Odisha Senior Men’s Cricket Team leaves for BCCI Ranji Trophy Tournament

Bhubaneswar, February 10: Odisha Senior Men’s State Cricket Team has departed for Ahmedabad on Thursday morning to participate in the upcoming BCCI Ranji Trophy tournament to be played from the February 27 to March 6. The team will be led by skipper Subhranshu Senapati and accompanied by several support staff including Head Coach Wasim Jaffer. […]

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Odisha Open 2022: Unnati Hooda clinches her first int’l crown, Kiran George is men’s singles champion

Bhubaneshwar, January 30: Unnati Hooda and Kiran George registered contrastic victories to clinch the women’s and men’s singles title respectively in the Odisha Open Super 100 badminton tournament in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. Giant killer Hooda defeated Smit Toshniwal 21-18, 21-11 in just 35 minutes in the women’s singles final while Kiran got the better of […]

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Odisha Open 2022: Excitement galore amongst players & organisers

Bhubaneswar, January 24: Odisha Open Super 100, the first ever International badminton tournament of Badminton World Federation at Odisha soil is all set to be kicked off at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack on Tuesday. About 350 players from as many as 17 countries are participating in this tournament. While the preparations of this mega […]

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Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton relays in Odisha

Bhubaneawar, January 15: As part of its epic journey, the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton commenced its journey in Odisha, from Kalinga Stadium with Olympians, Dutee Chand and Sunita Lakra carrying the baton and officially, kicking off the relay to historic landmarks – Shree Jagannath Temple and Blue Flag Beach in Puri and thereafter to […]

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Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton arrives in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, January 14: The Queen’s Baton for the 2022 Commonwealth Games reached Bhubaneswar on Friday. Odisha Hockey Promotion Council Chairman Dilip Tirkey and officials of State Sports and Youth Services Department and Odisha Olympic Association received the baton at the Biju Patnaik Airport. Eminent sportspersons Anuradha Biswal and Shradhanjali Samantray were also present to welcome […]

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Two from Odisha in India squad for Women’s Hockey Asia Cup

Bhubaneswar, January 12: Two players from Odisha – Deep Grace Ekka and Mariana Kujur – has been selected in the 18-member Indian Hockey Squad for the upcoming Women’s Hockey Asia Cup scheduled to be held between January 21 and 28 at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman. The defending Champions India will battle […]

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Odisha Naval Tata Hockey HPC opens two new grassroot centres

Bhubaneswar, January 7: The Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Center, set-up with a vision to groom the sporting talent in hockey, on Friday opened two new Grassroot Centres, in Ganjam and Nayagarh districts in the State under the Odisha Tata Hockey Initiative. The inauguration event was held virtually and was graced by former Indian […]

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Odisha Tennis Association felicitates young tennis talents

Bhubaneswar, January 5: The Odisha Tennis Association on Wednesday felicitated two young tennis talents of the State, in a function at Kalinga Stadium here. Debasis Sahoo, currently ranked number one, U-16 & U-18, in Odisha, has shown huge promise as a budding talent at the national level. Debasis is the first player from Odisha to […]

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Odisha CM felicitates para badminton players

Bhubaneawar, December 24: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday felicitated the Para badminton players who won the medals at the recent Tokyo Paralympics. He congratulated them on their spectacular performance in Tokyo. He felicitated Deepa Malik (President Paralympic Committee of India), Prabhakar Rao (Chairman, Para-badminton India), Gaurav Khanna – Head Coach, Para Badminton Indian team, […]

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