Odisha’s 20 Jr Footballers to join TFA
Bhubaneswar: As like every year Tata Steel in association with Unit-6 Athletic Association (UAA) selected a 20 member junior footballers of the State to join the Tata Football Academy (TFA) at Jamshedpur for a 20 days training camp. The players will leave from here on Friday.
law Minister Arun Kumar Sahu wished the players and said them to perform well so that they can confirm their berth in TFA. Among others, Tata Steel chief residential executive Manikant Nayak, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association joint secretary Naba Ranjan Pattnaik, UAA secretary Dillip Kumar Das, vice president Akhaya Das and Prafulla Mishra were present. Selected Players: Bikash Kumar Sahu, Rakesh Kumar Sahu, Anil Samal, Narayan Samal, Abinash Pradhan, Tapan Singh, Chiranjeev Sekhar Behera, Narayan Swain (all of Cuttack), Bijaya Mukhi, Ranjan Mukhi , Golak Bihari Pradhan (all of Phulbani), Prakash Nayak, Bijaya Kumar Barik (both Bhubaneswar), Bibhu Ranjan Champati, Papun Naik (both Khurda), Rakesh Dalei (Nayagarh), John David (Balasore), Surya Kanta Naik (Keonjhar), Rajat Rout (Kendrapada), Mahendra Jali (Balugaon), Rameswar Parhi (coach), Ashish Pradhan (manager).
Bengal players dominate Tennis series
Bhubaneswar: West Bengal players dominated the AITA-OTPPA Championship series (CS7) Tennis Tournament of U-12 and U-16 by claiming three titles out of four at KIIT International School here on Friday, being organized by Odisha Tennis Players Parents Association (OTPPA). Top seed Yubrani Banerjee, Ananya Yadav and Ishaan Tibrewal of West Bengal emerged champion in the u-16 girls, u-12 girls and u-16 boys singles titles. The U-12 singles title won by Nikhil T Niranjan of Karnataka. Prizes were given to the winners and runners up by Pramod Ku Patnaik,President OTPPA in presence of J Mohanty Tournament Director and Jatin Batsya Tournament Referee.
Final results: Boy’s U-12 singles; Nikhil T Niranjan (Karnataka) bt Amrutjay Mohanty (Odisha) 6-3, 6-1. Boy’s U-16 singles; Ishaan Tibrewal (West Bengal) beat Mahesh Mohapatra 6-1,6-2, Girls U-12 singles; Ananya Yadav (West Bengal) beat K Sivaraman Tamil Nadu 6-3,6-3, Girls U-16 singles; Yubrani Banerjee (West Bengal) beat Rutuparna Choudhury (Odisha) 6-4,2-6,6-3.