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Sunrise Club beat East Coast Railway 1-0 in the hard-fought final to lift the trophy in the FAO First Division Football League at Barabati Stadium here today. Prasanta Kumar Nayak scored the all-important goal in the 65th minute. Sunrise Club received a cash prize of Rs one lakh, while East Coast Railway settled with the runners-up prize of Rs 50,000.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan handed over the trophies in the presence of Odisha Sports Minister Sudam Marndi, Odisha Olympic Association secretary Asirbad Behera, East Coast Railway Divisional Manager S K Singh, Football Association of Odisha (FAO) president Debashish Samantaray and secretary Sanjay Behera.
Ten veteran footballers were felicitated at the closing function. They are Digbijay Das, Babaji Dalei, Agha Zaheer, Gopal Chandra Das, Narendra Kumar Sahoo, Amarendra Singh, Bishnu Charan Bose, Yudhisthira Sethi, Birabahadur Singh and Asit Kumar Patra.
