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Bhubaneswar: In the men’s inter-college basketball tournament organised by Utkal University on Saturday, BJB autonomous College beat UN Autonomous College in the final. In the women’s tournament held on Utkal University campus few days ago, DR College, Nayapalli were crowned champions. Vice-chancellor, Prof Sabita Acharya inaugurated the tournament, where eight colleges took part and ten…
The selectors have picked two new players in the 16-member Odisha squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Odisha have included Amin I Khan and Mushtaq Beg for the 50-over domestic tournament, starting in Mumbai from November 12. Squad: Kartik Biswal, Anshuman Rath, Shantanu Mishra, Subhranshu Senapati, Abhishek Raut (capt), Rakesh Pattnaik, Rajesh Dhupar (wk), Jayanta…
Bhubaneswar: In the inter-college women’s basketball tournament organised by Utkal University, DR College, Nayapalli emerged as champions while BJB Autonomous College finished runner-up. The tournament was inaugurated by Dr. Avaya Kumar Nayak, registrar, Utkal University on Thursday. Teams from three colleges under Utkal University participated in the tournament while students from five colleges took part…
Four players of Odisha have been picked to be part of East Zone team for the upcoming Senior Women’s Inter-zonal T20 Trophy. The tournament will be held between November 8-16 in Lucknow. The East Zone Selection Committee in its meeting held on Oct 29 at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi selected Madhuri Meheta, Rameswari Nayak,…
Odisha’s Srabani Nanda bagged gold in women’s 100 mtr with a timing of 11.55 sec at the 61st National Open Athletics Championship in Bengaluru. In the same event, Himashree Roy (Railway) won silver and Archana S Suseendran (Tamil Nadu) took the bronze. In the men’s 100 mtr, Odisha’s Amiya Kumar Mallick finished seventh. Meanwhile, Odisha’s…
With 26 medals, Odisha recorded a highest ever medal haul at the recently concluded 36th National Games in Gujarat. This success story of Odisha at the National Games was possible by the help extended by the Sports department (Govt. of Odisha) and MGR Minerals. Odisha Olympic Association thanked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Minister, Sports and…
Bikash Swarup Pati, a former Odisha Ranji Trophy cricketer and current men’s senior selection committee member has successfully qualifiedas a BCCI match referee. The BCCI had conducted the match referee course and exam on Sept 5 and Sept 6 at Bengaluru for identifying suitable candidates for induction into the panel of BCCI match referees. 14…
Led by Saideep Mohapatra, Odisha Cricket Association’s (OCA) junior selection committee has picked a 15-member squad for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2022-23 season, starting October 7 in Pune. Pankaj Lochan Mohanty (president, OCA), Sanjay Behera (secretary, OCA) and all the office-bearers of OCA have extended their best wishes to the team. Squad: Saideep Mohapatra (capt)Prince…
Madhuri Meheta to lead as Odisha announce 16-member squad for the BCCI Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, starting October 11 in Bengaluru. Pankaj Lochan Mohanty (president, OCA), Sanjay Behera (secretary, OCA) and all the office-bearers of OCA have extended their best wishes to the team. Squad: Madhuri Meheta (capt)Sushree Dibyadarshini (VC)Pragyan P Mohanty (wk)Rashmita Chinara (wk)Kajol…
A 275-member Odisha contingent will be taking part in the upcoming 36th National Games, scheduled to be held between Sept 29 to Oct 12, in different cities of Gujarat. Out of the 275 contingent, 216 are athletes and 59 include team coaches, managers and physios. Odisha athletes are participating in 23 events and they are…
