DPS, Mother’s enter Football quarterfinals
Bhubaneswar: DPS Kalinga and Mother’s Public School defeated Times Gurukul and DAV Kalinga Nagar respectively in the MCl Cup Inter School Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Monday, being organized by Unit-6 Athletic Association (UAA).
In the one-sided pre-quarterfinal match, Dhyanedra N Bhanjadeo of DPS Kalinga scored hattrick and guided the team to beat DAV Kalinga Nagar by 3-0 goals. Dhyanendra scored goals in the 10th,13th and 16th minutes. Odisha Byabasaya Sangha president Sudhakar Panda gave away the man of the match award to Dhyanendra of the winning team.
In another nail biting match, Mother’s Public School defeated Times Gurukul by 4-3 via through penalty kicks. The match ended in 1-1 goal draw in the stipulated time. In the 17th minute Sarthak Sharma gave lead to Mother’s School. Jayaeb Khan of Times Gurkul scored the equalizer in the 32 minutes. Odisha Powerlifting Association secretary Chitta Ranjan Swain gave away the man of the match award to Jayad Khan of the Times Gurukul. Sekhawat Khan, Sudip Das, Rajendra Barik, Amit Naik and Durga Routray were conducted the match as referees. Aurobinda School ans Sainik School would meet Rama Krushna Sikhya Kendra and BJEM of BJB Nagar respectively on Tuesday.
Xavier win in Gati memorial football league
Bhubaneswar: A double goal haul by Gaurav Biswal of Xavier Premier lOC powered the team to beat JSJS AG Colony by 2-0 goals in the group-B league round match of the 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-B Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Monday, being organized by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association. Xavier got early lead through the goal by Gaurav in the fifth minutes. By the change of sides, once again Gourav netted another goal in the 55th minutes. Pradeep Kumar Nayak, Durga Acharya, Susanta Mishra and TM Rao were conducted the match as referees. Silicon Institute of Technology would meet JSJS Bhabani Football Club in the league round match on Tuesday.
Dr. Bimalandu Mohanty, former Director, Sports and Vice-Chancellor, Orissa Culture University attended the match as chief guest and was introduced with the players during the half time.
Dhopada, Anurag in the top in Kesabananda Chess
Bhubaneswar: Overnight joint leader IM Swapnil S Dhopade and IM Anurag Mhamal retained their top place by registering win in their respective sixth round match with 5.5 points each in the 4th Keshabananda Das Memorial All India FIDE Open Rating Chess Championship here on Monday, being organised by Khurda District Chess Association. Indian Railway employee IM Dhopada edged out lIC employee IM Deshmukh Anup and IM Anurag Mhamal defeated Kunal M in the sixth rounds. IM Ravi Teja S and IM Nitin S both of Railways gathered five points each and jointly placed in the second place.
Seven players including local boy FM Soumyaranjan Mishra scored 4.5 points each and shared the third place. Soumyaranjan pipped Utkal Ranjan Sahoo in the sixth rounds. Another Odisha player WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty scored four points and in the top 20 player lists.
Odisha boy Ansuman Samal (1923 elo rating) caused an upset in the sixth round by defeating Railway IM DP Singh (2192 elo rating) and scored four points.