Samarth, Asif win State Ranking TT meet
Bhubaneswar: Samartha Prusty and Asif Haque bagged the women and men titles respectively in the three day long 10th KDTTA All Odisha State Ranking Table Tennis Championship, which concluded at Sahid Nagar Indoor Hall here on Sunday. Samartha edged out Ananya Basak by 4-0 (11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9) in the women final. Similarly in the boys final, Asif pipped Tousif Haque by 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6).
Bikash Singh received the youth boys single title by beating M Iswar Rao by 4-1. Ananya claimed the junior girls trophy by defeating Ankita Senapati by 4-0. Similarly, Janmenjay Moharana out played M Iswar Rao by 4-1 and received the junior boys title. Payal Rani and Krishna Prusty won the sub-junior girls and boys titles respectively. Sushree Patnaik and Sahil Suman Bhuyan won the cadet girls and boys title respectively. Chief referee KSN Murty, Jiban Ballav Samal, Tapan Kha, Sujit Kumar Ray, Chinna Rao, Sunita Si, Ashish Birsa Hembrom were the umpires conducted the tournament. SNM group of companies chairman Pradipta Mohanty gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Bijaya Singh, Khurda District Table Tennis Association secretary Smruti Ranjan Das, organizing secretary Bijan Das Mohapatra were present.
18 players to participate in Taekwondo meet
Bhubaneswar: A 18 member State Taekwondo team would leave from here on November 4 to participate in the 33rdSub-Junior National Taekwondo Championship-2015 to be held at Bilashpur, Chatishgarh from November 5 to 7. A eight member Odisha team would proceed from here to participate in the 8th National Poomsae championship at the same venue.The players selected from 30th State Taekwondo Champ-2015 held at Saheed Nagar Indoor Hall, here on July 24 to 26, informed OTA secretary Santosh Kumar Mohanty through a release.
Boys team: Hemanta Kumar Dehury (U-18kg ), Sanket Panda (U-23kg), Ranjit Thapa (U-29 kg), Khitiz Sahoo (U-35kg), Aryan Mishra (U-38kg), Krishnasu Mohapatra (U-41kg) (all Keonjhar), Sujan Parida (U-21kg) Puri, Saroj Kumar Jena (U-32kg), Abhisek Mohapatra (U-44kg), Abhijeet Biswal (U-50kg) (all Bhubaneswar), Santosh Kumar Mohanty (coach), Pratap Majhi (manager). Girls team: Madhusmita Mohanty (U-24kg), Chirashree Sagarika (U-26kg), B Nital Ranee (U-32kg), Ashi Anuska Baghel (U-35kg) (all Keonjhar), Payal Priya Darsini (U-18kg) (Khorda), Saloni Parida (U-38kg), Ipsita Mohanty (U-41kg), Subhashree Panda (U-41kg)(both Bhubaneswar), Rajesh Kumar Jena (coach), MD Ramjan (manager). Poomsae team: Krishnasu Mohapatra, Madhismita Mohanty, Arnav Sahoo,Trinayan Behera,Girijatmak Behera, Tapodeepa Pnada,Jayashree Padhi,Bisakha Das.
Mashripada win Village level football tourney
Phulbani: Mashripada team defeated Bidangisahi team by 3-0 goals and emerged champion of the Village level Football Tournament at Phulbani.
ADM Kandhmal gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. The champion team received the trophy along with cash award of `5,000 and runner up team took home `3,000. Bijaya Mukhi, Ajit Kanhar and Kabiraj Kanhar received best player, goalkeeper and scorer of the tournament respectively. Syamsunder Saha and Baripada team got best referee and best discipline team respectively. Total eight teams were participated in the meet being organized by Phulbani Club. By the jury the club chooses best players to give coaching to their team for their future participation in State level match. Club vice president Ajit Sahu declared a goat to winning team.
Bir Birsa enter Gati Krushna Football semis
Bhubaneswar: Racing from the back Bir Birsa Football Club barged into the semifinal by defeating JSJS Bhabani Club by 2-1 goals in the 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-II Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Sunday, being organized by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association. JSJS got the lead through the goal by Biplab Dehuri in the 28th minute. After the change of sides, Karun Murmu cored the equaliser in the 53rd minutes. Prince Majhi of the winning team nailed the winning goal in the 60th minutes. Pradipta Nayak, Susanta Mishra, Chitrambada Patra and Chandrakanta Barik were conducted the match as referees. MS Eleven would meet Regional Football Club in the quarterfinal match on Monday.
Odisha aiming for innings lead against Delhi
Bhubaneswar: In reply to Delhis 311 runs first innings score, host Odisha have reached to 4 for 195 at the stumps on Day 3 in the Ranji Trophy at Kiit University Ground here on Sunday. Anurag Sarangi has reached to his fourth First-Class fifty. He is leading Odisha’s charge as they look to gain first innings lead on Monday. With rain and bad light taking away valuable time from the match, it seems highly unlikely that any result would come out on Day 4. Both the teams are yet to play their second innings. Delhi bowlers would look to restrict Odisha below 311 while Odisha will fight tooth and nail to take lead and earn some points. Delhi added 66 runs and lost last three wickets to their overnight score of 245 runs. The credit goes to tell ender P Narag who contributed 41 runs. In reply, Odisha batsman stick to the basic and opener Nataraj Behera scored 62 runs and gave a platform for the team to put a big total. Brief Score: Delhi 311/10 in 136.1 overs ((Dhruv Shorey 42, Gautam Gambhir 41, Milind Kumar 59, N Rana 37, PJ Sangwan 30, P Narag 41; Surayakant Pradhan 4/119, Basant Mohanty 3/80, Deepak Behera 3/46) Vs Odisha 195/4 in 67 overs (Nataraj Behera 62, Anurag Sarangi 76 n.o; PJ Sangwan 2/30).