TBB BUREAU JODA/BARBIL, SEPT 06, 2022 In a keenly contested final held at the Eden Garden Playground of Jindal Nagar, Barbil Pellet Plant recently, KGF Warriors (Maintenance Department) got the better of the Black Panthers (Operation Department) to lift the first edition of the ‘JSP Futsal Championship Cup’. In a thrilling and competitive final match, both the teams played exceptionally ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 02, 2022 Indian conglomerate Vedanta Limited​ ​announced its support for distance running as it  inked a five-year deal as the title sponsor for the world’s prestigious Delhi Half Marathon, promoted by Procam International. The World Athletics Elite Label Race will now be known as Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon. Along with this, the natural resources major will ...

TBB BUREAU KALINGANAGAR, AUG 31, 2022 Satyabrata Das, a mountaineer from Jajpur district of Odisha, has achieved a rare feat by successfully completing a mountaineering expedition to the Mount Satopanth peak in Uttarakhand on Tuesday. Das from Kumbhiragadia village under Danagadi Block of Jajpur district is among the five who made it to the peak in the group of eight ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA/LANJIGARH, AUG 30, 2022 On National Sports Day, Vedanta Aluminium pledged to strengthen grassroots sporting culture with the participation of young talent from local communities in and around its areas of operations. In pursuit of this aim, Vedanta Aluminium has been actively supporting several sports formats, events and training programs in Jharsuguda, Lanjigarh and nearby areas. Sports being ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, AUG 29, 2022 On National Sports Day 2022, Bank of Baroda (BoB) released the third edition of #SmashItWithSindhu to celebrate the achievements and to support the undying spirit of the Indian sporting fraternity. The latest edition is bigger and better with BoB bringing together ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and India’s young batting sensation Shafali Verma joining Olympic ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUG 29, 2022 Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to legendary Indian Hockey player Major Dhyan Chand on his birth anniversary; and greeted the sportspersons on National  Sports Day today. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said: “Greetings on National Sports Day and tributes to Major Dhyan Chand Ji on his birth anniversary. The recent years ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, AUGUST 27, 2022 Five young kickboxers brought laurels for Keonjhar district by winning four medals, including one gold, in the just concluded Wako India Seniors and Masters National Kickboxing Championship in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Sponsored by JSW Foundation, kickboxers Ashish Rout, Jaspreet Singh and Budhuram Munda, won one gold and three bronze medals in the Championship held ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, JULY 20, 2022 Strengthening its growing international footprint in cricket, Reliance Industries Ltd today announced that it would acquire a franchise in Cricket South Africa’s upcoming T20 league. “Based in Cape Town the new franchise would take forward the Mumbai Indians brand and comes close on the heels of acquiring the UAE-based International League T-20 team,” RIL ...

TBB BUREAU KALINGANAGAR, JULY 1, 2022 Tata Steel Foundation hosted a felicitation programme for Namsi Jarika, captain of the junior hockey team of Odisha on Thursday. She had won silver medal in the recently concluded Khelo India Youth Game, 2022. Debdoot Mohanty, Chief – Corporate Services, Tata Steel, Kalinganagar and Allen Joseph Head, TSF, Kalinganagar along with other officials of ...

