Hupi scored five tries as Odisha RFC trounced Young Rugby Club (YRC) 40-0 in the women’s competition of the 83rd All India and South Asia rugby championship on Wednesday. The results: Jungle Crows 22 (Swapna 2 tries, Soma, Sandhya 1…
Bhubaneswar as International Sports Destination to get boost : 2018 Hockey World cup coming
After the 2014 Champions Trophy, Bhubaneswar would host another high-profile hockey event in 2018 with the city finalized for the 2018 Men’s World Cup. The decision was taken by Hockey India about a month ago.However, with the state government keen…
Journey of 11-year-old soccer prodigy from Bhubaneswar Bayern Munich Football Club Germany
Decks are cleared for Odisha’s 11-year-old soccer prodigy Chandan Nayak’s dream journey to Germany and play for the most iconic club – Bayern Munich. Hailing from a poor family, the budding footballer who was deserted by his father at a…
Check out a beautiful review of Budhia Singh Born to Run by Dibyasundar Nayak
There was palpable excitement when I went to watch ‘Budhia Singh Born to Run’. Not everyday a Bollywood movie is made on a story that happened in Odisha. Having followed the Budhia-Biranchi news keenly, I was curious how the makers…
One of the best article on Life of Dutee Chand : From poverty to Fastest Woman of India
When eight women lined up for the 100 metres final at the 20th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships in Delhi on April 28—the first event of the season for Indian athletes to qualify for the Rio Olympics–only one number…
Hockey Worldcup in 2018 and World League Final in 2017 to take Bhubaneswar to international sporting map
Bhubaneswar is all set to host the men’s hockey WorldCup in 2018 and the World League final in 2017 at Kalinga Stadium. “The state is poised to host the hockey World League final next year and the prestigious men’s hockey…
Presenting Amit Mallick of Odisha : He is on Roadtrip from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and…
Budhia Singh – Born To Run: An ode to Biranchi Sir – A blog by Sidhanta Patnaik
“Patriotism is the last refugee of a scoundrel,” said Samuel Johnson, the famous English writer, in the 18th century. At different times, patriotism has been replaced by religion or politics to make the point. The quote kept propping up in…
Budhia Singh : Born to Run is worth running all the way to multiplex says Review
SPOILERS ALERT A Bollywood sports film is usually an awkward creature. It tends to be a loud, lumbering beast prone to melodramatic flab and excessive deification. Mercifully, first-time writer-director Soumendra Padhi’s Budhia Singh – Born to Run isn’t one. It…
Budhia Singh did not expect to come into limelight again, biopic on his life gives another chance
It’s been a decade since a four-year-old child from Odisha ran 65 km from Puri to Bhubaneswar in seven hours and two minutes. India’s youngest marathon runner, Budhia Singh, was greeted by hundreds at the finish line, and gained nation-wide…