Assam colts meet Orissa in Jorhat

Guwahati: Hosts Assam will meet Orissa in their last match of the C.K. Nayudu Trophy (under-22) East Zone tournament in Jorhat from Wednesday to Friday. Assam, with 11 points in their kitty, will look for an outright win over Orissa (five points) to book a berth in the knockout stage. Ranji Trophy opener Parvez Aziz, who missed the previous match against Jharkhand last week because he was part of the national team in the under-19 Test against England in Jamshedpur, joined the state under-22 team on Tuesday. Parvez scored 58 in the Test. One player ? probably Chandan Rawat, Gokul Sarma or Jason Lamare ? will be dropped to accommodate Parvez because three Ranji players cannot be fielded in a match.

Ankurjyoti up

Guwahati: Ankurjyoti Cricket Coaching Centre handed a 69-run defeat on hosts Star Cricket Coaching Academy B in the inaugural match of the Ashrafur Rahim (Raju) memorial invitation inter-high school cricket tournament here on Tuesday. Batting first, Ankurjyoti made 145 all out in 20 overs, riding Deuti?s unbeaten 70. Later, Pankaj hauled five for 22 to skittle out Star Academy B for 76 in 11.4 overs. Star Academy A will play Noonmati Cricket Academy and Latasil CC School will meet Riverine CCC on Thursday.

Inter-district

Guwahati: The Assam Kickboxing Association will organise the first inter-district kickboxing championship (full contact and musical form) for sub-junior, junior and senior (men and women) at the Sports Authority of India?s New Field here on February 19 and 20. Players from all styles are eligible to take part in the meet.

Manipur team

Imphal: Eleven karatekas, including five women, in various weight categories have been selected by the Karate-do Association, Manipur, for the 19th North East Sports Festival from February 14 to 17 in Guwahati.

TEAM: (Men) Md Rafi Ahmed (below 55kg), N. Rajeshor (55 to 60kg), T. Bishorjit (60 to 65kg), Md Noor Khan (65 to 70kg), Y. Nanao (70kg & above) and P. Premkumar (individual kata); (women) K. Usharani (below 43kg), K. Nandini (43 to 48kg), M. Sunita (48 to 53kg), A. Romabati (53kg and above and individual kata)

Felicitation

Guwahati: The Assam Football Association will felicitate former international footballer P.K. Banerjee here on February 28, AFA secretary Ankur Dutta said.

Suggestions

Guwahati: The Assam Football Association on Tuesday convened a meeting with veteran sports personalities to chalk out a development scheme for the game.