SOA cup sports activities competitors kicks off in Bhubaneswar

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Students of various establishments beneath SOA University will likely be competing in additional than a dozen occasions over a interval of 26 days for the SOA cup, which kicked off right here on Wednesday.

Addressing the scholars, Resident Editor of The New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar) Siba Mohanty mentioned sports activities wanted a giant push within the nation the place solely 5.7 per cent of the 130 crore inhabitants have been sports activities literate and about 57 lakh are related to sports activities whereas about 10 million kids take up badminton in China yearly.

“It is heartening to see that India is on the right path now and our recent achievements in the Olympics are a testimony to that. Odisha too is investing heavily in sports providing a boost to different games,” he mentioned.
Mohanty appreciated the scholars for being obsessed with sports activities and suggested them to take a position time on their favorite sport and pursue it as a profession.

The occasions through which the scholars will participate embrace soccer (solely boys), cricket, volleyball (solely boys), basketball, garden tennis, kho kho (solely boys), throwball (solely women), desk tennis, softball, chess and kabaddi.

A separate competitors for the perfect physique for boys will likely be held as effectively. Kho kho has been launched for the primary time this 12 months. A state-level desk tennis participant Abinash Tripathy took the oath on behalf of the individuals.

SOA’s vice-chancellor Prof Bijay Kumar Sahu, pro-vice-chancellor Prof Pradipta Kumar Nanda, pro-vice-chancellor cum registrar Prof Bibhuti Bhushan Pradhan, dean (college students’ welfare) Prof Jyoti Ranjan Das and sports activities officer Sunita Barma have been current.

BHUBANESWAR: Students of various establishments beneath SOA University will likely be competing in additional than a dozen occasions over a interval of 26 days for the SOA cup, which kicked off right here on Wednesday.

Addressing the scholars, Resident Editor of The New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar) Siba Mohanty mentioned sports activities wanted a giant push within the nation the place solely 5.7 per cent of the 130 crore inhabitants have been sports activities literate and about 57 lakh are related to sports activities whereas about 10 million kids take up badminton in China yearly.

“It is heartening to see that India is on the right path now and our recent achievements in the Olympics are a testimony to that. Odisha too is investing heavily in sports providing a boost to different games,” he mentioned.
Mohanty appreciated the scholars for being obsessed with sports activities and suggested them to take a position time on their favorite sport and pursue it as a profession.

The occasions through which the scholars will participate embrace soccer (solely boys), cricket, volleyball (solely boys), basketball, garden tennis, kho kho (solely boys), throwball (solely women), desk tennis, softball, chess and kabaddi.

A separate competitors for the perfect physique for boys will likely be held as effectively. Kho kho has been launched for the primary time this 12 months. A state-level desk tennis participant Abinash Tripathy took the oath on behalf of the individuals.

SOA’s vice-chancellor Prof Bijay Kumar Sahu, pro-vice-chancellor Prof Pradipta Kumar Nanda, pro-vice-chancellor cum registrar Prof Bibhuti Bhushan Pradhan, dean (college students’ welfare) Prof Jyoti Ranjan Das and sports activities officer Sunita Barma have been current.