Odisha Sports

Vedanta Aluminium’s Sports Initiative sends Odisha’s 7 young archers to national stage

November 14, 2024Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, November 14: Vedanta Aluminium on Thursday announced that seven young archers, including five girls from its grassroots sports initiative have qualified for the renowned 68th national-level School Games Federation of India (SGFI) Championship, to be hosted by the Sports Authority of Gujarat. Since its inception in 2018, Vedanta’s Sports Initiative has offered comprehensive training […]

Odisha FC clinches thrilling 2-1 victory over RUFC in Durand Cup

August 11, 2023August 16, 2023Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, August 11: In a thrilling Durand Cup group stage, Odisha FC showcased resilience and coordination, making a strong start with a saved shot by Pungte and solid defense denying RUFC. Adwin’s corner found Chandra for the opener, quickly countered by a powerful shot from Denzell for RUFC. A penalty for Odisha FC, confidently converted […]

Rs 25 lakh cash reward for Odisha’s track & field athlete Bapi Hansda

March 23, 2023March 24, 2023Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneawar, March 23: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday felicitated Odisha’s track and field athlete Bapi Hansda with a cash award of Rs 25 lakh for winning gold in the 400m hurdles at the recently concluded 18th National Youth Athletics Championship with a time of 51.90 sec. With this timing, Bapi is now ranked World […]

Dilip Tirkey chairs Hockey India Executive Board meeting

October 10, 2022October 13, 2022Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

New Delhi, October 10: Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey on Monday chaired the Executive Board meeting here. The major focal point of the meeting was the upcoming FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar-Rourkela 2023 in January as well as reviving the grassroots programme particularly for junior and sub junior categories. “We had a very […]

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

January 30, 2022January 31, 2022Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

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 […]

237 athletes felicitated with cash awards for outstanding performance

December 17, 2021December 18, 2021Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, December 17: In recognition of the outstanding performance of athletes at the national and international level, the Sports and Youth Services Department on Friday felicitated at least 237 athletes from across the State. Minister for Sports and Youth Services, Tusharkanti Behera, felicitated the athletes with cash prizes in the presence of department Secretary R.Vineel […]