Allahabad register win in East Zone Hockey
Bhubaneswar: Allahabad defeated Ranci 4-0 to notch back to back wins in the Inter Zonal Indian Audit and Accounts Department Hockey Tournament at Kaliga Stadium Hockey complex here on Thursday.
In the pool-B league match, Rahul Shilpkar of Allahabad drew the first blood. His teammates Mumtaj Ahmad , Danish Mustfa Khan and Sidharth Shanker joined the party by scoring a goal each in 32nd,44th and 59th minutes respectively.
Results: Karnataka (Shankar Patil 18th,DS Darshan 28th, Shankar Patil 42nd) bt Gwalior Shalendra S Bundela 4th,Akshay Sharma 25th) 3-2. West Bengal (Chandan Singh 7th, Sangam Singh 24th,Gurpartap Singh 28th, Sundar Singh 37th, Virinder Singh Gill 51st, Yadwinder Singh 57th ) bt Punjab Chandeep Singh 12th, Deepanshu Bhargav 50th , Rabinder Singh 59th) 6-3, Jajpur (Abhay Singh Naruka 6th, Abhay Rajsingh 29th) bt Chennai (M Thangaraj 10th, P Dhamu 59th) 4-2, Allahbad (Rahul Shilpkar 19th, Mumtaj Ahmad 32nd, Danish Mustfa Khan 44th, Sidharth Shanker 59th) bt Ranchi 4-0.
Pragati enter MCl Cup Cricket semis
Bhubaneswar: Ragunath Malla’s 113-ball 99 guided Pragati Sporting into the semifinal of the MCl Cup NM Bhuyan Memorial All Odisha Cricket Tournament, defeating RYCC of Rourkela by 17 runs at BJB College Ground here on Thursday.
Batting first, Pragati Sporting scored 193 in 40 overs with Ragunath and Avinab Ghose scoring 99 and 35 runs respectively and stitched 82 runs for the third wicket.
Due to the rain the target was revised, RYCC need 160 runs in 33 overs. In reply, bowlers came into action with Soumaya Sourav Kumar and Manas Mohapatra pocketing three wickets each restricted RYCC for 142 in 32.2 overs.
Pragati Sporting will take on Rising Student in the semifinal on Friday.
Brief Score: Pragati Sporting 193/10 in 40 overs, revised target 160 in 33 overs (Ragunath Malla 99, Avinab Ghose 35; Santosh Jena 2/25, Anurag Prusty 2/36, Sawan Toppo 2/35) beat RYCC 142/10 in 32.2 overs (Ashok Barik 46, Natraj Behera 42; Manas Mohapatra 3/15, Soumya Sourav Kumar 3/23, Shantanu Mishra 2/13) by 17 runs.
Two Odia footballers to join National U-14 camp
Bhubaneswar: All India Football Federation has selected two Odisha footballer to participate in the Selection Trial Camp of National U-14 Boys Team schedule to held at Bhopal in Uttar Pradesh. Beekay Oram and Srikanta Bhoi both of Bolangir Sports Hostel were the member of State Sub Junior team which participated in the Sub Junior National Football Championship for East Zone Qualifying Round was held at Cuttack.
Birsingh enter Inter District Football semis
Bhubaneswar: Birsingh Club of Jharsuguda defeated FPA of Phulbani 4-3 goals through tie breaker and entered the semifinal of the Inter District Club Championship-2015-16 (Kalinga Cup Qualifying Round) at Kundukela Jubilee at Thursday. The match between Birsingh and FPA ended in 1-1 goal draw in the stipulated time. After a barren first half, Birshing got the lead in the 75th minute through a goal by Kishore Khadia, but the lead lasted for a minute only, Sunamali Mahananda scored the equalizer in the 76th minute. In the semifinal on Friday, Birsingh Club (Jharsuguda) will take on Unit –VI Athletic Association of Bhubaneswar.