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Bhubaneswar: Participation of girls in sports and games was once considered a taboo in rural Odisha. Girls in villages were never allowed to wear half pants and hit the playground....

Bhubaneswar: Breaking the agonizing semifinal jinx, South Africa on Thursday routed Afghanistan by 9 wickets at Tarouba, Trinidad, to enter their maiden T20 World Cup final. The Proteas, who had...

Mumbai: Team India, led from the front by Rohit Sharma, avenged the heartbreaking loss in last year’s ODI World Cup final to Australia in great style the other night in the...

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has revoked the two-year ban on Odisha senior men’s team player Sumit Sharma, Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) said in a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s hockey star Amit Rohidas is set to be a two-time Olympian after being named in the Indian squad for next month’s Paris Olympics. The 31-year-old defender was part...

Bhubaneswar: Afghanistan crushed Australia’s T20 World Cup hopes by securing a dramatic 8-run DLS win over Bangladesh in a rain-affected match at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent on...

Mumbai: Skipper Rohit Sharma put on quite a show in the T20 World Cup Super 8 match against Australia, allowing Team India to post a formidable 202/5 in St Lucia...

Mumbai: Shubman Gill must have been disappointed to be left out of India’s campaign in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup. Not part of the 15-member squad, Gill was named...

New Delhi: Accomplished wrestler Bajrang Punia has been suspended again by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), with effect from June 23. Bajrang, first Indian wrestler to be ranked world No....

Mumbai: Afghanistan added one more glorious chapter to their emerging cricket history by scripting a historic 21-run victory over Australia in their Super 8 clash of the T20 World Cup. On...