Secretary Cup Cricket tournament from Nov 7
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Secretariat Cricket Association (OSCA) would organize 17th Secretariat Cup Cricket Tournament here from November 7, informed OSCA secretary Tarun Chandra Pal through a release.
Total 32 teams would participate in the tournament. The team would participate in the league cum knockout basis. The city based central government office, state government office, corporation and corporate office teams would join the meet. The teams can contact Tarun Pal on and before October 10 through 9861086061 and 9438686061.
JSJS wins football league
Bhubaneswar: In the group-C league match on Tuesday, JSJS Bhabani Football Club edged out Silicon Institute of Technology by 3-0 goals in the 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-B Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here, being organised by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association. Bibek Kujur of JSJS scored double goals, he netted the first goal in the 25th minutes and his mate Biplab Dehuri doubled the lead in the 29th minutes. After the change of sides, Bibek scored the final goal in the 66th minutes. Durga Acharya, Manoranjan Khuntia, Chandrakanta Barik and Susanta Mishra were conducted the match as referees. Gada Gopinath Prasad Football Club would meet Ekamra Sports Association in the league round match on Wednesday.
Sainik, Rama Krushna win in MCl Cup Football
Bhubaneswar: Rama Krushna Sikhya Kendra IRC Village and Sainik School edged out Aurabinda School and BJB English Medium School respectively in the pre quarterfinal matches and entered the quarterfinal of the MCl Cup Inter School Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Tuesday, being organised by Unit-6 Athletic Association. The match between Rama Krushna Sikhya Kendra IRC Village and Aurobinda School ended in draw in stipulated time. Rama Krushna scripted win through tie breaker by 2-1 goals. Baidyanath Murmu and Dhaneswar Murmu of the winning team scored a goal each in the tie breaker and Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo of Aurobinda School scored a goal. Corporater Pranab Kishore Swain gave away the man of the match award to Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo. Rajan Kumar Balmiki, Vinay Kumar and SS Hambram of Sainik School successfully converted goals in the tie breaker and the team defeated BJEM by 3-1 goals through tie breaker. Sourav Das of BJEM scored a goal. Bilash Behera gave away the man of the match award to Pritesh Pradhan.
Swapnil wins Kesabananda Memorial Chess
Bhubaneswar: Overnight leader IM Swapnil S Dhopada of Railway shared points with IM Nitin S in the ninth round and scored seven points and become the sole leader in the 4th Keshabananda Das Memorial All India FIDE Open Rating Chess Championship here on Tuesday, being organised by Khurda District Chess Association. Nitin and Muthaiah Al scored 6.5 points each and shared the second place. IM Narayanan Srinath, Ravi Teja S and Krishna CRG scored six points each and placed in the third place. local boy FM Soumyaranjan Mishra scored 5.5 points and shared fourth place along with ten others. Rakesh Kumar Nayak and WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty scored five points each by the end of eighth round.