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Bhubaneswar: The IWL champions Odisha FC suffered a third straight defeat at AFC Women’s Champions League, losing 0-4 to the club from Chinese Taipei, Taichung Blue Whale on Saturday. The loss resulted in Odisha’s exit from the…
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Srinagar: Praveen Tambe is one of the most inspiring figures in Indian cricket. If ever there was someone who embodied the proverb ‘age is just a number’, it’s Tambe. A leg-spinner who played club cricket in Mumbai for years, Tambe was…
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Mumbai: Rafael Nadal on Thursday announced his retirement from the sport. One of the all-time greats of the tennis world, 38-year-old Nadal captured 22 Grand Slam titles, 14 playing on clay courts at the French Open. Nadal shared the news…
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Bhubaneswar: Javelin sensation Kishore Kumar Jena will receive the Sportslogon Player of the Year Sports Award-2024 at a function to be held at Tennis Conference Hall in Kalinga Stadium here on October 29. After a gap of four years, the…
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Bhubaneswar: Three players from Odisha have been selected in Indian Junior Men’s Hockey Team heading to Malaysia for participating in Sultan of Johor Cup. The tournament is set to begin from October 19. The players from Odisha are –…
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Baripada: An inter-college women’s chess tournament was held at Panchpir Women’s Degree College in Karanjia on October 1 under the aegis of Inter-Zone (Zone-II) chess championship of the Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanjdeo University (MSCBU),…
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Bhubaneswar: Five new Khelo India Centres (KICs) will be opened in five districts of Odisha, PTI reported quoting officials on Sunday. The new KICs will be opened in three disciplines in Ganjam, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Nayagarh and…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha lifters continued their brilliant form at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Suva, Fiji, as Hrudananda Das won a silver and a bronze medal in 89 kg category on Thursday. He lifted 129 kg in snatch and 170…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha women international lifters Mina Santa and Jyoshna Sabar have made India and their home state Odisha proud again, bagging a total of four medals, including three gold on the opening day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting…
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Bhubaneswar: Noted para shuttler Pramod Bhagat, who was recently handed an 18-month suspension for breaching BWF’s anti-doping whereabouts clause and did not participate in Paris Paralympics, has once again found himself on the wrong side…
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