Nabarangpur, (Ranjit Naik) Date: 24.09.2025 Rikh: Nabarangpur Town Football Academy Anukully, the local college football field has been held for the first time in Nabarangpur district, the night time football final! District Sports Association editor Prahallad Tripathi, vice president M.Bala Krishna Rao and editor Manoj Kumar Patnaik joined the opening ceremony and encouraged the players! Before starting the Doshar cup final, a friendly game was held between Nabarangpur city women’s football players vs Majhiguda Balasram women’s football players in which the city team defeated the Balashram team by 3-0 goals! Another friendly match was played between Barista Football Club and Town Football Academy! In this, the town football academy team defeated the senior team with 2-0 goals! Finally, in a hard-fought final match of Dashara Cup football, the Umri team of Koraput district defeated the Karchamal team by 2-0 goals and won the final trophy of the Dashara Cup football tournament! In the awarding ceremony, Vice President of Papadahandi Block Sushant Kumar Behera, District Sports Association and Editor Manoj Kumar Patnaik, District Kinnar Association Editor Chumuki Kinnar, Barista Creedavit Dilip Kumar Behera, Marathon runner Chit Ranjan Pahar, President of Marghan Foundation Ninibabu Tripathi and Community Service Shrikant Mishra. The main participation awarded the winning team with a trophy of Rs 15,000 and the runner-up team with a trophy of Rs 10,000. Jyot Parisha, athletic editor of the District Sports Association, conducted the awarding program! The residents of the district have congratulated Ashok Pote, head of the football academy, for successfully organizing such a huge football tournament! It is worth noting that a total of 16 teams from undivided Koraput district have participated in this tournament! For the first time, the final match of the tournament was held at night, so there were countless spectators from the surrounding area! The final match was refereed by Sanjay Jena, the senior referee of Koraput district, Vijay Naik, Lachhi Hirubia and Raila Bhatra. Ranjit Naik’s report from Nabarangpur First News Odisha !