Neel Kamal win in GK Memorial Football
Bhubaneswar: In the group-D league match, PP Nanda of Neel Kamal Football Club netted double goals and guided the team to beat SGO Nayapalli by 3-1 goals in the 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Tuesday, being organized by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association. PP Nanda draw the first blood in the second minutes and his mate A Nayak double the lead in the 38th minutes. After the change of sides, PP Nanda scored another goal in the 57th minutes. Prakash Tripathy of the SGO Nayapalli scored the solitary goal in the 65th minutes. Sudip Das, Durga Routray, TM Rao and Susanta Mishra were conducted the match as referees. Bir Birsa Youth Club would meet City Club Nayapalli in the league round match on Wednesday.
Dibya, Aditya get rousing welcome
Bhubaneswar: Dibya Kiran Sahu and Aditya Barik of VV Karate School got rousing welcome here on Tuesday, by bagging bronze medal in the 9-10 years age group kata in the 8th Commonwealth Karate Championship held at Talkotra Stadium in Delhi. Odisha girl Dibya Kiran Sahu daughter of Bairagi Charan Sahu and Rasmi Pahadshing representing Tripura State bagged gold medal in the kata event of the National Sub Junior Karate Championship at Talkotra Stadium in Delhi on September 17. With the gold she qualified to participate in the commonwealth karate championship. Another boy of VV Karate School Aditya Barik won bronze medal in the 8 to 9 years kata in the national meet and got qualified for the commonwealth championship. Aditya is the son of Janmajaya Barik and Sushree Sangita Barik. Dibya Kiran and Aditya both are from Buxi Jagabandhu English Medium School.
Delhi to meet WB in National Jr Rugby final
Bhubaneswar: Delhi to cross swords with West Bengal in the boys final of the National Junior Rugby Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday, being organized by Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA). In the semifinals, Delhi edged out Odisha by 20-15 and West Bengal pipped Maharashtra by 23-9. For the third place, Odisha would meet Maharashtra on Wednesday. Odisha girls defeated Chhittisgarh by 31-0 and in another match Odisha suffered defeat from Maharashtra by 5-7 in the league round matches of the All India Girls U-18 Seven a Side Rugby Tournament here. Girls league round results: Odisha-31 bt Chhattisgarh-00, West Bengal-38 bt Gujrat-00, Bihar-10 bt U P-5, Maharashtra-30 bt Chhattisgarh-00, Kerala-5 bt Gujarat-0, Delhi-7 bt U P-5, Maharashtra 7 bt Odisha-5, West Bengal 35 bt Kerala 00, Delhi 10 bt Bihar 5.