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Cuttack, Nov 19: Jay Durga Club and Orissa Police registered victories in their respective matches of the FAO first division football league played here Thursday at the Barabati Stadium.
Jay Durga Club scraped past Sunshine Club 1-0 while Orissa Police defeated Morning Club by an impressive 3-1 margin.
In the first match played on the day, Mahesh Sahoo got the all-important winning goal for Jay Durga Club in the 60th minute. Both sides had a number of opportunities, but failed to capitalise on the chances that came their way.
In the other match, Orissa Police impressed with their attacking football. Prasant Naik emerged hero for the winners scoring two goals (24th and 78th minutes) while the other goal was scored by Maheshwat Sethi.
It must be stated that Morning Club fought well. After Prasant had given Orissa Police the lead in the 24th minute, Morning Club were not ready to throw in the towel. They came back strongly and equalised in the 77th minute through Laxman Bindhani.
However, defensive errors saw Morning Club concede two goals in the next three minutes to lose the game.
Today’s matches: Sports Hostel vs Bidanasi Club; Rising Star Club vs Mangala Club.
Athletes leave
A 17-member state athletics team left Thursday for Ranchi to participate in the 31st Junior National Athletics Championships, beginning November 21.
The squad: (Boys): Punga Soren, Bikram Murmu, Hari Behera, Kamakshya Pr. Nayak, Parbasi Karua, Chandan Beti, Bhima Soren, Arbin Minz and Bhimsen Samad; (Girls): Raibari Tiria, Jasmi Kisku, Damaynti Murmu, Sekunta Kullu, Priyanka Mahalik, Salmi Kispotta, Carmela Barla, Rajeswari Bhoi
Aravind recalled
Middle-order batsman Aravind Singh is the only new player who has been included in the 15-member Orissa team for their Ranji Trophy match against Bengal which will be played in Kolkata, November 23 to 26.
The team: Natraj Behera (captain), Girija Rout, Subhrajit Sahoo (WK), Govind Poddar (vice-captain), Anurag Sarangi, Pratik Das, Ranjit Singh, Haladhar Das (wk), Basant Mohanty, Deepak Behera, Suryakant Pradhan, Alok Sahoo, Aravind Singh, Dhiraj Singh and Jayanta Behera. Officials: Subrat Chatterjee (manager), Debashis Mohanty (coach), Rashmi Ranjan Parida (batting coach).
