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Odisha high jumper Swadhin Majhi has won a bronze medal at the inaugural U23 National Athletics Championship 2021, held at the Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Swadhin jumped an impressive 2.08m to give Odisha its first medal at the Championship. Weightlifting trials A two-day Odisha weightlifting selections trials will be held from October 2-3 from…
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s win in their last game against Mumbai Indians would boost their confidence when they take on struggling Rajasthan Royals in an IPL 2021 match on Wednesday. The Virat Kohli-led side is currently placed third in the standings with 12 points from 10 matches, and a win over Rajasthan will brighten their playoff…
Mumbai Indians have lost their mojo in the UAE leg of IPL 2021 and need to claw back fast after having suffered three successive defeats. On Tuesday, the Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai take on Punjab Kings in Abu Dhabi, a match they can’t afford to lose. Mumbai have now slipped to the seventh position with eight…
Delhi Capitals will be eyeing their chance to book a playoff berth when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL 2021 match in Sharjah on Tuesday. The Rishabh Pant-led Delhi side is on a roll and have carried on the momentum from last season where they lost the finals against Mumbai Indians. But…
Cuttack Blue defeated Cuttack Red on penalties to win the Debabrat Kar and Sk Yunus Memorial Women’s Football tournament, held at Bidanasi ground, Cuttack on Sunday. In the finals, both the teams scored two goals each in the regulation time, taking the game to a penalty shootout to decide the winner. An award for best…
Sunrisers Hyderabad are all but out from IPL 2021 after having won just one game out of nine, and will have nothing to lose when they clash against Rajasthan Royals on Monday. Hyderabad are struggling in all the departments, with their batting and bowling heavily depending on David Warner and Rashid Khan, respectively. Warner is…
Odisha swimmers made a big splash at the 61st Odisha State Swimming Championship 2021, being held at the Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool, Bhubaneswar. Bargarh’s Jadu Budek bagged five gold medals in the Boys-I Group. In the girls category, Mannata Mishra and Divyanka Dibyajyoti Pradhan stood out by clinching five gold medals each at the Nationals.
Host Odisha played inspiring Kho Kho as the boys and girls teams bagged bronze medals in the 40th Junior Nationals held in Bhubaneswar. Odisha boys beat West Bengal while the girls defeated Karnataka to take bronze medals home. A massive leap in performance for both the teams when the Odisha girls and boys had finished…
Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) will host the Women’s U-19 One-Day Trophy, Plate Group from 28 September to 4 October at three different venues in Bhubaneswar. During the office bearers’ meeting on Saturday, OCA announced that all necessary arrangements as per BCCI guidelines will be made including a bio-secure bubble for the players, staff, and match…
This is going to be a match where both the teams are struggling to find their footing since the resumption of IPL 2021 in UAE. Royal Challengers Bangalore are in search of a win while Mumbai Indians desperately wants its star players such as Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan to fire. In head-to-head record, Mumbai…
