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Sujit to officiate SAG table tennis
Bhubaneswar: Sujit Kumar Ray, an International Table Tennis Umpire, of the State has been selected by the Table Tennis Federation of India, to officiate as a technical official in the 12th South Asian Games-2016 (Men and Women Table Tennis), which is going to be held at Shilong (Meghalay) from February 5 to 16. Sujit is working as a Senior Accountant in the office of the A.G. Odisha, Bhubaneswar. Sujit is a former national level Table Tennis player has represented Odisha State in National Championships many times.
Odisha bag Nat’l Sub-jr girls football crown
Bhubaneswar: A double goal haul by Malati Naik powered host Odisha to emerged champion of the Sub Junior Girls National Football Championship 2015-16 by defeating ace rival Manipur 2-0 in the final match at Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday. Malati drew the first blood in the 44th minute from a beautiful corner kick of Banya Kabiraj. After the change of sides, Malati was conformed the victory for the host by nailing another goal in the 77th minute. Football Association Odisha Secretary Sanjay Behera congratulated the champion team and announced a cash award of `50,000. The officials who conducted the match were Phurki lama Bhutia (Gujrat), Reshma Chetri (Sikkim), Jyoti Gaur and Rupa Saini (both of MP). OOA and OCA secretary Asirbad Behera gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others Odisha Archerry Association secretary Sradhananda Das, Hockey Odisha Secretary Pratap Satapathy, Odisha Association of Rowing and Sculling secretary Binod Das, Odisha Table Tennis Association secretary Rabindra Kumar Parida, Odisha Basketball Association secretary Gyana Ranjan Parida, Odisha Kabaddi Association secretary Ajaya Kumar Behera Odisha Gymnastic Association Ashok Sahoo were present.
Odisha eves beat Assam in U-23 Zonal cricket
Bhubaneswar: The all-round performance of Odisha skipper Sushree Dibyadarshini who scalped two wickets and scored 27 powered her team to edge out Assam by 4 wickets in the one-day of their inaugural match of the Women’s U-23 Zonal league at Ravenshaw University Ground at Cuttack on Tuesday. With the win Odisha bagged four points.
Batting first, Assam lost wickets in regular intervals and bowled out for 85 in 39.1 overs. Odisha bowlers dominated the innings with Sarojini Giri bagging 4 for 10 runs and Sushree and Sujata Mallik scalped two wickets each. In another match, West Bengal defeated Jharkhand by 72 runs. Tanushree Sarkar of Bengal scored highest 48 and Bengal set a target 145 in 48.3 overs. In reply, Bengal bowlers came into action while Saika Ishaque scalped 4 for 11 runs and bundle out Jharkhand for 73 in 33.5 overs at Nimpur Ground in Cuttack. Brief Score: Assam 85/10 in 39.1 overs (Kalpana Shoutal 21; Sarojini Giri 4/10, Sushree Dibyadarshini 2/15, Sujata Mallik 2/27) lost to Odisha 86/6 in 43 overs (Anjali Singh 21, Sushree Dibyadarshini 27; Kokali Saikia 2/4, Rashmi Dey 2/17) by 4 wickets. At Nimpur Ground: West Bengal 145/10 in 48.3 overs (Tanusree Sarkar 48; Rachana Kumari 3/12, Ashwani Kumari2/20, Ritu Kumari 2/18) beat Jharkhand 73/10 in 33.5 overs (Priyanka Sawaiyan 24; Saika Ishaque 4/11, Sukanya Parida 2/12, Priya B Pandey 2/10) by 72 runs.