Cuttack ended in 1-1 goal draw in the regulation time at Sadeipali Venue. After the lemon breaks, Abino Koleyan Okari
scored a goal in the 65th minute and Angul got the lead. Sujit Tirkey scored the equalizer in the 76th minutes. In the penalty tie breaker Sports Hostel of Cuttack won the match by 4-1 goals. The match was conducted by Chandrakant Barik, SS Panda, Sujit Patra and Sudip Dash.
St Joseph, KV-1 win in Inter-School Cricket
Bhubaneswar: St Joseph High School and Kendrya Vidyalaya-1 (KV-1) defeated loyola School and Stewart School by four and seven wickets respectively in the league round matches of the 13th Bhubaneswar Inter-School Cricket Tournament at Unit-II high School Ground here on Monday, being organized by Veterans Cricket Association of Odisha. Ayush Barik of St Joseph and Uditosh Parida of KV-1 received the man of the match awards in their respective league round matches. Brief score: loyola School 86/10 in 13.1 overs (Chiransit Das 30, Ayush Pal 3/12, Ayush Barik 2/21) lost to St-Joseph School 87 /6 in 17.1 (Sourav Mallick 2/21, Chiranjit Das 2/23) by 4 wickets. Stewart School 110/ 10 in 22.1overs (Rahil Nishra 24, A Malla 23) lost to KV-1 111/3 in 19.1 overs (Uditosh Parida 40, Anwesh Tripathy 29; Gyana Ranjan Das 2/24) by 7 wickets.