Odisha Police, Sunrise win in FAO league
Bhubaneswar: A three goal haul by Sankarsan Tudu of Odisha Police guided the team to beat Radha Gobinda Club by 5-2 in the super league round match of the FAO 1st Div Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Friday. Md Ehasan of the winning team drew the first blood in the 10th minute. But Bosen Murmu of Radha Gobinda netted the equalizer in the 31st minute. Rabi Mundari once again advanced the Police team by netting a goal in the 35th minute. After the lemon break, Sankarsan dominated the show and scored a goal each in the 55th, 57th and 82nd minutes and took away the match. Amar lenka of Radha Gobinda scored a goal in the 73rd minutes only to reduce the winning margin. In second match, Sunrise Club edged out Chand Club by by 4-2 goals. The goal scorer for Sunrise Club was Ambikalakra two goals at 4th and 24th minute, Bharat Munda and Soosai Raj M scored a goal in 21st and 56th minutes respectively. The goal scorer for Chand Club was Amous Nathaniel and O Abbey one goal each at 56th and 69th minutes respectively. Rising Star Club and Sports Hostel will take on Bidanasi Club and Independent Club respectively on Saturday.
Nalco Open Tennis begins
Bhubaneswar: Aditya Satapathy and Abhisek Mohapatra would meet Kabir Hans and Vighanesh Nanda in the boys U-16 and U-12 singles final on Sunday of the 17th Nalco Open Tennis Tournament, which inaugurated at Kalinga Stadium Tennis Complex here on Friday.
As many as 300 players are participating in U-12 ,U-16 boys (singles), Women singles, men’ single, doubles, men’s veteran (40 years+), (50 years +) and (60 years +) doubles categories. The tournament is featuring highest cash award of Rs 1.70 lakhs. Saswat Mishra, Secretary, Sports and Youth Services inaugurated the meet, in the presence of Nalco Directors SC Padhy and Soma Mondal, BDTA president Suresh Mohapatra, secretary Saroj Sahu and vice president R Viswanath .
Semifinal Results: Boys U-16; Aditya Satapathy bt Jastin Tanmei 7-3, Kabir Hans bt Pratuysh Mohanty 7-5, Boys U-12; Abhisek Mohapatra bt Sahil Kumar 6-0, Vighanesh Nanda bt Aryan Swami 6-5 (9-7).
Gomati house lead in Sainik School meets
Bhubaneswar: Gomati Hostel was leading with the highest points in the day one of the 54th Annual Athletic Meet of Sainik School here was inaugurated on Friday. Capt(IN) Kanchan Mukherjee graced this occasion as chief guest. Altogether 600 cadets of eleven hostels are participating with great enthusiasm and comradeship. In his address Capt Mukherjee invoked to the participants to participate in this sports event to the fullest of their ability with due importance to true Sportsmanship and fair play. He also urged them to showcase their best ability and set new records that will enable them to join Armed Forces.
The event was conducted by AK Mukherjee, Sports Secretary, Hav Puskar Kapri and school officials. lt Col Ajay Gupta, Admn Officer, lt Col SN Mehta, Vice Principal, Ashis Rath, Sr. Master, all members of staff were present and encouraged to the cadets.
UU to host EZ Inter Varsity Women Kabaddi
Bhubaneswar: Utkal University Sports Council is all set to host the East Zone Inter University Women Kabaddi Tournament at its campus here from December 15 to 18, informed Sports Council Director Jayant Kumar Panda in a Press Meet here on Friday.
As many as 34 universities will participate in the four day long meet. Players from Ranchi, Magadha, Varanasi, Bilashpur, Bihar, Manipur, Kolkata, Jharkhand, Burdwan, Bhagalpur, Mithila, Kashi, Bastar, Rewa, Gorkpur, Raipur and Bhubaneswar are competing in the tourney.
The teams are divided in four groups for the knockout round matches. Top teams of each group will entered the league and as per their final standing they will join the All India University meet.
Defending champion and runners up KISS got direct entry to the semifinals. Similarly, lN Mithila University and MG Kashi Vidyapitha also got the direct entry to the last four round.
Among others, Sports Council PEO Ambika Prasad Rao, GCPE Principal Manmohan Rout and Jatani College PET Benudhar Das were present.
Utkal University team: Bidu Prabha Swain, Saraswati Swain, Anupa Sahu, Sradhanjali Panda, Harapriya Mahapatra, Sasmita Pradhan, Anupama Sethi, Jhunubala Bindhani, Nikita Nayak, Pratibha Behera, Puspalata Jena, Puspita Jena, Suchismita Satapathy, Namrud Begum, Amita Bhatta.
Rutuparna bags Super Series Tennis titles
Bhubaneswar: Odia girl Rutuparna Choudhury won the U16 singles title in the MSlTA Yonex Sunrise Super Series Tennis Tournament by defeating all India rank 62 and fourth seeded Richa Chowgle of Maharashtra by 6-3,6-4 at Pune on Friday.
In the semifinal, on Thursday, Rutuparna edged out Riya Ubveja of Punjab 6-4,7-5. Previously in quarter final Riya Ubveja beat the top seed of the tournament Sanya Singh.
Earlier in the month of November, Rutuparna won the Super Series tennis tournament for Girls U-14 singles at BTA, Kolkata on November 27. She defeated seeded no.4 and all India rank 29 Ashrita Nagpal from Karnataka by 6-3,2-6,6-2.
Semifinalists spotted in Callaghan Cup
Bhubaneswar: CRPF and Delhi lions will meet Sgt Institute and Mumbai Magicians respectively in the cup semifinal of the Callaghan Cup All India Div-II Rugby Tournament at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Saturday.
In the league round matches on Friday, Delhi lions and Sgt Institute edged out Chhattisgarh and Delhi Rebels 69-0 and 29-0 respectively and registered their second win in the league round matches and entered the semifinals. Results: KISS bt Bihar 25-0, Tamil Nadu bt Kalinga Rugby Club 29-0, Delhi lions bt Chhattisgarh 69-0, Sergeant Police bt Delhi Rebels 29-0.