10-day Life Guard & Pool Operator Course begins at Kalinga Stadium

Bhubaneswar, September 30: In order to promote swimming both as an essential life skill and competitive sports, a ten-day Life Guard and Pool Operator Course has begun at the Biju Patnaik Swimming pool at the Kalinga Stadium here. The Sports and Youth Services Department (DSYS) has partnered with Life Saving Society of India, a member […]

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FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup to be hosted by Kalinga Stadium, announces Odisha CM

Bhubaneawar, September 23: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar will be hosting the FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup from 24th November to 5th December, 2021. “As the reigning champions, our team will take advantage of the home ground and emerge victorious again. I wish best wishes […]

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Odisha CM felicitates Indian Under-18 Girls’ Rugby Team

Bhubaneawar, September 23: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday interacted with the Indian Under-18 Girls’ Rugby Team and honoured them with a cash award of Rs 5 lakh for winning Silver medal at the Asia U18 Girls Rugby7s Championship 2021 held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, recently. Congratulating the team for their success, the Chief Minister praised […]

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Odisha felicitates Indian U18 Girls Rugby Team; Cash rewards announced for players

Bhubaneswar, September 22: Rugby India in conjunction with the Government of Odisha and other partners, on Wednesday, felicitated and honoured the Indian U18 Girls Rugby team for wining silver at the Asia Rugby U18 Girls Rugby Sevens Championship 2021 held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A total of five countries from across Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, United […]

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40th Junior Kho Kho National Championship 2021 kicked off in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, September 22: The 40th Junior Kho Kho National Championship-2021 kicked off in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, with the team captains taking a pledge of Fair Play on Wednesday here. The five-day event is being held at Biju Patnaik Indoor Hall, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar. Odisha Hockey Promotion Council Chairman Dilip Tirky, Lok Sabha member and KIIT […]

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Odisha to host the 40th Junior National Kho Kho Championship from Sept 22-26

Bhubaneswar, September 20: Odisha will host the 40th edition of the Junior National Kho Kho Championship from September 22 to September 26, 2021. Over 700 players from 60 participating teams from states and union territories will vie for the crown in the boys’ and girls’ category respectively in the championship. The teams have been divided […]

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Pramod Bhagat, 3 other para-athletes recommended for Khel Ratna Award

Bhubaneawar September 18: The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) has recommended the names of ace para-shuttler and gold medalist Pramod Bhagat, shooter Manish Narwal, high jumper Sharad Kumar and javelin-thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar for Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021. All the four has brought laurels for India at the recently held in Tokyo […]

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369 participate in Paradip Port Sports Council’s Trainees’ Selection trial

Paradip, September 11: The Paradip Port Sports Council organised two-day sports trainees selection in different categories such as Volleyball, Cricket, Football and Athletic at Gopabandhu Stadium, Paradip Port here under the Sports Trainees scheme of Major Port Sports Control Board. In this selection trial conducted on Thursday and Friday, total 369 participants in above categories […]

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Odisha CM felicitates Paralympics golden boy Pramod Bhagat with Rs 6 crore cash award

Bhubaneswar, September 10: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday felicitated Tokyo Paralympics gold medalist Pramod Bhagat with a cash award of Rs 6 crore at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium here. He has also been offered a Group-A level government job. Bhagat has left an indelible mark in the Sports history of India as the first […]

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Sportstar honours Odisha with Decade’s Best State for Promotion of Sports

Bhubaneswar, March 28: In yet another achievement for Odisha, renowned sports magazine Sportstar on Sunday honoured Odisha with Decade’s Best State for Promotion of Sports for the period from 2011 to 2020. Odisha received the Sortstar Aces Award that honoured the Giants of the Decade. Renowned Hockey star MM Somaya handed over the award to […]

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