Mahesh, Rutupurna win AITA-OTPPA series Bhubaneswar
Top seed Mahesh Mohapatra and Rutuparna Chaoudhury of Odisha bagged the champions title in the under-14 boys and girls events respectively in the AITA-OTPPA Championship series tennis Tournament for U12 and U14(Boys and Girls),which concluded at KIIT International School here on Friday. Similarly in the under 12 boys and girls title claimed by Udit Gogoi of Assam and Saikh Musharat Anjum of Andhra Pradesh respectively. Dr Monalisha Bal,Chairperson of KIIT International school gave away the prizes to the winners and runners up of the tournament in presence of Sanjay Suar Principal,KIIT International school, Pramod Kumar Patnaik President,OTPPA, Jamini Mohanty Secretary,OTPPA, Debasis Mohapatra Tournament Director and Jatin Batsya Tournament Referee Final results: U-12 boys: Udit Gogoi (AS)Bt Amrutjay Mohanty [2] (OR) 6-1,4-6,6-2, U-14 Boys; Mahesh Mohapatra [1](OR) Bt Vishal Reddy Pagadala [7] (KA) 6-2,6-2, U-12 Girls; Saikh Musharat Anjum[1] (AP) Bt Ananya Yadav [2] (WB) 6-3,6-4, U-14 Girls; Rutuparna Choudhury [1] (OR)Bt Anjum Shaik Musharat [2] (AP) 6-4,6-1, U-14 boys doubles: Amrutjay Mohanty (OR), Udit Gogoi (AS) bt Abdul K Khan (AP), Ch Sree Harshit (AP) 6-1,6-0.
ECoR to meet Sports Hostel in Chandan Cup Bhubaneswar
East Coast Railways would cross swords with Sports Hostel Bhubaneswar in the final of the 2nd All India Chandan Cup Women Football Tournament at Baramunda Ground here on Saturday, being organised by Odisha Veer Mahasangha in association with Baramunda Youth Association and City Club. In the semifinal on Friday, Sports Hostel defeated Sundargarh by 1-0 goal. After the barren first half, Jasamani Samad of the winning team netted the all important goal in the 51st minutes and Jasamani bagged the women of the match award. The champion team would receive the trophy along with cash award of Rs 15,000 and the runner up team to be richer by Rs 10,000. Bishnupriya Das, Sudipta Das, Chitrambada Patra and Dibyani Sukla were the officials conducted the match. Odia actor Deepak and producer Prakash Srichandan, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary SR Parija and Aravinda Mitra were present as the guest in the match.