Pyari guides Odisha eves to beat Delhi
Bhubaneswar: A double goals haul by Payri Xaxa of Odisha powered the team to beat Delhi by 3-0 goals in the women football events league round match of the 35th National Games at Corporation Stadium, Trissur in Kerala on Sunday. At 7th minutes of the game experienced striker Sasmita Malik of the State scored a goal by a long range shooting. Pyari Xaxa increased the lead for the State in the 28th minutes. After the lemon breaks, Payri netted another goal in the 53rd minutes and Odisha registered a 3-0 goal victory. Altogether eight teams are participating in two groups. Odisha placed in the group-A along with the host Kerala, Delhi and West Bengal. The group-B teams are Manipur, Jharkhand, Pondicherry and Haryana. Odisha women would meet West Bengal on February 3.
SAI enter Jadupur Cup Football final
Bhubaneswar: SAI of Cuttack entered the final of the 28th Jadupur Cup Football Tournament at Jadupur in the city outskirt by defeating Kishor Club of Bhubaneswar by 3-1 goals vie through penalty kicks, being organised by Jadupur Athletic Association. Though the semifinal game was very competitive, nobody was able to score a single goal in the scheduled time. Sk Kamal Uddin of the winning team bagged the man of the match award. Social Worker Dijabara Sahoo distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Jadupur Athletic Association president Dilawar Khan, secretary Daud Ali and Insan Ali were present. Sujit Patra, Chandrakant Barik, Pradip Nayak and Deepak Ranjan Panigrahi were officiating the match as referees. Sports Hostel of Cuttack would meet Odisha Police of Cuttack in the group-B quarterfinal match on Monday.
lancers suffer 4th defeat in a row in HHIl
Bhubaneswar: Kalinga lacers improved in many tactical lines on the match but the results remain same and they suffered fourth defeat in row. Jaypee Punjab Warriors edged out Kalinga lancers in the league round match by 2-1 goals in the Hero Hockey India league at Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday. As like every match the lancers started the match with all aggression but could not able to maintain the tempo till the end of the match. lancers got the lead in the 24th minute by the penalty corner goal by Gurjinder Singh. lancers dominated all three quarters, but in the fourth and final quarter JPW bounced back in style, Sardar Singh successfully converted the only penalty corner the team got in the 42st minute. The real hero of the match Affan Yousuf nailed the winning goal in the 50th minute. The lancers got three penalty corners but manage to score in one. With the loss lancers placed in the fifth with eight points. The JPW gathered 22 points and placed in the top of the point table.