Odisha Mountaineer Jogabyasa Bhoi conquers South America’s highest mountain peak Mt. Aconcagua. The 33-year-old Bhoi completed the expedition in Argentina on December 7 along with nine others after 6 member of the 16-strong contingent beat a retreat due to…
India produced an inspirational performance with a magnificent come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Belgium to set-up a mouth-watering semi-final clash against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament, in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. It was a fantastic comeback after being down 0-2…
It took an entire day to figure out what really was drawing this crowd for an Indian team that has lost both its matches in the Champions Trophy. The mystery grew larger with the crowd when the optimistic fans turned…
Post the Hockey India League (HIL) Players Closed Bid 2014, where the selection of the players for the six different franchise was set in stone, Hockey India (HI) on Tuesday announced the match schedule for the third edition of the…
A new synthetic turf has been laid at the Kalinga Sports Complex, which is all set to host the prestigious Champions Trophy. The eight-nation tournament will commence on December 6 and India stands a fair chance to win the trophy.…
In July, Olympic hopeful Dutee Chand, 18, was abruptly pulled from the track and field roster of India’s national team after successfully training for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The champion sprinter was then tested for hyperandrogenism, a…
The sprinter Dutee Chand leads a quiet, disciplined life. It involves attending classes for 9 hours at the Zonal Railway Training Institute in Bhusaval, a small town in Maharashtra almost 600km from Mumbai. At the institute’s large, leafy campus, Chand…
The Asian U-18 Girls 7-a-side and U-19 Boys 15-a-side Rugby Championship, jointly organized by the Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA) and the Indian Rugby Football Union (IRFU), would begin at KIIT University stadium here from December 11. A total of…
Governing bodies do not draw boundaries around the physical gifts of extraordinary male athletes, excluding them from competition because they are somehow “more than male.” Yet the International Association of Athletics Federations does do this with female athletes. Eighteen-year-old sprinter Dutee Chand is…
Officials of the state sports department and police today inspected the newly built synthetic turf stadium at Kalinga Sports Complex here. They oversaw the security arrangements for the upcoming Champions Trophy scheduled at the venue from December 6. Preparations are…