Samita secures Asian benchpress gold
19 Aug 2009,

Orissa woman powerlifter Samita Barik won a gold medal in 82kg weight class of the Asian Benchpress Championship at Chandigarh today. She achieved the feat by lifting 72.5 kg. This is the first in... Read More..

Debashree, Dharmedhar emerge best athletes
18 Aug 2009,

West Bengal girl Debashree Mazumdar and Orissa boy Dharmedhar Mahanta emerged best athletes in the 21st East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, which concluded at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar t... Read More..

Ashok Pattnaik Sports Awards presented
18 Aug 2009,

ATHLETE Ranjita Mahanta and football coach Subodh Kumar Jena were felicitated with the Ashok Patnaik Memorial Sports Award for the year 2009 in a function here at Saheed Sporting ground on Tuesday. ... Read More..

Agony follows ecstacy for Asian mdallist Jena
18 Aug 2009,

Veteran Orissa bodybuilder Kartikeswar Jena won a bronze medal in the Asian Bodybuilding Championship held at Bangkok earlier on August 16. According to information received here today, Jena achieved... Read More..

Orissa athletes bag 26 medals on opening day
16 Aug 2009,

Orissa occupied the second place in the medals table with a collection of 11 golds, eight silvers and seven bronzes in the opening day of the 21st East Zone Junior Athletic Championship which commenc... Read More..

Mahanta, Jena to get Ashok Patnaik Awards
14 Aug 2009,

Youth international athlete Ranjita Mahanta and football coach Subodh Kumar Jena were today selected to receive the Ashok Patnaik Memorial Sports Award for the year 2009 as the best young sportsperso... Read More..

Indian kickboxers win 4 medals in Asian meet
13 Aug 2009,

Indian kickboxers returned home after bagging one gold and three bronze medals in the inaugural Asian Martial Art Games held at Bangkok in Thailand from August 1 to 9. According to a press release... Read More..

Ranji Trophy champions to get Rs 2 crores
13 Aug 2009,

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has increased the prize money for the winners of the Ranji Trophy to Rs 2 crores. This was one of the several important decisions the Working Committee of th... Read More..

Asif, Samartha bag double crowns
12 Aug 2009,

Cuttack boy Asif Haque and Bhubaneswar girl Samartha Prusty bagged a double each in the 17th YGTTA All-Orissa Open Table Tennis Tournament, which concluded at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today. An... Read More..

Chand gets rousing reception, promotion to follow
11 Aug 2009,

Orissa woman athlete Saraswati Chand, the pride of the state Police Department, was accorded a rousing reception today on her return home after winning six medals, including two golds in the 13th Wor... Read More..