Yazdani Club-73 of Bhubaneswar emerged champion by defeating Tata Football Academy (TFA) Jamshedpur by 1-0 goal in the final of the Tata Utkalika Football Tournament, which concluded at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Monday, being organised by Unit-6 Athletic Association (UAA).
After the barren first-half, Santosh Nayak netted the golden goal in the 50th minute. With the winning goal Santosh received the best scorer of the final award. The champion team bagged the trophy along with cash award of Rs 20,000 and the runners-up team richer by Rs 10,000. Sk Jahid, Ramesh Nayak and Pandu Singh of the champion team received the man of the final, best goalkeeper and defence awards respectively. Similarly, Biswajit Sardar and K Udanta Singh of runners-up team won the best forward and player of the tournament award respectively. On the closing ceremony the organiser UAA felicitate former women footballer Gitanjali Khuntia and footballer Rajendra Singh. Sports and Youth Servicers secretary Saswata Mishra distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Mohit Das, Manikanta Nayak, UAA president Tapan Mohanty, secretary Dillip Das, Prafula Mishra, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association joint-secretary Naba Ranjan Patnaik and Football Association of Odisha vice-president Bhakta Ballav Das were present.