Pune:30/4/24: Odisha recently bagged two silver medals in the 67th National School Games Rugby U-17 Championship with both the state boys and girls teams finishing runners-up at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Maharashtra’s Pune. This was the third medal for Odisha in National School Games Rugby Championships bagged on Sunday with the State U-19 girls team also securing a silver ...

Bhubaneswar:24/4/24: Odisha FC secured a 2-1 victory against the Mohun Bagan Super Giant (MBSG) at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar in the first leg of their semi-final fixture of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 tonight. The Juggernauts thus secured their first-ever ISL win over the Mariners after nine attempts, as a game of close margins kicked off amidst frenetic ...

Newdelhi:9/4/24:Chennai Super Kings (CSK) put in a comprehensive all-round performance to overcome Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) challenge at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The CSK bowlers restricted an in-form KKR batting line-up to 137 and followed it up with a stable batting performance to clinch a seven-wicket win. This is KKR’s first defeat in the TATA Indian Premier League ...

Lucknow:31/3/24: SAI Shakti Team, Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High-Performance Centre, Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy and SAI Bal Team win their respective matches on Day 4 of the 2nd Khelo India Sub-Junior Women’s Hockey League – Finals at the Padma Shri Mohammad Shahid Synthetic Hockey Stadium here on Sunday. In the first match of the day, SAI Shakti Team defeated HAR ...

Bhubaneswar:9/3/2 4: In a major boost to Indian athletics and swimming, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated India’s first Indoor Athletics Centre and Indoor Aquatic Centre at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. He also laid the foundation stone for the Indoor Diving Centre. The Indoor Athletics Centre stands as India’s first capable of hosting indoor continental and regional championships. This ...

Bhubaneswar:7/3 /2 4: High-flying Odisha FC, who recently suffered their first ISL defeat in four months, came out second-best once again. This time, it was in the AFC Cup assignment in Australia, with Odisha FC going down 0-4 to Central Coast Mariners in the first leg of the Inter-Zonal semifinals, This time, it was in the AFC Cup assignment in ...

Newdelhi:6/3/24:Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) of the Government of India, in collaboration with the Department of Sports, has introduced comprehensive reforms in the recruitment, promotion, and incentives framework for athletes. The updated guidelines, presented in a memorandum issued on March 4, are aimed at providing enhanced incentives, transparency, and inclusivity Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag ...

Bhubaneswar:2/3/24: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has released the coffee table book titled ‘FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023’ published by Sportstar, a reputed sports magazine in the country. The book vividly captures Odisha’s strong commitment and love towards hockey. Odisha is building world-class sports infrastructure and organising marquee international events to inspire younger generation towards sports, the Chief Minister ...

Bhubaneswar:27/2/24:In a major boost for cricket development in Odisha, CM Naveen Patnaik announced the redevelopment of the historic Barabati Cricket Stadium and laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of VSS Cricket Stadium in Sambalpur. CM said BarabatiStadium will be redeveloped into a world-class sports complex with all modern facilities, in partnership with the Board of Control for Cricket in ...

Bhubaneswar:23/2/24:CM Naveen Patnaik launched sports infrastructure projects worth ₹660 Cr to boost development of sports across Odisha. The projects unveiled include 48 multipurpose indoor stadiums, Cuttack Table Tennis Academy, Rourkela Gymnastics Academy and 12 hockey training centres. He also laid the foundation stone for 11 other sports projects which have been taken up under the 5T initiative to ensure the ...