Utkal University includes two new disciplines
05 Sep 2014,

Utkal University, the largest affiliating university of the country with around 267 affiliated colleges under its jurisdiction, has included two new disciplines _ women`s cricket and swimming for ... Read More..

Jacob aims to produce rowing Olympian from Odisha
03 Sep 2014,

Conferred with both the Dronacharya and Biju Patnaik Awards on the National Sports Day, an inspired Odisha-based Kerala rowing coach Jose Jacob is now aiming to produce an Olympian from his adopte... Read More..

Patnaik wins OSCA Open All-Odisha Chess title
31 Aug 2014,

Aditya Patnaik emerged champion, scoring 8.5 points out of a possible nine in the OSCA Open All-Odisha Chess Tournament at Secretariat Recreation Club here on Sunday. Manas Singh and Natabara Das ... Read More..

School boys excel in football quiz contest
31 Aug 2014,

Football playing school students of Bhubaneswar have not only improved their skill by leaps and bounds, but also their knowledge of the sport, thanks to the Kalinga Marine-Bibekananda Memorial Int... Read More..

Double crown for Sweta in SR Chess Festival
31 Aug 2014,

Sweta Senapati of Angul bagged a double by winning titles in girls` under-15 standard and under-20 rapid categories of the All Odisha S R Chess Festival, which concluded here at Madhu Sudan Law Co... Read More..

Shreya wins bronze in Asian School Chess Championship
30 Aug 2014,

Shreya Smruti Mohanty made her international debut a successful story by winning bronze medal in under-11 girls category of the 10th Asian Schools Chess Championship, held at Taichung in Chinese T... Read More..

Biju Patnaik Sports Awards conferred for 4 years
29 Aug 2014,

As many as 13 sports personalities, including Olympians Rachita Mistry, K Ravi Kumar and Anuradha Biswal were conferred with the Biju Patnaik Sports Award, the highest government honour in Odisha,... Read More..

Dronacharya Award conferred on rowing coach Jose Jacob
29 Aug 2014,

President of India Pranab Mukherjee today conferred the prestigious Dronacharya Award on Odisha-based Kerala-SAI rowing coach Jose Jacob at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi today. Mired in sele... Read More..

MCL awards Rs 1 lakh to karateka Valena Valentina
28 Aug 2014,

Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, awarded Rs 1 lakh to the Odisha woman karate international Valena Valentina in a simple ceremony at the MCL office here today.

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Saheed Sporting Club to honour neglected coaches
26 Aug 2014,

Sports Authority of India`s rowing coach Jose Jacob and well-known women`s football coach Nanda Kishore Patnaik were today chosen for the Kamal Ganguly Memorial Award for the year 2013 and 2014 re... Read More..