It is the kind of stuff fairy tales are made of Chandan Nayak, an 11-year old football player of the Sabar Sahi slum in the city, has been selected to train at Bayern Munich, the iconic football club in Germany,…
Rashmi Ranjan Sahoo : A road side vendor in Bhubaneswar to represent India in Body Building
Rashmi Ranjan Sahoo, a road side ‘bara piaji’ vendor now all set to represent India at the Asian and World Bodybuilding Championships. He managed to find a place in the national team after a remarkable performance at the national selection camp held…
Awesome to see Dutee Chand on cover of New York Times Magazine print edition
The Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female : Athletes For years, international sports organizations have been policing women for “masculine” qualities — and turning their Olympic dreams into nightmares. But when Dutee Chand appealed her ban, she may have changed the rules. One day in…
One-Track Minds : A Story on Dutee Chand and Semenya by Katrina Karkazis Stanford USA
Caster Semenya is a woman. One might think this is in doubt, however, judging from a barrage of recent comments swirling around the internet as news and social media weighed in on the South African runner’s blistering win in the…
4 Odisha Girls all set to compete in Rio Olympics Women Hockey Event with India qualifying after 36 years
Pics Courtesy: The Hockey India A 16-member India men’s hockey team and the India women’s hockey team for the 2016 Rio Olympics were announced by Hockey India (HI) on Tuesday. While defender Sushila Chanu is the skipper of the women’s side,…
Odisha Teenager Ranjit Naik eyeing 2020 Olympics included in Target Olympic Podium scheme
Meet Ranjit Naik – a village boy from backward Bhuyia tribe in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, who has now been included in the Sports Ministry’s ambitious Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme with an eye on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic. Boarding a…
What keeps Odisha migrants connected to their roots, answer Sunday Hockey
The fear of being overrun is always there, given the mushrooming of cricket and football academies in the Capital. But a few enthusiasts from Odisha are keeping the game of hockey alive. Bonny Minz migrated to Delhi from the tribal…
A nice Video from Zee News on story of Dutee Chand making it into Rio Olympics
A determined Dutee Chand dashed to grab a historic place in the Rio Olympics by smashing her own national record on way to winning the 100 metres heats at the 26th G. Kosanov Memorial Athletics Meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan,…
Dutee Chand : Inspiring story from Banned by IAAF to India’s first woman to qualify for Olympics after 2000
A determined Dutee Chand dashed to grab a historic place in the Rio Olympics by smashing her own national record on way to winning the 100 metres heats at the 26th G. Kosanov Memorial Athletics Meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on…
Don’t miss Budhia Singh : Born to Run Official Trailer released today
The most awaited movie of the year BUDHIA SINGH – BORN TO RUN which stars Manoj Bajpayee is all set to hit the screens on August 5, 2016.The makers of the upcoming biopic, have launched the trailer from the film today.…