Odisha is now a front runner to host the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship 2017, at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar scheduled to be held from July 1 to 4 of this year. An AFI (Athletic Federation of India) team was…
Do vote for Padmini Rout of Odisha in Chess Category for TOI Awards #CelebrateOurChamps
Padmini Rout of Odisha recorded hat-trick of titles at national women chess. Go to This Link to Vote for Padmini What is TOISA? Few things can lift a nation and send its spirit soaring like a proud…
Heard about Hupi Majhi of Odisha? She is known as India’s biggest Rugby Hope
When eight-year-old Hupi Majhi was sent to a boarding school in Bhubaneswar, she was fearful about what lay in store for her. It was her first time away from home, and what unnerved her was her inability to interact with…
Yay Kalinga Lancers win the Hockey India League Finals 2017 defeating Dabang Mumbai
Kalinga Lancers playing Dabang Mumbai in the final of Hockey India League by 4-1 margin. Earlier Dabang Mumbai and Kalinga Lancers entered the finals of the fifth edition of Coal India Hockey India League by winning their respective semi-finals…
Kalinga Lancers storm into finals of Hockey India League for 2nd consecutive year defeating Uttar Pradesh Wizards
Dabang Mumbai and Kalinga Lancers entered the finals of the fifth edition of Coal India Hockey India League by winning their respective semi-finals against Delhi Waveriders and Uttar Pradesh Wizards yesterday. Kalinga Lancers defeated Uttar Pradesh Wizards via penalty shootout…
Not selected in our state, Rashmi from Keonjhar now selected to captain Jharkhand U19 Cricket Team
What the state could not do for Rashmi, Rashmi did for the state and gave it a formidable cricket hero to pin its hopes on. “She went to Jharkhand after she was not selected for the Odisha team in 2013. She…
Indian Rugby Team comprising 50% from Odisha won Silver at Asian Women’s Sevens Trophy Laos
A 12-member Indian women’s rugby team featuring six from Odisha won the silver medal at the Asian Women’s Sevens Trophy held in Vientiane, Laos, on February 17 and 18 which included seven countries. The players got selected from during a…
Padmini Rout of Odisha creates history, advances to the last-16 stage of World Women’s Chess Championship
According to this report from Hindustan Times Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika and International Master Padmini Rout won the tiebreaks of the second round and advanced to the last-16 stage of World Women’s Chess Championship. It was a harder task for Padmini as…
Odisha Women storm into Indian Rugby Team selection for Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Trophy in Laos
Asia Rugby is the Regional Association of World Rugby, the governing body for the global Game. Asia Rugby members comprise National Governing Bodies (Unions) for Rugby. The originally named Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) was founded in 1968 and now has…
Padmini Rout Pride of Odisha Beats Armenia’s GM Danielian and reaches 2nd round of 2017 World Championship
Before the Women’s World Championship 2017 began, everybody was of the opinion that Harika Dronavalli stands the best chance to become the first Indian women’s world champion. Mathematically, this may be true but chess is not academics, it is a…