Ansu to meet Avilash in Odisha Open Tennis final
Bhubaneswar: Top seed Ansu Kumar Bhuyan would meet fifth seed Avilash Mishra in the men’s single final of the Major Sandeep Mohapatra Memorial Odisha Open Tennis Tournament here on Sunday. 2014. Ansu and Avilash defeated Adarsh Sahoo and Asutosh Das by 6-3,6-2 and 6-1,7-6 respectively in the semifinals on Saturday. Similarly in the mixed doubles final Satirtha Patnaik and partner Rutuparna Choudhury would meet Asutosh Das and Alisha Samal duo. In the semifinals, Satirtha and partner Rutuparna edged out top seed Ajaynishank and Shilpi Swarupa Das by 9-5. In another match, Asutosh and Alisha duo defeated lalit Dash and Komal Vishakha by 9-7.
Cuttack win Kalinga Cup Football
Bhubaneswar: Racing from the back Sports Hostel of Cuttack edged out United Sporting Club of Bargarh by 2-1 goals in the final and emerged champion of the Inter District Club Championship-2014(Kalinga Cup Qualifying Round) 2014, which was concluded at Gandhi Stadium in Bolangir on Sunday. After the barren first half, Bargarh got the lead in the 55th minutes by goal of Mukesh Bhoi. In the 63rd minutes Sujit Tirkey of the winning team netted the equaliser and his-mate Mukesh Minz nailed the final goal in the 77th minute. The officials who conducted the match were Sudip Das, Romancha Bhainsa, Chandrakant Barik and Sujit Patra as referee. MlA Bolangir Narsingha Mishra distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Dr. Srikara Mishra(Working President , FAO), Rabi Narayan Panda (Vice President- FAO),. Harinarayan Pujari (Hon’y General Secretary- Bolangir Dist Athletic Association), Prabhat Aditya Mishra (Hon’y General secretary- Baragarh DAA) and Prafulla Kumar Behera (Football Secretary- DAA Bolangir) were present.
KISS to meet Venketeswar in Inter-school final
Bhubaneswar: KISS would cross swords with Venketeswar English Medium School in the final of the 13th Inter-School Cricket Tournament at BJB Collage Ground here on Sunday. In the semifinal on Saturday, being invited to bat first, Susant Kumar Majhi of KISS smashed 62 runs in 61 balls. Tukuna Himrika and Narasingha Sisho contributed 28 and 24 runs respectively and team total reached 1978 runs in 30 overs by losing eight wickets. In reply, DAV Chandrashekharpur scored 132 runs in 30 overs by losing five wickets. Swapnil Sinha scored highest 39 runs. Brief Score: KISS 197/8 in 30 overs ( Susant Kumar Majhi 62, Tukuna Himrika 28 , Narasingha Sisho 24) beat DAV CsPur 132/5 in 30 overs (Swapnil Sinha 39, Priyum Dash 37, Sreemoy Nayak 20) by 65 runs.
Rourkela-A to meet BBSR-B in Women Hockey Semis
Rourkela: After Bhubaneswar-A the other three teams Rourkela-A, Rourkela-B and Bhubaneswar-B entered into semi Finals after the end of league matches on Saturday in the Dhyan Chand Memorial Women Hockey Tournament at Biju Pattnaik Hockey Stadium in Rourkela being organized by the Panposh Sports Association (PSA) in association with Rourkela Steel Plant. On Saturday league matches while Rourkela-A defeated Sambalpur by 8-0 goals, Rourkela-B, and Bhubaneswar-B defeated KISS,Bhubaneswar and Puri by 6-0 and 3-1 goals respectively. Pitter Tirkey, Rajukanta Saini, Amulya Behera, S Khalko, SC Tappo, B lakra and Florencia Ekka conducted the matches. Technical director Michel Kindo and assistant technical director Amulyananda Bihari, PSA officials Susanta Behera and Mehendra Mishra were present. On Sunday morning in first semifinal while Rourkela-A will take on Bhubaneswar-B, in second one Bhubaneswar-A will meet Rourkela-B. In afternoon the final match will be played.
Bhubaneswar Athletic meet begins
Bhubaneswar: The two-day-long Bhubaneswar Athletic Meet has been kicks started at Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday, being organised by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association (BAA). Altogether 500 athletes and 30 officials from the city and its periphery are participating in the meet. The athletes would participate in the U-14,16,18, 20 boys and girls, men and women categories. BAA president Suresh Kumar Routary, secretary Dr SR Parija, Ashok Mohanty and Arabinda Mitra were present in the inaugural ceremony. Results: 5000 meter men; Jitendra Kumar Sahoo (1st), Chatray Hansda (2nd), Sadamuddin (3rd), 1500 meter men, Manjunath, Jitendra Kumar Sahoo, Sauvagaya Ranjan Nayak, 1500 meter boys U-19; Harekrushna Munda, Md Abdul Raheman, sambit Subhankar Ghadai, 800 meter boys U-20; Prudhvi Peethala, Sk Hasrat Ali, Mohit Kumar Sahoo, 800 meter girls U-20; Albina lakra, Sital Achary, Debashree Jena, 800 boys U-18; Harekrushna Munda, Suman Maharana, Subhasis Nayak, 800 meter girls U-18; Mani Saswati Minz, Suchita Tirkey, Sonitab Singh, 5000 meter boys U-20; Arjun Kisku, Sitansu Ghadei, Md Aqudar Rahman, High jump boys U-14; Dambaru Naik, Dilip Naik, Tejasman Behera, High Jump boys U-16; Manas Ranjan Mishra, Nimu Tutu, Sibasish Tripathy, High jump U-18; Asutosh Nayak, Saurav Paikray, rakesh Kumar Shit.
State Gateball coaching camp begins
Bhubaneswar: The State level selection and coaching camp kicks started at Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday, being organised by Odisha Gateball Association. Total 60 players from 16 districts are participating in two day long selection camp. The State boys and girls teams would be selected for the forthcoming National Gateball Tournament to be held at Kalinga Stadium here from December 26 to 28. ODM School chairman S Minaketan inaugurated the camp. Among others, secretary Azam Khan, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary Dr SR Parija and Ashok Mohanty were present.