Tag: Asian Athletics Championship

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cine Critics Association (OCCA), Sanskruti ‘O’ Sanskruti and Citizen Forum felicitated Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik jointly with ‘Sarthak Sarathi Samman’ on Thursday for successfully organising 22th Asian Athletics Championship. Members of the three organisations met the CM at State Secretariat to felicitate him. “All credits went to the Chief Minister and his team […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Capital city is gearing up for a spectacular and colourful closing ceremony of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships today, all eyes are on Odia athletes with high hopes that they will win medals for India and make the host State proud. As per latest reports, Odia sprinters Srabani Nanda and Dutee Chand have […]

Bhubaneswar: After landing in controversy over remix of cult Sambalpuri song ‘Rangabati’, singer Sona Mohapatra has once again come back to the fighting ring by questioning Bollywood musician Shankar Mahadevan’s rendition of the same song here during the opening ceremony of Asian Athletics Championships. In a barrage of tweets on Friday, Mohapatra hit the present […]

Bhubaneswar: All hopes are pinned on five Odia athletes on the third day of the Asian Athletics Championship at the Kalinga Stadium here today with focus on Jauna Murmu. She will run for gold in the finals today after she entered the finals in 400 metres hurdles with an impressive performance on Friday. Apart from […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the excitement over 22nd Athletics Championships here has reached its zenith, unavailability of tickets has led to severe resentment among fans. Though Odisha Government is going gaga over successful hosting mega event, the fans are dissatisfied as they are not able to get tickets owing to ‘poor management’ on part […]

Bhubaneswar: Eyes are fixed on performance of Odia sprinters Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda and Amiya Mallick who will be representing India in the 100 metre dash at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship starting at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar today. The first phase of the mega sports event will start with 100 metre sprint for men […]

Bhubaneswar: All the buzz culminated with a flourish and Odisha kept its date in sporting history as the opening ceremony of 22nd Asian Athletics Championship kicked off one of the biggest track and field events of the continent at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Kalinga Stadium looked at its glittering and majestic best to welcome the […]

Bhubaneswar:  Activists of BJP State unit today protested removal of party flags and hoardings of national party president Amit Shah from near Kalinga Stadium and no-hoarding zones in the city ahead of the inaugural ceremony of Asian Athletics Championship here today. The saffron workers had a scuffle with the BMC officials while they were pulling […]

Bhubaneswar: The ‘gender’ case in which ace athlete Dutee Chand was banned from international events in 2014 and later relieved after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulation that banned female athletes with high testosterone levels, has come back to haunt the Odia athlete just before […]

Bhubaneswar: The President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Lord Sebastian Coe today praised the facilities and infrastructure of the Kalinga Stadium, the venue for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship that will be inaugurated tomorrow. “I went to the warm up area, saw athletes practicing there and saw the facilities there. The warm […]

Bhubaneswar: Putting an end to all speculations, Pakistan team on Monday reached Odisha to participate in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship to be held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from July 5. President of the Pakistan Athletics Federation, Akram Sahi expressed happiness after reaching the Biju Patnaik International Airport here and lauded the efforts of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police (CP) today issued an advisory asking commuters to avoid several roads leading to Kalinga Stadium during the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship from July 5 to July 9 in the city here. For the opening ceremony, restrictions on traffic would apply to Bidyut Marg road from Jaydev Vihar. Vehicles coming from NALCO […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of expected huge congregation and possible traffic snarls on the inaugural day of Asian Athletics Championship on July 5, the Commissionerate Police has made some restrictions on the movement of public vehicles on specific routes in Capital city. As per CP notification, no vehicle will be allowed to ply on Bidyut Marg from Jaydev […]

Bhubaneswar: With just three more days to go for the Asian Athletics Championship, Odisha BJP today targeted BJD over use of Chief Minister and party supremo Naveen Patnaik’s photo in the advertisement of the athletics meet to be held at Kalinga Stadium here. BJP General Secretary Prithiviraj Harichandan alleged the government is using the event […]

Bhubaneswar: Paintings by artists on the Asian Athletics Championship and mascot Olly were the main attractions during the Patha Utsav in Bhubaneswar today. OLLY mascot was the cynosure of all eyes at the Patha Utsav, which was held from the Master Canteen square to the Ram Mandir square. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) mayor Anant Narayan […]