Govind bags Cricketer of the Year award
Bhubaneswar : Dependable all-rounder Rourkela lad Govind Poddar bagged the 24nd Saheed Sporting –Maruti Estate Cricketer of the Year award here in a function on Sunday. I am feeling very happy and delighted by receiving the award. I want to dedicate the award to my coach late Harmohan Praharaj, without the effort of my coach I could not reach such level, said Poddar. Poddar who was scored total 555 runs in 15 innings in eight matches of the Ranji trophy-2015 season. With the brilliant performance he deserves the cricketer of the year award which carries a cash award of `31,000 and trophy. Poddar’s fourth first-class ton was the only bright spot in Odisha’s innings which was terminated for 232 by Karnataka’s bowlers in Mysore on November last year. Women cricketer Madhusmita Behera received the women cricketer of the year award, its carries a cash award of `21,000 and a trophy. Journalists Sanatan Pani, Sushanta Mohanty, Sambit Mohapatra, Suresh Swain, Sanjib Biswal, Umakanta Mishra, D Niranjan Reddy, Maruti Estate managing director Jitendra Prasad Singh and Saheed Sporting secretary Pankaj Patnaik were the jury members and unanimously finalised awardees names. International repute sand artiest Sudarshan Pattnaik, Tapan Mohanty, Jitendra Prasad Singh and Saheed Sporting secretary Pankaj Pattnaik were present.
limtikira beat Jorabaga in Belpahar Football
Bhubaneswar: limitikira defeated Jorabaga by 1-0 goal in the league round match of the Belpahar Football league at TRl Stadium at Belpahar on Sunday, being organised by Hallo Brother Football Association. Rathi Kisan of limitikira scored the all important goal in the in 44 minute. After the change of sides, both the team created few half chances but the results remain unchanged. The match was conducted by Ramani Majhi, Kartikeswar Dash, Mahendra Bagarti and Rama Sendriya as referees.
Maharashtra win National Kho Kho Championship
Bhubaneswar: Maharashtra boys and girls team emerged champion of the 26th Sub Junior National Kho Kho Championship, which concluded at KIIT University on Sunday, being organized by Odisha Kho Kho Association (OKKA). Karnataka girls claimed the runner up title while Gujarat and Delhi finished third and fourth respectively. Sakshi Kara of the champion team received the best girl player of the tournament. Similarly, Maharashtra men and women teams grabbed the Federation Cup titles while Kolhapur men and Karnataka women bagged the runner up titles. Host Odisha boys and girls team finished ninth and seventh in the sub-junior category and Odisha women team got the fifth position in federation cup. Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla kumar Mallick gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, MlA Priyadarshi Mishra, Jayadev MlA Sasi Bhusan Behera, Kho Kho Federation of India president Rajeev Mehta, secretary Suresh Sharma, OKKA secretary Pradyumna Mishra and KIIT and KISS director sports Gaganendu Dash were present.