Jena selected for World bodybuilding meet
21 Aug 2009,

Orissa veteran Kartikeswar Jena has been selected to represent the country in the World Bodybuilding Championship to be held at Dubai from November 3 to 8. This was disclosed today by Indian Bodybuil... Read More..

Orientation programme for physical education teachers
21 Aug 2009,

School Games Association of Orissa conducted an orientation programme on karate and weightlifting for the benefit of physical education teachers (PET) at Utkal Karate School in Bhubaneswar today. Aro... Read More..

Orissa name jumbo squad for inter-zonal athletics
21 Aug 2009,

Orissa Athletic Association today named a 48-member squad for the 21st National Inter-zonal Junior Athletics Championship to be held at Chandigarh from September 1 to 3. Athletes, who won medals for... Read More..

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..