TBB BUREAU AHMEDABAD, JUNE 30, 2022     Adani Sportsline,the sports arm of the Adani Group, has become an official partner with the Indian Olympics Association (IOA) for the upcoming Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, Hangzhou Asian Games 2022, and Paris Olympic Games 2024. This is the second time that the Adani Group has come on board with IOA. The earlier association ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 20, 2022 Odisha FC on Sunday announced that Australian player Osama Malik has signed a year-long deal with the Club. Osama is a versatile player, who can operate as a central defender, full-back, and holding midfielder. He has had previous spells in the Hyundai A-League with Adelaide United, North Queensland Fury, Melbourne City, and most recently, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 29, 2022 Bhubaneswar-headquartered IT consulting company, CSM Technologies has kicked off its maiden sporting extravaganza – CSM Premier League, at the Company’s campus in Infocity here on Friday. Modelled on the immensely popular Indian Premier League (IPL), the event seeks to replicate the magic and ignite fervour with CSM’s touch of ingenuity. Twelve teams – Deccan ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, MAY 25, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has sponsored sporting gear for teams participating in the ongoing ‘Mo School’ Hockey Tournament at Jharsuguda. Mo School Abhiyaan is an initiative by the Government of Odisha under its School & Mass Education Department, which aims to address the needs of school-going children and enable and support ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MAY 24, 2022 IOC Member Nita Ambani lauded the launch of India’s first ‘Olympic Values Education Programme’ (OVEP) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today in Odisha, emphasising that OVEP combines the twin powers of education and sport in instilling the core values of Olympism. The OVEP is a practical set of resources designed by the IOC ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, APRIL 26, 2022 Telengana-based tennis player Shrivalli Rashmikaa has been making waves in the Junior Tennis circuit in India for several years. The 20-year-old already has two AITA Junior National Championships to her name, and holds the distinction of winning an invitational event staged by Roland-Garros in India in 2018, wherein winners of the competition got an ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 25, 2022 Former Indian pacer Irfan Pathan believes TATA IPL has witnessed several finishers but MS Dhoni’s status is second to none because the former India captain has been the face of this league since its inception. Chennai Super Kings senior cricketer MS Dhoni’s name is on everyone’s lips after his match-winning knock against Mumbai Indians. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 24, 2022 Sneha Soren of KIIT University has won the first gold medal in 49-kg weightlifting in the 2nd Khelo India University Games held in Bengaluru. Sneha lifted 69 kg in Snatch event and lifted 92 kg in Clean and Jerk event with a total lift of 161 kg. LIIT & KISS Founder Achyuta Samanta congratulated ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, APRIL 21, 2022 To encourage young talent in Air Rifle Sports, NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi has come forward to provide support to Shrishti Priya, a promising Air Rifle shooter of Jharkhand with a modern rifle worth Rs 3.70 lakh. She has won gold medal in the State Championship twice to her credit. She is going to ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, APRIL 7, 2022  Seven clubs from the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) will be joined by a team from Reliance Foundation Young Champs (RFYC) for the inaugural Reliance Foundation Development League (RFDL) in Goa from April 15 to May 12. Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, FC Goa, Jamshedpur FC, Kerala Blasters FC, Mumbai City FC and Hyderabad FC ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 31, 2022 Indian Metals Public Charitable Trust (IMPaCT), the charitable wing of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys (IMFA) group of industries, has invited nominations for the prestigious Ekalabya Puraskar-2022, the annual sports award for outstanding young sports person of the State which carries a cash prize of Rs. five lakh. Besides the main award, two citation awards are ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI, MARCH 26, 2022 The largest telecom and digital service provider of the country, Reliance Jio has announced two new plans dedicated to IPL fans. Two new mobility plans with Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription are introduced, Rs. 555 Jio Cricket Data Add-on plan with 55-day validity and Rs. 2999 annual plan. Under the new plan of Rs. 555 ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 20, 2022 Laxmikant Kattimani saved three penalties as Hyderabad FC rose above the din with a 3-1 victory in a nerve-racking penalty shootout over Kerala Blasters FC and their sea of yellow supporters, in a rip-roaring 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League final at the packed PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Sunday. Hyderabad FC became champions for ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 19, 2022 A sea of yellow will welcome both Hyderabad FC and Kerala Blasters FC when the two teams donning similar colours will take the PJN Stadium in Fatorda aspiring to crown their respective seasons with a Hero Indian Super League trophy, in the final here on Sunday. It has been a season to remember for ...

