Odisha: CM Naveen Patnaik receives Guinness World Records for Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium

Bhubaneawar, March 10: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday awarded with certificate of recognition from Guinness World Records for Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, Rourkela being world’s largest fully seated hockey stadium. Built in record 15 months, the 20,011 seat stadium is now a benchmark in hockey infrastructure. “This recognition by Guinness Book of World Records […]

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Odisha: CM Naveen Patnaik receives Sportstar Aces Award

Mumbai/Bhubaneawar, February 27: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday received the ‘Best State for Promotion of Sports’ Award at the Sportstar Aces 2023 in Mumbai. Chief Minister Patnaik received this award from Suresh Nambath, Editor, The Hindu and legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar at a ceremony hosted by The Hindu Group in Mumbai. “Odisha won this […]

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Dharanidhar Sports Complex inaugurated in Odisha’s Keonjhar

Keonjhar, February 13: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated Dharanidhar Sports Complex in Keonjhar district. The campus is spread over nine acres and has been developed at a project cost of over Rs 35 crore. The new multi-sport complex features a natural turf football field, 400 m synthetic track with LED floodlights as well […]

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Odisha bag gold, bronze medals at Khelo India Youth Games 2022

Bhubaneswar, February 3: Odisha continued their strong outing at the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2022 in Madhya Pradesh as the Girls and Boys Kho Kho teams clinched gold and bronze medals, respectively. The Girls Kho Kho team dominated the gold medal match from start to finish and produced a scintillating win by 32-26 against […]

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Hockey World Cup: Odisha CM announces Rs 10 Lakh each for Rohidas, Xess

Bhubaneawar, January 13: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced Rs 10 lakh reward each for Amit Rohidas and Nilam Sanjeep Xess, hailing from Odisha participating in the FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup. Both Rohidas and Xess made it to the Indian team that will begin its campaign against Spain on Friday. Tokyo Olympic […]

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Hockey World Cup 2023: Star-studded inaugural ceremony held at Barabati Stadium 

Cuttack, January 11: Ahead of the FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, Millennium city of Cuttack hosted a glittering and star-studded inauguration ceremony at the historical Barabati Stadium on Wednesday here. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday graced opening ceremony. The opening ceremony featured […]

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Odisha: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates world’s longest hockey stick sand sculpture 

Cuttack, January 10: Ahead of the opening ceremony of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup on Wednesday at Barabati Stadium here, noted artist Sudarsan Pattnaik and his team on Tuesday created hockey stick of 1,05ft long, with installation of more than 5,000 hockey balls on Mahanadi river bank to mark the start of the mega […]

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Mission Olympic Cell meeting to be held in Bhubaneswar on Jan 20 on sidelines of Hockey World Cup

Bhubaneawar/New Delhi, January 6: The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) will host the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) meeting in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on January 20. This will be the first time that the MOC members, who usually meet in Delhi for their monthly meetings for selection of TOPS athletes, monitoring and evaluation of their […]

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Odisha CM announces Rs 1 crore award for each player if Team India lifts the World Cup 

Rourkela, January 5: Ahead of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the World Cup Village at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium Complex in Rourkela and announced Rs 1 crore for each player if Team India lifts the World Cup. The World Cup Village has been developed […]

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Chile Team arrives in Bhubaneswar for FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup-2023

Bhubaneswar, January 5: Ahead of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, the Chile Men’s Hockey Team reached Odisha on Thursday and received a warm welcome at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. Playing in their first ever Men’s Hockey World Cup, the team led by Fernando Renz, will go through their final […]

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