Rising, Sunshine win FAO Football
Bhubaneswar: Rising Star Club and Sunshine Club defeated Town Club and Radha Gobinda Club by 3-0 and 1-0 goals respectively in the league round match of the FAO 1st Div Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Saturday. Adil Khan , Ezaj Mnupuja and Wasim Akram of Rising Star scored a goal each in the 30th,36th and 44th minutes respectively. In another match, Birsha Oram of Sunshine Club scored the all important goal in the 52 nd minute and powered the team to beat Radha Gobinda Club by 1-0 goal.
Biju Patnaik Sports award on Aug 29
Bhubaneswar: Sports and Youth Services Department has been introduced a new category in the Biju Patnaik Sports Award to be held here on August 29. Previously Biju Pattnaik Sports award comprises of life time achievement award, outstanding player of the year, coach of the year and sports Journalists of the year. In the newly introduced category of best contribution to promotion of sports and games Odisha Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera’s name has been finalized for the award will get trophy along with cash award of Rs 50,000. International women athlete Purnima Hemram will get Biju Patnaik Sports Award in the outstanding player of the year category which carries trophy and cash award of Rs 2 lakhs. Recently, Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik felicitated Purnima, she bagged gold medal in the heptathlon event in the Federation Cup by scoring 5713 points. It is better to late than never, women football coach Chitrasen Patra and weightlifting coach P Dharma Rao will share the excellent coach award, which carries trophy along with cash award of 1 lakhs.
Sports journalists of the State Tanmay Das will receive the Biju Pattnaik Sports Journalists of the Year award, which carries trophy along with cash award will get Rs 50,000. Unfortunately the no names could be shortlisted among the applicant for life time achievement award in promotion of sports and games in our State.
5 Odia girls footballer to join U-19 Nat’l camp
Bhubaneswar: All India Football Federation has selected five Odisha junior girls footballer for the National U-19 Women’s Selection cum preparatory camp for participation in the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2017 Qualifying Round scheduled to be held at Vietnam from October 30 to November 6. Sanjukta Tirkey, Jabamani Tudu (both of Bhubaneswar), Eva Panna, Arati Sethy (SAI, Cuttack) and Anima Malik (Kendrapada) are the five girls to join the national camp. Football Association of Odisha secretary Sanjay Behera has congratulated the players for their achievement and has also wished good luck to the players.