195 participate in Bhubaneswar Open Chess
Bhubaneswar: As many as 195 players are participating in the three-day long nine round 7th Bhubaneswar All India Fide Rating (below 1600) Chess Tournament, which kicks started here on Thursday, being organized by Khurda District Chess Association (KDCA) under the aegis of All Odisha Chess Association. Swastik Sourav Sahoo is the top seeded player of the meet. The tournament featuring total cash award of Rs 1.90 lakhs. The champion, runner-up and third finisher will receive Rs 25,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively. In a bid to promote young and junior committed players of the State, we are organizing such all India fide rating championship. The meet will help the State players to increase their ratings, said KDCA secretary Subhasis Patnaik.
Friends Club win in Gati Krushna Football
Bhubaneswar: Racing from the back, Friends Club edged out Pokhariput Sporting by 2-1 goals in the 13th Gati Krushna Memorial Football league at Unit-1 High School here on Thursday.
Sai Pritam Pradhan open the score card for Pokhariput in the 11th minute, but Jaganath Nayak of Friends Club nailed the equaliser in the 15th minute and his-mate Satyajeet Pradhan scored the winning goal in the 23rd minute. Manoranjan Khuntia, Susanta Kumar Mishra, Manoj Soren and Chandrakanta Barik were conducted the match as referees. Sunderpada Football Club will face Oriental Warriors on Saturday.
Kalinga Vidyapitha to face Bikash in football
Bhubaneswar: Kalinga Vidyapitha of Sampur will cross swords with Bikash Residential School in the final of the Inter-School Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Friday.
In the semifinal match on Thursday, Bikash Residential School edged out DPS kaliga by 1-0 goal and barged into the final. After the barren first half, the all important goal scored by Krishna Soreya in the 40th minutes and adjudged as the man of the match.
Rain spoils JK Bose Trophy
Bhubaneswar: Rain continues to play spoilsport on the second day of the JK Bose Trophy here at the KIIT Stadium on Thursday as the game between East Zone and West Zone was abandoned whereas riding on a brilliant century from Krishna, South Zone made the short work of North Zone in the game at Idco Stadium. At Idco, North Zone invited South to bat after winning the toss. But the wayward bowling and sloppy fielding in the middle made the cruise of the South just easier.
South batsmen, Roshan Thyagarajan and A Krishna, started up on a brilliant fashion. They forced North to go for their money by hitting them with ease. Krishna struck a 49 ball century to help his side post a colossal total of 177 runs which was always going to be difficult for any team to track down. Roshan helped him with a well-compiled 49 run innings. The approach of North side was looking a little rusty from the onset as they failed to rotate the strike and couldn’t even hit the occasional boundaries. They lost wickets on a continuous interval and eventually ended the innings on 40/7. Shashank Kishore took two wickets for South side while Akash Sarkar, Vijeth and Shiva accounted for one wicket apiece. In the game at the KIIT Stadium, East scored 86/6 before rain arrived and the game eventually failed to take place. After five wickets fall for 13 runs, East came back well on the way to their decent score before the interruption. Rakesh Dubey (24*) and Fazal Ali (23) resurrected but the game ended soon after the rain arrived and couldn’t take place after that.