Sports
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…
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…
