Debasish wins Mr Jharsuguda title
Bhubaneswar: Bodybuilder Debasish Dutta bagged the Mr Jharsuguda title at Jharsuguda on Sunday. Rajesh Teumurkar and Srikant Sahu won the second and third place respectively. 55 kgs Weight Category: 1st Position, Hemant Sunani, 2nd Position, Nirmal Suna, 3rd Position, Ratu Kharsel, 60 kgs Weight Category: Rajesh Teumurkar, Manish Shah, Bharat Kanta. 65 kgs Weight Category; Tulram Rohidas, Durga Singh, Bhawani Behera, 70 kgs Weight Category; 1st Position, Srikant Sahu, 2nd Position, Sukant Sahu, 75 kgs Weight Category: 1st Position; Bhanu Pratap Singh, 90 kgs Weight Category; Debasish Dutta.
Odisha eves footballer enter National semis
Bhubaneswar: Odisha women team registered their second win in a row by defeating West Bengal by 4-0 goals in the 35th National Games at Corporation Stadium, Trissur in Kerala on Tuesday. Once again as like the first league match star striker Payri Xaxa netted double goals in the 80th and 87th minutes respectively against West Bengal. Pinky Bompal Magar draw the first blood in the 21st minute and her mate Jabamani Soren scored a goal in the 50th minute. 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. In the last league round match, Odisha women would meet West Bengal on February 3.
Paradise enter Jadupur Cup Football semis
Bhubaneswar: Friends Paradise of Jatani entered the group-B semifinals of the 28th Jadupur Cup Football Tournament by defeating United Sports Club of Rourkela by 4-3 goals through tie breaker at Jadupur in the city outskirt on Tuesday, being organised by Jadupur Athletic Association. Though the game was very competitive, nobody was able to score a single goal in the scheduled time.This lead to a tie breaker where Friends Paradise won by 4-3 goal. Saroj Maharana of the winner team received the man of the match award. Social worker Mirja Jyaul Beg distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Pl Mohanty, Jadupur Athletic Association president Dilawar Khan, Secretary Daud Ali and Insan Ali were present. Sekhawat Khan, Durga Acharya, Sujit Patra and Chandrakant Barik were officiated the match as referees. In the semifinal match on Wednesday, Sports Hostel of Cuttack would meet Friends Paradise United of Jatani.