TBB BUREAUMUMBAI, MARCH 19, 2022The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah’s term as president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) was on Saturday unanimously extended by a year — till the 2024 AGM.The decision was taken at the ACC AGM in Colombo today.Shah had taken over the reins of the ACC last year in January ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 15, 2022 Kerala Blasters FC split honours with Jamshedpur FC on the night playing out a 1-1 draw, but rode on two top-draw defensive displays to pip the League Shield winners 2-1 on aggregate over two legs and qualify for their first final since 2016, in the 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/PURI, MARCH 13, 2022 The British Deputy High Commission in Kolkata commemorated the Commonwealth Day 2022 with a friendly Beach Volleyball Match between a joint team of ‘UK in Kolkata’ and Team ‘Odisha Sports’ at the Blue Flag Beach, Puri in a joint collaboration with the Sports & Youth Services Department of Odisha and the Puri District Administration ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 7, 2022 Ritwik Das helped Jamshedpur FC and himself gallop into the history books with a second-half winner to down ATK Mohun Bagan by a 1-0 margin and bag the  League Shield for the first time creating history, in the Hero Indian Super League at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Monday. Jamshedpur needed to draw ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 7, 2022 The biggest five-a-side football tournament in India and Globally, Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five returns for its sixth year in India with qualifiers across the country. The 2022 edition of the championship will have qualifiers in 19 cities across India. The qualifiers will take place through the months of March and April, with a ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 6, 2022 Less than 24 hours after Kerala Blasters FC qualified for the 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Semi-Finals, without kicking a ball, the Yellow Army played out an exciting 4-4 draw with FC Goa, here at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim. Hat-trick hero Airam Cabrera (49′, 63′ Pen., 82′) and Aibanbha Dohling (79′) both ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 5, 2022  Mumbai City FC was sealed with a shock as the double defending Champion failed to qualify for the semi-finals after a 2-1 defeat to Hyderabad FC in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) at the PJN Stadium, Fatorda. The result confirmed all four semifinalists as Mumbai’s loss cleared the road ahead for Kerala Blasters. ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 5, 2022  SC East Bengal ended the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) in familiar fashion as their last Hero Indian Super League encounter resulted in a 1-0 defeat against Bengaluru FC here, at the Tilak Maidan Stadium. Sunil Chhetri’s solitary strike (24’) proved to be the difference, bagging three points for Marco Pezzaiuoli’s men in their ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 4, 2022 Jamshedpur FC took a major step towards securing the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Winner’s Shield after a dominant 5-1 victory over Odisha FC at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim. Daniel Chima Chukwu (23’, 26’) scored a first-half brace to take his season’s tally to nine goals before Paul Ramfangzauva (45+1’) pulled one back ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 3, 2022 ATK Mohun Bagan rode their talisman Roy Krishna’s first-half strike to sail into the semifinals for the second straight year, with a 1-0 victory against Chennaiyin FC in the Hero Indian Super League at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Thursday. Krishna netted his fifth goal of the season and first this calendar year ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 3, 2022 Jamshedpur FC will look to consolidate their lead at the top of the table when they take on Odisha FC in the Hero Indian Super League at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Friday. Jamshedpur continued their red-hot form with a massive 3-0 victory over depleted Hyderabad FC, to dethrone them from the top ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 1, 2022     Kerala Blasters FC and Mumbai City FC will face off in a virtual shootout for a place in the semifinals, in a rescheduled Hero Indian Super League fixture at the Tilak Maidan Stadium here on Wednesday. Kerala are placed fifth in the points table with 30 points from 18 matches, one point less ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 28, 2022 Two teams fighting for pole position will face each other in a clash of titans when Hyderabad FC take on Jamshedpur FC in the Hero Indian Super League at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Tuesday. Hyderabad are sitting pretty at the top of the table, having qualified for the semifinals for the first ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 27, 2022            ATK Mohun Bagan took a major step towards ensuring a semi-final spot with a 2-0 win against Bengaluru FC in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda today. The defeat ended all hopes for the Blues of making it into the top-four. As for the Mariners, they remaines ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has today constituted a three-member committee to look into the matter of Wriddhiman Saha receiving threats and intimidation from a senior journalist. The three member committee comprises of BCCI Vice-President Rajiv Shukla, BCCI Treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal and BCCI Apex Council Member Prabhtej Singh Bhatia. ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Jordan Murray came off the bench to score the winner as Jamshedpur FC showed character of the highest order to edge past NorthEast United 3-2 and stay one point away from a maiden semifinal berth, in the Hero Indian Super League at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Friday. Seiminlen Doungel (35th) gave Jamshedpur ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Kerala Blasters FC will know they cannot afford to drop points if they are to qualify for the semifinals, and when they take on Chennaiyin FC in a Hero Indian Super League clash at the Tilak Maidan Stadium, the men in yellow will have their task cut out. Kerala lost to league leaders Hyderabad ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 The British Deputy High Commission Kolkata organised a virtual chat with Odisha Football Club to celebrate the ‘India-UK Week of Sport’ today. As part of the online chat, British Deputy High Commissioner to Kolkata, Nick Low spoke with Odisha FC President Raj Athwal. This online conversation was part of the ‘India-UK Week of Sport’ ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 23, 2022 Hyderabad FC qualified for the semifinals for the first time with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Kerala Blasters FC in a rip-roaring Hero Indian Super League encounter at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim here on Wednesday. Bartholomew Ogbeche got Hyderabad in front in the 28th minute with Javier Siverio doubling the margin in the ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 23, 2022 ATK Mohun Bagan will look to rubber-stamp their spot in the top-four with a win over Odisha FC who have nothing to lose, in a Hero Indian Super League clash at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Thursday. ATKMB are third having 30 points from 16 games, two less than leaders Hyderabad FC who have ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 23, 2022 The Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics High Performance Centre (HPC), a collaborative effort of the Odisha Government and Reliance Foundation which got operational in 2019, could become a “hub of champions” in the coming years, said Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while interacting with athletes of the HPC during his visit to the Kalinga Stadium ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 21, 2022 Bengaluru FC had to come from behind to defeat Odisha FC by a 2-1 scoreline in the 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League (ISL) at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim. The result keeps the Blues in the hunt for a semi-finals spot as they rise to fifth with 26 points, one behind fourth-placed Kerala Blasters ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 21, 2022 A spot in the semifinal firmly in their minds, Mumbai City FC will go all guns blazing against rock-bottom SC East Bengal who have nothing to lose, in the Hero Indian Super League at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Tuesday. Mumbai are placed fifth in the points table, having 25 points from 16 ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 19, 2022 FC Goa’s record streak of making the ISL playoffs for 4 consecutive seasons came to an end on Saturday night, following their 3-2 loss to Hyderabad FC at the SAG Athletic Stadium in Bambolim, Goa. Jorge Ortiz and Devendra Murgaokar netted once each for the Gaurs but couldn’t stop Hyderabad from taking all three ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 14, 2022 Kerala Blasters FC breached the top-four positions after securing a narrow 1-0 win over SC East Bengal in the 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League (ISL) at the Tilak Maidan Stadium, here today. The Yellows reached the third position from sixth, thanks to the solitary goal by Enes Sipovic (49’) who scored the winner for ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 9, 2022 FC Goa kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a five-star performance against Chennaiyin FC whose aspirations of a top-four spot were dealt a heavy blow, as they were humbled 5-0 in the Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Wednesday. Jorge Ortiz (20th, 41st, 53rd) scored a hat-trick after Makan ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 4, 2022 Ten-man Kerala Blasters FC moved to second spot in the points table with a spirited performance to down wooden spooners NorthEast United FC 2-1 in the Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco on Friday. Second-half goals from Jorge Pereyra Díaz (62nd) and a stunner from Alvaro Vazquez (82nd) saw ...