Ekalabya Award goes to Padmini Rout
02 Aug 2009,

Asian junior and World under-14 girls’ chess champion Padmini Rout has been selected to receive the 16th Ekalabya Award for the year 2008. The award committee unanimously chose Padmini from among 11... Read More..

Orissa cricket team suffers defeat
02 Aug 2009,

Orissa suffered a narrow six-run defeat at the hands of Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) in a keenly-contested match of the Karnataka State Cricket Association Invitation Tournament at Bangalore... Read More..

Haque, Das set up senior billiards final
01 Aug 2009,

Second seed Subrat Das will meet fourth seed Ahsan-ul Haque the final of the 15th Orissa State Senior Billiards Championship at Cuesport Academy here on Sunday. In the semifinals, Nalco cueist Haque... Read More..

3 from Orissa leave for Junior Rowing World Cup
31 Jul 2009,

Three girls from Orissa to left for France to represent India in the Junior Rowing World Cup to be held there from August 1 to 8. According to Orissa Association for Rowing & Sculling, of the thre... Read More..

Nishant claims maiden State cuesport title
31 Jul 2009,

Nishant Biswal emerged champion in the 15th Orissa State Junior Snooker Meet at Cuesport Academy in Bhubaneswar today. Putting up a commanding performance in the final, fourth seed Nishant blanked se... Read More..

Padmini 35th, Kiran 81st at N K Open
30 Jul 2009,

The N K Open International Chess Tournament, which concluded at Dieren in Holland today, brought mixed fortune for Orissa with its two Woman International Masters (WIM) Padmini Rout and Kiran Manisha... Read More..

Asutosh comes of age in cuesports
30 Jul 2009,

Local school boy Asutosh Padhy set the precious English table on fire by trouncing second seed Jenson George in the last quarterfinal of the 15th State Junior Snooker Championship at the Cuesport Aca... Read More..

State level talent scouting trials
30 Jul 2009,

The state level trial for selection of trainees for the 14 Government-run Sports Hostels and three Centres of Excellence will be conducted at Bhubaneswar and Sundargarh from August 6 to 9. Young t... Read More..

Rahul Gupta lets Kunal Agarwal off the hook
29 Jul 2009,

Unfancied Rahul Gupta squandered a golden opportunity to eliminate top seed Kunal Agarwal and enter the quarterfinals of the 15th Orissa State Junior Snooker Championship at Cuesport Academy in Bhuba... Read More..

Mary Kom, Vijender, Sushil get Khel Ratna
29 Jul 2009,

For the first time ever, three top sportspersons — boxers M C Mary Kom, Vijender Singh and wrestler Sushil Kumar — were today selected for the country’s highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel... Read More..