TFI suspends OSTA secretary Santosh Mohanty
Bhubaneswar: Taekwondo Federation of India (TFI) has suspended Odisha State Taekwondo Association (OSTA) general secretary Satosh Mohanty for violation of TFI constitution and rules and regulations, placed in the official website. Adhoc Technical Committee for Odisha has been formed for the selection of State teams for the taekwondo events in the State, National Events under the aegis of TFI. Santosh and technical official JK Parida are not authorised for conducting any activity under the aegis of TFI. They are ineligible to sign any certificates and documents of OSTA from the day of their suspension and are barred from conducting any activity in India as well as the State of Odisha under the aegis of TFI. Adhoc committee convener Madhusudan Rout and his team would select the State team for the National Junior Taekwondo Championships to be held at Bengaluru from January 8-11. Adhoc Committee; Madhusudan Rout (Keonjhar, convener), K Manoj Pradhan (Ganjam, Co-Convener), Cinmay Bahera (Bhadrak), Mannu Patel (Sundergarh), DK Nath (Angul), Hemanta K Barik (Mayurbhanj) (all technical member), Shilpa Mohanty (Bhubaneshwar, member).
Mumbai lift Inter Zonal Kabaddi trophy
Bhubaneswar: University of Mumbai bagged the All India Inter Zonal University Kabaddi (Women) Tournament title by defeating MD Rohtak University of Haryana by 15-12 at KIIT University here on Monday, being organised by KIIT in association with Association of Indian Universities (AIU). Bhartiar University of Tamil Nadu edged out Punjabi University of Patiala by 21-17 and finished third in the meet. Bharthiar University of Tamilnadu, 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 were participated in the tournament along with Utkal University and KIIT. Semifinal results: MD Rohtak University bt Punjabi University Patiala by 22-21, University Of Mumbai bt Bhartiar University, Tamilnadu by 13-08.
Odisha suffers defeat in Senior Basketball
Bhubaneswar: Odisha men and women team suffered defeat from Assam in both categories in the 65th Senior National Basketball Championship held at Bhilwara in Rajasthan on Monday. The championship is being organised by the Bhilwara District Basketball Association in collaboration with the Rajasthan State Basketball Association under the aegis of Basketball Federation of India and IMG-Reliance. 27 men’s teams and 24 women’s teams are participating in this event that will be played in a league-cum-knockout format. Tamil Nadu men and Chhattisgarh women are the defending champions.
The teams have been divided into two levels: the upper level 1 and lower level 2. level 1 teams have further been split into two groups (A and B) while level 2 teams have been split into four groups. The top four teams from each level 1 group and the top team from each of the four level 2 groups will qualify for the knockout stages. Results: lavel-2: Assam (Anjusidhartan 26) bt Odisha (Roli 14, Namrata 13) 54-53 (9-13, 14-10, 15-10, 16-20), Men: Assam (Pradeep Kumar 27, Narendra Kumar 18, Brijmohan Sharma 13) bt Odisha 78-62 (16-21, 22-18, 19-8, 21-15).
Pradip Memorial Cricket from January 4
Bhubaneswar: Tillo Athletic Association is all set to host 22nd All India Pradip Memorial Cricket Tournament at Hanuman Jew Stadium in Tillo in Bhadrak from January 4 to 11. In the pool-A matches, DRK and Postal both of Odisha would meet Railway Workshop of West Bengal and SAIl of Jharkhand on January 4 and 5 respectively. Similarly in the pool-B matches, Sersa of Ranchi and ECR Bihar would meet ECoRSA of Vishakhapatnam and SERSA of Khargpur on January 8 and 9 respectively. The final match will be held on January 11.
Odisha register first inning lead in Ranji Trophy
Bhubaneswar: In reply to Haryana’s first inning score of 127 runs, Odisha scored 232 runs by losing nine wickets at day two stumps of their four day long Ranji Trophy Group-B league Match at Rohtak on Monday. J Yadav of Haryana scalped six wickets by giving 91 runs but Odisha registered a 105 runs first inning lead in the first innings.
Brief score: Haryana 127/10 in 41.1 overs (A Barot 21, A Khod 38; Basant Mohanty 3/40, Suryakant Pradhan 3/35, Deepak Behera 3/33) Vs Odisha 232/9 in 84 overs (Nataraj Behera 39 , G Rout 39, A Singh 30, Biplab Samantary 25, Surayakanta Pradhan 33; J Yadav 6/91, M Sharma 3/38).
3 new records created in State Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: Three new meet records created in the day two of the 62nd Odisha State Athletic Meet-2014 at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Monday. Priyanka Mahalik of Cuttack clocked 16:37.6 seconds in the 3000 meter race in the girls-16 event and created new records by replacing the old timing of 17:04.1 seconds. Prabasi Karua of Keonjhar rewrite new record in the 600 meter boys-14 event by clocking 1:25.5 seconds and the previous timing was 1:27.5 seconds. Similarly, in the 100 meter boy’s-16 hurdles, Punga Soren of Bhubaneswar clocked 13.6 seconds and replaced old record of 13.8 seconds.
Women football selection camp from Dec 30
Bhubaneswar: The selection trail of Odisha State Senior women football team would be held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack from December 30. The team would participate in the 35th National Games-2015, scheduled to be held at Kerala. The campers are requested to report positively on 30th Dec 2014 at the office of Football Association of Odisha. Former India team captain Sradhanjali Samantray has been appointed as the chief coach, Gitanjali Khuntia as Assistant coach and former national team goalkeeping coach Ranjita Mohanty as the goalkeeper Coach.