BHUBANESWAR 30-Oct-2017
Odisha teams cornered glory by winning both the titles in the East Zone Inter-University Women’s Football and Men’s Hockey Tournament, which concluded here today. Host Utkal University and Sambalpur University emerged champions in women’s football and men’s hockey respectively garnering maxium points in the league-format competition.
As many as 26 universities participated in women’s football event, which took place at Biju Patnaik Stadium at Vani Vihar, while 21 universities took part in men’s hockey tournament, which was held at Kalinga Stadium. State Sports Secretary Vishal Dev handed over the trophies in the presence of Utkal University Vice-Chancellor Prof Soumendra Mohan Patnaik and Utkal University Sports Council Director Prof Kabir Mohan Sethi and Prof Jayant Kumar Parida.
