Rising enter Bhuyan, Saourav Memorial cricket semis
Bhubaneswar: Rising Students of Cuttack enterd the semifinal of the NM Bhuyan, Sourav Mohanty Memorial Cricket Tournament by defeating Pragati Sporting of Bhubaneswar by huge 151 runs at BJB College Ground here on Sunday. Batting first, Subhranshu Samal and Deepak Behera of Rising Student scored 67 and 55 runs respectively and guided the team to reach 247 runs in 39.5 overs. In reply, Dhiraj Singh scaled four wickets and restricted Pragati Sporting for 96 runs in 29.1 overs. Ashish Pratihary, Director Fortune Spirit lTD presented the man of the match award to Deepak Behera. Mukteswar Cricket Club would meet Scan Sporting in the quarterfinal match on Monday.
Brief Score: Rising Student 247/10 in 39.5 overs (Subhranshu Samal 67(4x8), Deepak Behera 55(6x5), Santosh Sethi 36(4x4), Biplab Samantray 24(4x3) ; Sudatta Chandan 2/36, Niranjan Behera(jr) 2/47, Sumitosh Praharaj 2/48 ) beat Pragati Sporting 96/10 in 29.1 overs (Dhiraj Singh 4/18, Jamela Bhanja 2/15) by 151 runs.
TFA lift Tata Utkalika Cup Football trophy
Bhubaneswar: Tata Football Academy (TFA) of Jamshedpur emerged champion by defeating defending champion Yazdani Club-73 by 5-4 goals via through tie breaker in the final of the Tata Utkalika Cup Football Tournament, which concluded at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Sunday, being organised by Unit-6 Athletic Association.
The nail biting final match ended in 1-1 goal draw in the stipulated time. Club-73 got the lead in the 18th minute by Susant Nayak. Visal Das of TFA scored the equaliser in the 30th minute. Konsham Sana, Ronald, Visal Das and Shrivas Singh of TFA successfully converted their kicks into goal. Similarly, Sunil Marandi, Sk Jahid and Prem Kisan of Club-73 scored a goal each in the tie breaker.
The champion team received the trophy along with cash award of Rs 20,000 and the runners-up team took home Rs 15,000.Visal Das, Seiminlun Kipgon, Agia Pal Singh and Dillip Kindo of the champion team received the man of the final, man of the tournament, best goalkeeper and defender awards respectively. Santosh Tudu of runners-up team received the best half award.
Tata Steel Resident Executive Manikanta Nayak, Bhakta Ballav Das, Dillip Kumar Samantary, Bagicha Singh, UAA president Tapan Mohanty, secretary Dillip Kumar Das and Praffula Mishra were present in the closing ceremony.
Invitational Golf Tourney held
Paradip: An invitation Golf Tournament was held here on Sunday at Paradip Golf Course. The valedictory function cum prize giving ceremony was held at Paradip Port Trust (PPT) Officers Club premises. The President Gopabandhu Krida Sansad (GKS) Kishor Kumar Sahoo presided over the function. Working President Sunil Kumar Pattanaik and Ramjee Ram Executive Director of IOCl (Refinery Project) were the honourable guests.
At veteran wing winner were PK Nanda, PK Samantaray and Dr A Pattanaik, nearest to the pin winner 1-90 mts, Archit Das, largest drive winner Pradip Barik, handicap runners up Oscar Dung Dung, champion Capt. AK Mohapatra. Handicap (19-24) runners up Rajat Singh and champion Bashnab Charan Nayak and best Goss award to given to Pradip Barik.
In women wing lakhi Swain runners up, Manasi Mohapatra, 2nd runners up, Rajashree Chhotaray, 3rd runners up Subhra Mishra on nearest to the pin winner Alaka Tuneja. Welcome address was given by Buble Sikdar the Secretary Paradip Golf Club and vote of thanks given by Kishor Kumar Sahoo. The Golfers of West Bengal, Jharkhanda, Chhatishgarh and different parts of Odisha had participated in this Invitation Golf Tournament. The function was coordinated by Rabi Das (Secretary GKS) and PK Samantaray.
Sukumati, Pravesh win Tata Bhubaneswar run-a-thon
Bhubaneswar: Sukumati laguri and Pravesh Sini won the 10km events women and men categories respectively in the much awaited Tata Steel Bhubaneswar Run-a-thon at Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday.
The first professional run of the city organised by the steel major, turned out as a grand event with participation of more than 3000 runners in it. The 10 km run was flagged off at Kalinga Stadium by Berhampur MP Sidhant Mohapatra, cricketer Sourabh Tiwari, Arun Misra, Vice President, Gopalpur Project, Prashant Mallick, General Manager, Corporate Services, Kalinganagar Project, Tata Steel and Manikanata Naik, Chief Resident Executive, Tata Steel, Bhubaneswar.
Sukumati and Pravesh received Rs 51,000 each. It was followed by 7km run for Corporates and 7km run for Institutions, 5 km run for School Children and 5 km walk for citizens and 3 km run for differently abled persons. Sanjeev Marik, Director General of Police, Saswat Mishra, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha, U N Behera, Development Commissioner, Dr Krishna Kumar, VC, BDA and Municipal Commissioner, BMC, T N Khuntia, DIG, CRPF, Group Centre, Bhubaneswar, Farzan Heerjee, Chief, Guest Relations and Sports Tata Steel, Charles Borromeo, Head, Sports, Tata Steel were present on the occasion among others and flagged off different races and also awarded the winners.
The run, starting from Kalinga stadium went 5 km towards Chandrasekharpur, taking u-turn from there ended at the stadium. For the first time in the state the runners were given smart RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chips to track the participants’ performance and location bringing a professional sporting experience.
7Km Men and Women winners for Corporates and institution received Rs. 15000 each. Besides the other first 4 winners in different events, both male and female, were also awarded in the run. Speaking on the occasion Arun Misra, said that the huge success of this Tata Steel Bhubaneswar Run-a-thon proves the appeal of such professional events to the sports loving people of the state and Tata Steel is committed to make it a landmark event in the sporting calendar of Odisha in coming days.