FAO observe AFC Women’s Day
Bhubaneswar: Football Association of Odisha (FAO) celebrated the AFC Women’s Football Day at Satyabrata Stadium,Cuttack and also at Sundargarh in association with DAA Sundargarh on Tuesday. A football fiesta was organized in which around 40 girls footballers between the age group of 6-12 years were participated. Mamata Panda conducted the program along with Sultana Parween in Cuttack. FAO joint secretary Sangeeta Sharma and Durga Prasad Swain (Development Officer- Grassroots Football) was present. In Sundargarh around 83 kids participated in this AFC Women’s festival. Sanjukta Tirkey and Seema Tirkey conducted the program. Athletic coach Sasmita Dutta was felicitated during the occasion. Durga Madhab Naik (Secretary- DAA Sundargarh) was also present.
Semifinalists lined up in Tata-Utkalika Football
Bhubaneswar: Yazdani Club-73 will take on Sports Hostel in the semifinal of the Tata Utkalika Invitational Football Tournament at Uni-6 High School here on March 10. In the quarterfinal match on Tuesday, a double goal haul by Sk Zahid powered Yazdani Club-73 to beat Aameri Mohanbagan Parivar of West Bengal 3-0. Yazdani got the lead through a goal by Somanath Nayak in the 41st minute. After the change of sides, Sk Zahid netted two goals in the 68th and 74th minutes.
In the last quarterfinal match on Wednesday, Tata Football Academy will face Odisha Police and the winner will meet Kishor Club in the semifinal.
RKl, CTC-B enter Kalahandi Cup quarterfinals
Bhubaneswar: Rourkela and Cuttack (CTC)-B the group-B teams qualified for the quarterfinals of the Kalahadi Cup Senior Inter-District Tournament. Rourkela topped group-B-I with 25 points, winning three and drawing two, while Cuttack-B reached the top of Group-B-II, gathering 25 points from three wins and two draws. As per the new format three teams from Group-B will play the quarterfinal matches. Bhubaneswar-B will take on Keonjhar on Wednesday for the third place.Bhubaneswar-B (24 points) and Keonjhar (19 points) finished second in the points table of the Group-B-I and B-II respectively.Earlier, home favourites Cuttack-A, formidable East Coast Railway, defending champions Bhubaneswar-A and darkhorse Jajpur advanced to the quarterfinals from Group-A. Cuttack-A topped Group A-II with 27 points, winning three matches and drawing two, while Jajpur finished second with 15 points, posting one win and four draws. East Coast Railway came out on top of Group A-I, garnering 27 points from three wins and two draws, while Bhubaneswar-A finished second with 24 points from three wins and two draws.