OCAVI felicitate international cricketer Jafar
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cricket Association for the visually impaired (OCAVI) felicitated international cricketer Md Jafer Iqbal at a conference hall at Utkal University Psychology Department here on Friday.
Jafar was the member of the T20 World Cup Cricket tournament winning team in the year 2012. He was also the member of the national team which won the one-day world cup cricket tourney in 2014.
Jafar has been selected to play the India-England bilateral series at May 24 to 30. Jafar started playing cricket in the year 2000 as an extra player in the school team. With the ability and dedication he became the captain of the State team of the visually impaired in the year 2010.
Maharashtra beaten in Sub-Jr Girls Football
Bhubaneswar: Haryana defeated Maharashtra by 3-0 goals in the quarterfinal match of the Sub Junior National Football Championship for girls at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Friday. Anjali of Haryana drew the first blood in the 22nd minute. After the change of sides, Renu netted double goals in the 56th and 71st minutes respectively.
Another match between Manipur and Jharkhand ended in 1-1 goal draw. Manipur got the lead in the 22nd minute through the goal by Th Baby Sana. After the lemon breaks, laxmi Kumari of Jharkhand equalized it at 58th minutes. Chandigarh and host Odisha would meet Bihar and Mizoram respectively at Barabati Stadium on Saturday.
Semifinalists lined up in Sub-junior Baseball meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha boys edged out Rajasthan by 6-1 runs in the quarterfinal match and joined Chandigarh and Maharashtra in the semifinal of the 24th National Sub-Junior Baseball Championship at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday. Odisha’s run getter Sk Jafar and Raj Kumar Majhi scored two runs each, while Tapu Singh and Niru Singh scored one run each and guided the team to enter the semifinal. Ajaya of Rajasthan scored the solitary run to reduce the winning margin.
In the quarterfinal match on Saturday, Odisha girls would meet Gujarat. The five day long tournament has being organised by Odisha Baseball Association in association with Baseball Federation of India to be concluded on Saturday. Results of Quarterfinal matches: Girls: Maharashtra bt Chandigarh 8-0, Delhi bt Madhya Pradesh 7-0, Chhattisgarh bt Manipur 11-0. Boys: Chandigarh bt Delhi 3-1, Odisha beat Rajasthan 6-1, Maharashtra bt Chhattisgarh 2-1.
Birendra, Amit, Sushant in hockey probables team
Bhubaneswar: The Preparatory Camp of the Indian Men Core Probable’s team commences at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi on Saturday and will continue till June 9. The camp is the groundwork for the upcoming FIH Hockey World league Semi-Final in Antwerp, Belgium from June 20 to July 5. The hockey India on Friday announced 48 players will be part of the initial camp starting 16th May 2015, goalkeeper Sushant Tirkey, Berendra lakra and Amit Rohidas both defender are selected in the probables team. The players will be gauged on their skills and how they play under pressure. Post a week training session of the camp, the top 33 core probable’s will be identified along with the team for the Indian squad to play for the FIH Hockey World league Semi-Final in Belgium. The Indian Men Team has gained a significant experience from the recently concluded India-Japan Test Series in Bhubaneswar where they won the series by 3-0. The Indian team experimented with new strategies and team combinations, which yielded them positive results.