Form, luck and aggression fetch chess glory
11 Sep 2009,

Fine form, all-out aggression and lady luck helped leading Orissa duo, Swayangsu Satyapragyan and Anwesh Upadhyaya achieve the best ever collective success in the 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess T... Read More..

Chess players achieve best ever collective success
10 Sep 2009,

Orissa chess players achieved their best ever collective success in the 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament, which concluded at Gorky Sadan in Kolkata today as strongest event in Asia. I... Read More..

Three lifters picked for Commonwealth meet
10 Sep 2009,

Three from Orissa were selected to represent India in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships to be held in Penang (Malaysia) from October 18-23. They included Minati Sethi (Senior women), K ... Read More..

Satyapragyan, Anwesh give Orissa double delight
09 Sep 2009,

International Master Swayangsu and Anwesh Upadhyaya gave Orissa a double delight by shocking two Grandmasters in the ninth and penultimate round of the 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament a... Read More..

OFA set to turn FAO with OOA intervention
09 Sep 2009,

The long-standing dispute related to according voting right to individual members of  Orissa Football Association (OFA) has taken a dramatic turn with representatives of its affiliated units decid... Read More..

Shining Satyapragyan secures 2nd GM norm
08 Sep 2009,

Orissa`s shining star Swayangsu Satyapragyan secured his second Grandmaster norm with a thumping win over Uzbekistan Grandmaster Mikheil Mchedlishvili in the eight round of the 4th Kolkata Open GM Ch... Read More..

Ad-hoc chess body sets example for sports bodies
08 Sep 2009,

It`s time, sports bodies should adhear to Accountability and Transparency, the two modern-day principles of governance in the subject. Accountability means, the office-bearers should own the success ... Read More..

Advani wins World Professional Billiard title
07 Sep 2009,

Pankaj Advani became the second Indian, after Geet Sethi to win the World Professional Billiards Championship at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds (England) yesterday night. The 24-year-old Ban... Read More..

Basant, Basa bag Mahasuara Memorial Award
06 Sep 2009,

Orissa medium-pacer Basant Mohanty and umpire Arun Kumar Basa received this year’s Saroj Mahasuara Memorial Award on the occasion of seventh death anniversary of Saroj Mahasuara at Rameswar Sporting ... Read More..

Subrat end campaign on honourable note
05 Sep 2009,

Orissa state senior billiards champion Subrat Das ended his campaign on a honourable note when he lost to 1989 National snooker champion Shyam Jagtiani in the quarterfinals of the 1st Lala Ghasiram M... Read More..