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Led by Swastik Samal, the senior selection committee has picked a 16-member Odisha squad for the fourth match against Baroda of the U-25 Col CK Nayudu Tropy. The match will start on January 22 at DRIEMS Ground in Cuttack. Odisha squad: Gourav Choudhry, Raghunath Malla, Om T Munde, Swastik Samal (capt), Pankaj Senapati, Anil Parida,…
After making a winning start, Odisha lost to Kerala by 28 runs in the Senior Women One-day Trophy, being played at Puducherry on Thursday. Kerala won the toss and opted to bat as Minnu Mani scored 47 off 61 balls and Drishya I V 40 off 45 balls to take their team’s total to 210…
Odisha started off their campaign with a win as they beat Mizoram by nine wickets in the Senior women One-Day Trophy, played at Puducherry. Opting to bat, Mizoram never looked in a position to put up a competitive score on the board as Odisha’s Sujata Mallik and Rameswari Naik picked two wickets each. Zuali scored…
FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 will kickstart on January 13, with India scheduled to meet Spain in its opener at the newly built Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium. Fans can follow and watch the tournament, live on TV and also by live streaming. The quadrennial event to be played in two cities of Odisha…
Shiv Sundar Das has been appointed as one of the five selectors in BCCI’s national men’s senior selection committee. Headed by Chetan Sharma, who has been reappointed as the chairman of the committee, will also have Salil Ankola, Subroto Banerjee and S Sharath as his colleagues. The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising of Sulakshana Naik,…
Bhubaneswar: The Inter University Women’s Hockey Championship organised by Rama Devi Women’s University was inaugurated on Thursday at Biju Patnaik Sports Complex, Utkal University here. We should foster the spirit of hockey, said MLA Ananta Narayan Jena. With the men’s hockey World Cup starting in few days, he urged the audience to popularise Odisha for…
After the opening ceremony on January 11 at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 will kickstart on January 13, with India scheduled to meet Spain in the opener at the newly built Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium. The quadrennial event to be played in two cities of Odisha – Bhubaneswar and…
Bhubaneswar: More than 500 competitors from 15 states are participating in the four-day 27th National Kickboxing Championship, which started on the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) campus here on December 29. SOA chancellor Prof. Debi Prasad Ray declared the championship open as the audience was treated to some live demonstrations by kickboxing competitors. This is the…
Odisha’s Priyanka Priyadarshini has been picked to play in the Senior Women’s T20 Challenger, to be played from Nov 20-26 in Raipur. Four teams will be playing in the tournament – India A, India B, India C and India D. She is part of India D team. The allrounder has been selected for her outstanding…
Biplab Samantray and Govind Poddar have been included in Odisha’s squad in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. The senior men’s selection committee decided to include both the players to strengthen the batting line-up and give stability to the middle order. Odisha are now left with two more matches in the tournament against Jammu and Kashmir…
