State Athletic meet from December 28
Bhubaneswar: Cuttack District Athletic Association is all set to host 62nd Odisha State Athletic Meet at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack from December 28 to 30.The athletes from all the districts of the State, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association, Odisha Police, Rourkela, East Coast Railway, KIITS, Paradip Port Trust would participate in the three day long meet.In this meet International athletes like Dutee Chand, Amiya Mallik, Purnima Hemberam will be in action. The first day event will star on Sunday at 7.30 am and will continue till evening and in other days it will start from 7.00 am to till end of the day.
Rupra Road win Jodabandh Football Tourney
Bhubaneswar: Rupra Road bagged the eight-day-long Jodabandha Football Championship trophy be defeating Champadeipur by 2-1 goals at Jodabandha, being organised by Chaitanya Sanskrutik Anusthan in association with Sesa Sterlite PR Department. KK Dave, COO, Sesa Sterlite distributed the champions trophy as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Similarly Balabhadra Majhi, MlA lanjigarh gave the runners-up trophy.On the eve, Dave says that company has been trying to create a good platform towards exchanging of culture and sports between players, villagers and guests. Similarly Majhi said about the development of field and declared Rs1 lakh for the stage preparation. At last all the members as well guests suggest for development of field and sports building which will be put in the district administration for further sanctions. Others presented in the eve were Koustav Ratan Kundu Head HR, Sidhartha Behera, Prahlad Naik-Ex Sarapanch, Bhimasen Sahu, Gagan Patra, laxmidhar Santosray, Rabindra Patra, Bhubaneswar Patra, Nilanchal Pradhan. Babula Patra has been awarded for best Refry for the tournament and Rupra Road as best discipline team.
National Gateball Tourney begins
Bhubaneswar: The three-day-long 10th Senior National Gateball Championship kicks started at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday, being organised by Odisha Gateball Association (OGA) under the aegis of Gateball Federation of India. Altogether 16 men and eight women team from across 16 States are participating in the meet. BJP President Bhubaneswar Amiya Kumar Dash, corporater Naba Kishor Behera, OGA president Bikash Chandra Pattnaik and secretary Md Azam were present in the inaugural ceremony.
Inter Zone VArsity Women Kabaddi inaugurated
Bhubaneswar: All India Inter Zone University Women Kabaddi Championship begins at KIIT University here on Friday. The three day long meet being organised by KIIT in association with Association of Indian Universities (AIU).Bharthiar University of Tamil Nadu, Kurukhestra University, Haryana, l.N. Mithila University of Bihar, Mangalore University of Karnatak, M.D. University, Rohatak of Haryana, M.G. Kashi Bidyapitha, Varanashi, Panjabi University, Patiala, Panjab University, Chandigarh, R.T.M University of Nagpur, Maharastra, Shivaji University, Maharastra, University of Mumbai, University of Pune, University of Kerala are participating in this tournament along with Utkal University and KIIT.The mega event was inaugurated by KIIT and KISS founder Dr. Achyuta Samanta in presence of KIIT University VC PP Mathur, register Sasmitarani Samanta and AIU Observer G Syam Kumar. Among others Prof. Jayanta Parida, Director, Sports Council, Utkal University and Gaganendu Das, Sports Director, KIIT were also present in inaugural ceremony.
Results: Krishna University (Andhra Pradesh) bt Punjab University, (Chandigarh) by 25-16, Mangalore University (Karnataka) bt KIIT University (Odisha) by 50-16, Punjab University (Patiala) bt Utkal University by 20-10, lN Mithla University (Bihar) bt RTM Nagpur University (Maharashtra) by 36-22, Mumbai University bt MG Kashi Vidyapitha by 42-23, Kurukhetra University bt Pune University 37-23, Bharatiyar University (Tamilnadu) bt Shivaji University by 34-21.