Hockey

Bhubaneswar: Two players from Odisha - Ajmina Kujur and Jiwan Kishori Toppo – have found a place in the 18-member Indian squad for FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup South...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently wrote a personal letter to Odisha’s double Olympian Birendra Lakra, praising his “indelible contributions” to Indian hockey. An overwhelmed Birendra expressed his "heartfelt...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Central government has granted exemption from home quarantine for players and support staff of all international teams which will take part in the FIH Junior Men’s World...

New Delhi: The Indian hockey teams won’t participate in next year’s Birmingham Commonwealth Games because of COVID-19 concerns and UK’s discriminatory quarantine rules for travellers from India. Hockey India (HI)...

New Delhi: Hockey India (HI) on Saturday named a 30-member core probable group for the senior men’s national coaching camp which will begin at the SAI centre in Bengaluru on...

Rourkela: Felicitations for Odisha's hockey Olympians continue. On Saturday, it was the turn of Rourkela Municipal Corporation to fete the four players from Sundargarh for their fine performance in the...

Bhubaneswar: The first poster of a docudrama on Major Dhyan Chand has been released by Signature 24 Productions to coincide with the hockey wizard’s birth anniversary on August 29, which...

Rourkela: Odisha’s four hockey Olympians were given a rousing reception on arrival at their hometown in Sundargarh on Saturday. Amit Rohidas and Birendra Lakra of the men’s team, and Deep...

Several players contributed handsomely in Indian men’s bronze medal-winning effort in hockey at the Tokyo Olympics. But one man stood taller than others – goalkeeper PR Sreejesh. Brushing aside the...

New Delhi: India's brilliant performance in hockey at the Tokyo Olympics has brought laurels for Odisha and its Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Odisha is the official sponsor of men and...