Gangpur Girls enter National Jr Hockey
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Gangpur Odisha barged into the semifinal of the 5th Junior National Women Div-B Hockey Championship by defeating Goa by 6-0 goals at Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh on Thursday. Jnhabi Pradhan of the Gangpur draw the first blood in the 20th second and she also netted another two goals in the 5th and 38th minutes respectively. Her mate Jiwan Kishori Toppo joined the party and netted three goals in 8th,13th and 64th minutes respectively. Premanjali Toppo and Namrata Bara scored a goal each in the 32nd and 52nd minutes respectively.From the beginning our team dominated the tournament. The player’s performance is developing day by day and we are hopeful that we are considered to be the strong title contender, in the semifinal match on May 4 we would meet Chhattisgarh, said team manager Florencia Ekka.
5 athletes to take part in Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: A five member State athletic team would participate in the 19th Federation Cup National Senior Athletic Championship -2015 to be held at Mangalore, Karnataka from May 1 to 4. The Odisha team is consisting of four women and one man athletes. Amiya Kumar Mallick (100 meter), Srabani Nanda (100, 200 Mtr Run), Dutee Chand (100 Mtr Run), Purnima Hembram (100 Mtr Hurdles, Heptathlon) and Sarita Singh (Hammer).
Rameswar club in U-16 Cricket tourney QF
Bhubaneswar: Rameswar Sporting Club defeated Jagruti Sporting both Bhubaneswar team by seven wickets in the Sumit Bose Memorial Junior U-16 Cricket Tournament in Cuttack on Thursday. Batting first, Jagruti scored 93 runs in 39 overs. The discipline bowling lined up Rameswar bundle out Jagruti innings in small total. In reply, Sisir Behera smashed unbeaten 40 runs and guided the team to reach the winning target in 18 overs for the loss of three wickets. Sisir of the winning team get the man of the match award. Chandra Sekhar Das and Basu Sekhar conducted the match as umpire. Biswabharati Cricket Club of Cuttack would meet Mukteswar Club of Bhubaneswar on Friday. Brief score: Jagruti Sporting 93/10 in 39 overs (Chittaranjan Patra 16; Chirag Das 2/16, Simrit Samantaray 2/17, Biswajeet Mallick 2/14, Rajesh Mohanty 2/25) lost to .Rameswar Sporting 96/3 in 18 overs (Sisir Behera 40 n.o; Sarthak samantaray 3/25) by 7 wickets.