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..

Amrutanshu wins schools open chess title
17 Jul 2016,

Amrutanshu Priyadarshan of DAV Public School, Unit-VIII emerged champion, scoring 6.5 points out of a possible seven in the 9th Schools Open Chess Tournament, which was organised by DAV Public Sch... Read More..

Odisha flatter to deceive in Junior Girls NFC
17 Jul 2016,

Despite being the host and last year’s runners-up, Odisha crashed out in the in the semifinals,  losing to Haryana by a solitary goal in the Junior (U-19) Girls National Football Championship, whi... Read More..

Galaxy Club win KBKD Memorial Football Tourney
16 Jul 2016,

Galaxy Club emerged champions in the 1st Kartik Behera-Kartik Das (KBKD) Memorial Football Tournament, defeating ASGA, Kishan Nagar in the final at Bidanasi ground here today. Sekih Zahid was adju... Read More..

Bhuyan bags second AITA men’s singles title
15 Jul 2016,

Maintaining his impressive form, leading Odisha tennis player Ansu Kumar Bhuyan bagged the second AITA men’s singles title of his career,  defeating Ritwik Anand of Tamil Nadu 7-5, 6-3 in the fina... Read More..

Four from Odisha picked for Olympic women hockey event
12 Jul 2016,

Hockey India today announced National men and women teams, comprising 16 players each for the Rio Olympic Games, scheduled to be held from August 5 to 21. Four players from Odisha were included i... Read More..

Good Samaritan Trust felicitates sportspersons, coach
10 Jul 2016,

Good Samaritan Trust (GST) felicitated four sportspersons and one coach with Sportslogon Award in a function here at Jaydev Bhawan today. The awardees were: junior international woman footballer B... Read More..