CM Felicitates Pramod Bhagat
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated pare World Badminton Champion Pramod Bhagat in his residence here on Monday. CM congratulated Pramod and wished him to do better in future. Odisha’s ace badminton player Pramod Bhagat bagged gold in singles and silver medal in doubles event of the BWF Para World Badminton Championship at England. Earlier, Pramod won bronze medal in singles event of the, Asian Games 2014 at Incheon in South Korea. He also grabbed gold in doubles event of the BWF Para World Championship 2013 at doutmount in Germany. Among others Sports and Youth Services Minister Sudam Marandi and Badminton Association President Rohit Pujari were present.
Ganjam School Chess from Sept 26
Bhubaneswar: Ganjam District Chess Association (GDCA) is all set to organize School Chess Tournament for Ganjam at Matrusree Anglo Vedic (MAV) School at Hill Patna in Berhampur from September 26 to 27. Students below 15 years age can participate in the two day long seven rounds tournament. The champion would receive the trophy along with cash award of Rs 1,500 and runner up to get Rs 1,000. The players can register their name before September 25. Further details players can contact GDCA secretary Krushna Kumar Sarma (919437204225), Bishnu Prasad Purohit (918984761332) and HK Nath (919437770405).
Semifinalists spotted in National Jr Rugby
Bhubaneswar: Odisha boys and Maharashtra would meet Delhi and West Bengal respectively in the boys semifinals of the National Junior Rugby Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Tuesday, being organized by Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA). In the league round matches on Monday, Bihar and Tamil Nadu defeated Punjab and Gujarat by 41-0, 62-0 respectively. Similarly, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh edged out Kerala and Chhattisgarh by 19-0 and 51-0 respectively. ORFA announced 12-member girl U-18 teams for the seven-a-side tournament. Sumitra Nayak would lead the team as captain and ManasKumar Jena as coach. Altogether 10 teams would participate in the meet. Odisha girls team; Sumitra Nayak ( Captain ), Rajani Sabar, Sony Mandangi, Basanti Pangi, Manjulata Pradhan, lija Sardar, Jemamani Naik, Buduni laguri, Sasmita Maharana, Poonam Singh, Puja Senapate, Akankshya Singh Deo, Manas Kumar Jena (head coach), Dhiren Kumar Rout (Asst Coach and Manager).
JSJS win Gati Krushna Memorial Football tourney
Bhubaneswar: JSJS Bhabani Football Club defeated United Bothers Football Club by 1-0 goal in the group-D league match of the 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Monday, being organised by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association. Ratanjeet Mohanty of JSJS Bhabani Club scored the all important goal in the 23rd minutes. Susanta Mishra, Manoranjan Khuntia, Sekhawat Khan and Manoj Soren were conducted the match as referees. Neel Kamal Football Club would meet SGO Nayapalli in the league round match on Tuesday.
Rural Hockey Tournament held
Rourkela: The 13th Rural Hockey Tournament, organized by Rourkela Steel Plant at Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium came to an end on Sunday with Shakti Nagar and Panposh Sports Association emerging as winners in the men and women categories respectively. P K Pradhan, GM In-charge (P&A), RSP graced the concluding function as chief guest and presented cash awards and trophies to the winners.It is noteworthy that the tournament was organized with the objective of giving a platform to the rural hockey talents to showcase their sporting skills. It is worth mentioning that an overwhelming number of 70 teams including seven girls teams participated in the tournament. The matches were played on knockout basis as per the GIH Rules.
KISS enters MCl Cup Football final
Bhubaneswar: Dillip Murmu and Sana Marandi of defending champion KISS netted double goals each and guided the team to beat Mother’s Public School by 6-2 goals and barged into the final of the MCl Cup Inter School Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Monday, being organised by Unit-6 Athletic Association. Dillip Murmu netted two goals in the two minute and 50th minute. Similarly, Sana Marandi scored double goals in the 18th and 58th minutes. Other two players of KISS, Sunil Murmu and Deepak Kumar Barada scored a goal each in the 60th and 24th minutes respectively. Subham Mohanty and Anar Banpal of Mother’s Public School scored a goal each. Veteran footballer Dillip Kumar Sahu gave away the man of the match award to Suna Kumar Marandi of the winning team. Vikash High School would meet Sainik School in the semifinal on Wednesday.