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Orissa Sports Journalists’ Association (OSJA) and Siksha `O’ Anusandhan University (SOAU) jointly accorded a warm felicitation to Sports Journalist Federation of India (SJFI) president S Sabanayakan for his contribution in the field of sports journalism spanning over 30 years at a function in Bhubaneswar earlier on Saturday.
Responding to the felicitation, Kolkata-based senior sports journalists Sabanayakan said that media should strive hard to contribute to the development of sports and sportspersons in Orissa where there is no dearth of talent.
He advised sports writers to frequently interact with sportspersons and keep learning from them. ``Sports writers should provide constructive suggestions so as to come up with solutions. At the same time, sportspersons should also take criticism in the media in the right spirit,’’ he observed.
A galaxy of sports stars of Orissa, including hockey Olympians Dilip Tirkey and Lazarus Barla, former Test cricketers Debasish Mohanty and Shiv Sundar Das, former India woman football captain Shraddhanjali Samantaray, chess International Master S Satyapragyan and former Asian all-star basketball player Arupananda Routray were present at the function.
Sabanayakan was presented with a memento by SOAU Vice-Chancellor Prof M P Jain and a shawl by the University’s Managing Member Gopabandhu Kar. Another memento was presented to him by members of OSJA.
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PHOTO: SJFI president S Sabanayakan (3 rd from left) with leading sportspersons of Orissa at a felicitation function in Bhubaneswar on January 22, 2011.
