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Sports roundup: Bhagat receives Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

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Pramod Bhagat Major receives the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award from the President of India. (Image: Twitter@sports_odisha)

Paralympian Pramod Bhagat received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award from the President of India. He became the first Odia to get a Khel Ratna.

While Tokyo Games’ bronze medallists and Odisha hockey players Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas received the Arjuna Award.

Double crown

East Coast Railway clinched a double crown by winning both the men’s and women’s titles in the 69th Odisha Senior State Volleyball Championships, held at Kandhamal and Boudh.

Yogasana Sports Championships

The three-day National Yogasana Sports Championships 2021-22 held in Bhubaneswar came to a spectacular end, with Maharashtra being crowned overall champion while Tamil Nadu bagged the second position and West Bengal and Goa finished third and fourth respectively.

Odia judoka bags silver medal

Odisha boy Ishan Kumar Pradhan secured silver medal in +66 kg category of the National Sub-junior Judo Championship at Chandigarh University in Punjab.


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