Cuttack: Sunrise Club emerged champions of the Ist FAO Super Cup after scraping past Rising Student Club 2-1 in the final at the flood-lit Barabati Stadium here Sunday.
Sunrise Club opened their account as early as in the 11th minute through Gurpreet Singh. However their joy was shot lived as Lakhai Murmu restored parity for Rising Student just after a minute. Both the teams maintained the 1-1 deadlock till the half time.
After the change of ends Md Fayas scored the winning goal for the Sunrise Club in the 70th minute.
Sports Minister Chandra Sarathi Behera joined as the chief guest and distributed the prizes. Sunrise Club was presented a cash award of Rs 1,00,000 along with the winners’ trophy. Rising Student Club took home Rs 50,000 along with the runners-up trophy
Odisha players shine
CDA, DAV School players performed splendidly to emerge champions in the U-11 girls’ team event of the CBSE East Zone Inter-School Chess Championship in Guwahati, Sunday. They also finished runners-up in the U-11 girls’ team event.
Team announced
Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) announced Sunday a 15-member U-16 team, that will play against Bengal in the zonal league of Vijay Merchant Trophy from Oct 21 at Kolkata. The squad: Surya Mohapatra (C), Prince Sanket Behera, Biswa Bibhab Muduli, Biswajit Patra, Anshuman Sahoo, Jagyanjeet Sahoo, Bibhansu Sekhar Ray, Ramesh Melaka, Saransh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Majhi, Ashutosh Nayak, Ashutosh Chhuria, Sobhan Dev Behera, Subhasundar Barik, Snehasis Sahoo; Coach: KV Prasad.