BHUBANESWAR 09-Jan-2016
East Coast Railway overcame Yazdani Club-73 in the hard-fought final by 4-2 goals in penalty shoot out to emerge champions in the 24th Tamando Cup All-Odisha Football Tournament at Tamando near here today.
Bhubaneswar Parliament Member Prasanna Patsani handed over the trophy in the presence of Ranapur MLA Rabi Narayan Mohapatra, Khurda Collector Niranjan Sahu and host Shiba Shakti Club president Dushasan Swain. The champon team received a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and the runner-up outfit Rs 7,000.
RESULTS:
Jan 4: Club73 (Sadhu Marandi 4th, Bikash Naik 20th, Antu Murmu 27th) beat Phulbani Football Association (Mahesh Pradhan 61st) 3-1. MoM: Antu Murmu.
Jan 9 (Final): East Coast Railway (Jayjit Mohanty, Kumar Chiku, Sanatan Lohar, Blacky Lakra) beat Yazdani Club 73 (Seikh Zahid, Pandu Singh) 4-2 in tie-breaker. Full time: 0-0.
Individual Awards: Best goalkeeper: Santosh Kumar Das (ECoR). Player of the tournament: Santosh Nayak (Club-73). Player of the final: Seikh Mustakin (ECoR).
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PHOTO: Tamando Cup champions East Coast Railway team with guests and oganising officials in Tamando on January 9, 2015.
