Krishna Club to host day and night cricket
Bhubaneswar: Krishna Cricket Club is all set to host two day long day and night cricket tournament at Shanti Nagar in Jharapada here from March 28. In the six over tournament six school teams would participate in the inter-school category and 16 teams would took part in the senior category. The champion would receive Rs 25,000 and the runner up to take home Rs 15,000. In the individual prizes, man of the final, man of the series, best batsman and bowler would get Rs 3,000, Rs 6,000, Rs 3,000 and 3,000 each respectively. Similarly,the inter school champion team would receive the trophy along with cash award of Rs 10,000 and the runner up to be richer by Rs 6,000.
Sports Hostel win in Chandan Cup Football
Bhuibaneswar: Sports Hostel Bhubaneswar defeated Kendrapada by 6-5 goals via through penalty kicks and entered the semifinal of the 2nd All India Chandan Cup Women Football Tournament at Baramunda Ground here on Wednesday. After the barren first half, Kendrapada got the lead in the 51st minute by Meneka Mallick. Jasmani Samad of the Sports Hostel scored the equalizer in the 69th minute. The match ended in 1-1 goal draw in the stipulated time. Subhaprava Rout, Srijana Tamang, Sukanti Raoula, Jabamani Tudu and Tikina Samal of the wiining team successfully converted their kicks into goals. Bishnupriya Das, Sudipta Dash, Chitrambada Patra and Dibyani Shukla were the officials conducted the match as referees. In the quarterfinal match on Thursday, Sundargarh would meet Jharkhand.
All India Open Fide Rating Chess begins
Bhubaneswar: Altogether 165 players from 13 States are participating in the five-day-long 3rd Bhubaneswar All India Open Fide Rating Chess Championship, inaugurated here at Hotel Empires on Wednesday, being organised by Khordha District Chess Association. One Grand Master, four International Master, one Women Grand Master , five FIDE Master, three Women FIDE Master, two Woman Candidate Master and total of 135 international rated players are fighting for the top prizes. The tournament featuring total cash award of Rs 5 lakhs. IM Himansu Sharma (rating 2432) of Railway is the top rated player of the meet. The nine rounds championship was inaugurated by Diptesh Patnaik, IPS, Dy Inspector General of Police, in presence of All Odisha Chess Association joint secretary Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, executive member Gobinda Chandra Mohapatra, Sures Chandra Sahoo and KDCA secretary Subhasis Patnaik. Odisha (59), Andhra Pradesh (27), Tamilnadu (20), Maharashtra (16), West Bengal (14), Karnatak (nine), Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand (three each), Uttar Pradesh (two), Assam, Chandigarh, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh (one each) are participating.
Birendra lakra selected for Azlan saha Cup
Bhubaneswar: Odisha defender Birendra lakra got selected in the Indian Hockey team as announced by Hockey India on Wednesday for the fast approaching 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, scheduled to take place from 5th till 12th April 2015, in Ipoh, Malaysia. Coming April 5th, 2015 will see the 18 hand-picked players for the Indian Men National Hockey Team taking on Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Malaysian and Canada in the impending 24th Sultan Alzan Shah Cup in order to claim the title of Sultan. The core probables were seen sweating it out on the field during rigorous training session in preparation of the tournament. Where Sardar Singh will be leading the team as the Captain, the Indian star-goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will be seen supporting him as the Vice-Captain Training under Coach Paul van Ass, the Indian Men are undergoing serious training sessions with a mindset of outclassing the opponents in the upcoming tournament. The 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup at Malaysia will be played from April 5 to 12 and six teams will be seen fighting it out for the title. India will play their first match against Korea on 5 April .