The Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) has selected talented Odisha teenager and junior national snooker champion Ashutosh Padhy to participate in the World Snooker Championship to be held at Pune from November 18 to 29. Padhy is among…
The case of Dutee Chand — the Indian sprinter who has been banned from competing as a woman because she has naturally high levels of androgen — casts international sport in a bad light. Great athletes always have an unfair…
Hockey India (HI) on Monday announced the commencement of online ticket sales for the much-awaited Hero Hockey Champions Trophy to be held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from December 6-14. With the game again reviving its popularity in…
Odisha Cricket Association will play host to the first of the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka at Barabati Stadium here on November 2. Online sale of tickets for the first ODI will commence from October 19 through www.ticketgenie.in and…
The All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA), for the first time, would host the World Junior Chess Championship in 2016. This was decided at the central council meeting of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) at Pune on Sunday.
Tight security will be in place for the first T20 international cricket match between India and West Indies at the Barabati stadium on October 22. Over 70 platoons of armed police would be deployed for the security of players and…
Leading Cricket commentator delivered a speech on the winning way today at Swosti Premium.
The Debatable Line Between a Natural Gift and an Unfair Advantage To the Sports Editor: Re “Fighting for the Body She Was Born With,” Oct. 7: Requiring Dutee Chand to alter her natural body to fit more closely the idealized…
When will we learn to give Sports other than cricket and selfless coaches their due? Fourteen years of selfless service for the country and a mammoth 262 national and internationals medals later, Jose Jacob is an unhappy man. The Dronacharya-winning…
Woman Grandmaster Padmini Rout made her presence felt with a clinical victory over Mona Khaled of Egypt in the fourth round of the world junior girls’ chess championship and jumped to joint lead on Thursday. After an easy draw with…