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World Test Championship Final: Can Under-Prepared India Rise To The Occasion?
When the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) cycle kicked off in August 2019, red-hot Team India were odds-on favourite to make the final. They did so in style, topping the nine-team…
Only One Odisha Player In Women’s Hockey Squad For Tokyo Olympics
New Delhi: Hockey India on Thursday announced the 16-member women’s hockey squad for the Tokyo Olympics next month.
Deep Grace Ekka (defender) is the only player from Odisha to have been…
[Watch] Lovebirds Athiya Shetty & KL Rahul In Eye-Catching Commercial
Mumbai: Actress Athiya Shetty and Team India cricketer KL Rahul had on Tuesday teased their fans by sharing selfies on Instagram with almost identical captions.
A day later, Athiya…
Matter Of Pride: Odisha’s Dutee Chand Roped In As Brand Ambassador Of Jewellery Chain
Kolkata: Internationally acclaimed Odia athlete Dutee Chand has bagged a prized endorsement deal. She will be the brand ambassador of Senco Gold & Diamonds, a leading jewellery retail…
World Test Final: $1.6 Million Up For Grabs As Virat Kohli’s Team India Faces NZ
London: Virat Kohli’s Team India will play for a fat prize purse of $1.6 million when they clash with New Zealand in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC).
The WTC…
Milkha Singh’s Wife Loses Battle With COVID-19, Legend Fights On In ICU
Chandigarh: The legendary Milkha Singh continues to fight COVID-19 in an ICU bed at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh, but his wife Nirmal…
Asian Games Gold Medallist Boxer Dingko Singh Succumbs To Cancer
New Delhi: Asian Games gold medal-winning former boxer Dingko Singh succumbed to liver cancer at his home at Sekta in Manipur's East Imphal district on Thursday morning. He was 42 and had…
Checkmate COVID: Aamir Khan To Battle Viswanathan Anand In Game Of Chess
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan will battle former world champion Viswanathan Anand in a game of chess, a Twitter handle dedicated to the game called Chess.com has announced.…
Naveen Congratulates Odisha Para Shuttler Pramod Bhagat On Qualifying For Tokyo…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated World’s No.1 para shuttler Pramod Bhagat from Odisha on qualifying for the Paralympics scheduled to be held in Tokyo from August…
Ensure Immediate Vaccination Of All Olympics-Bound Athletes, Staff: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed officials on Thursday to ensure that all Tokyo-bound athletes and support staff for the Olympic Games get vaccinated as soon as possible.…