National U-13 Chess: Top seed Saina settles with silver medal
30 Jul 2016

Odisha prodigy and top seed Saina Salonika of Odisha finished runner-up in the 30th National U-13 Girls Chess Championship, which concluded at Rajpath Club in Ahmedabad today. Jishitha D of Andhra... Read More..

Odisha sub-junior girls retain sepak takraw national title
28 Jul 2016

Odisha retained the girls’ team title in 19th Subjunior National Sepak Takraw Championsghip at Hyderabad in Telangana today. Dominating the final from the word go, Odisha girls beat Tamil Nadu by ... Read More..

CM announces Rs 60 lakh incentive for Olympics qualifiers
26 Jul 2016

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a special incentive of Rs 60 lakh for the six Odia sportswomen who have qualified to participate in the forthcoming Rio Olympics to be held fro... Read More..

Senapati slams 179 in drawn match vs Himachal
25 Jul 2016

Odisha got off to a morale-boosting start in the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah Memorial Cricket Tournament, gaining three points by virtue of taking a 24-run first-innings lead against Himachal Pradesh ... Read More..

Odisha assert supremacy in open karate tourney
24 Jul 2016

Odisha asserted supremacy, bagging 176 out of 223 medals in the 7th All-India Open Karate Tournament, which concluded here at Utkal Karate School today. According to a press release by host Utkal ... Read More..

Tennis ace Chinmay gets support from KIIT, OTA, KDTA
23 Jul 2016

Battling to keep his playing career going, leading Odisha tennis player Chinmay Pradhan received a shot in the arm today with Dr Achutya Samant, founder of KISS and KITT, coming forward along with... Read More..

FAO opens two more grassroots centres in Sundargarh
23 Jul 2016

Feeling inspired after being adjudged as the best state in implementation of the Grassroots Development Program of the All India Football Federation, Football Association of Odisha (FAO) added t... Read More..

Sports Journalism in Odisha: Excerpt from book by M Chatterjee
19 Jul 2016

Sports Journalism does not have a long history in Odisha. In fact, till 1970s many editors in mainstream Odia newspapers did not consider sports newsworthy. It was only after early Eighties that s... Read More..

Four Girls picked for U-16 National football camp
19 Jul 2016

All India Football Federation has selected four players from Odisha for the under-16 girls’ National camp, scheduled to be held at SAI Centre, Patiala (Punjab) from July 24, 2016. The camp is mean... Read More..

City sports bodies assure help for SJFI Natl Convention
18 Jul 2016

The 39th National Convention of Sports Journalist Federation of India (SJF), scheduled to be held here at KIIT University from September 14 to 18, received a notable boost with sports bodies of th... Read More..