Hockey India on Tuesday announced free tickets for the upcoming Hockey India League 2024-25 matches in Ranchi and Rourkela. As explained by HIL Governing Committee chairperson Dilip Tirkey, this move is part of Hockey India’s vision to make the sport more accessible to its supporters. HIL governing committee member Bhola Nath Singh echoed Tirkey’s sentiments, saying, “Our fans are at …
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday declared the names for the upcoming Odisha Assembly elections 2024. Earlier the BJP re-nominated 17 of its 22 sitting MLAs in Odisha while announcing the list of candidates for 112 of the 147 Assembly constituencies in the state. Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal has fielded two octogenarian candidates for the state Assembly elections which …
Harmanpreet Singh is set to lead the Indian men's hockey team in the upcoming FIH Hockey Pro League matches in Rourkela against reigning world champions Germany and world No. "At the FIH Hockey Pro League in Rourkela, the team will play under interim coaches until Hockey India announces the new chief coach," said Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey in a …
Odisha’s Rourkela was on Tuesday added as the second Indian venue, besides Bhubaneswar, for the upcoming FIH Pro League season beginning in October with the matches to be held at the stadium built to host the men’s World Cup in January. Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium, which will host most of the matches of the World Cup, is the other Indian venue …
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that a new world-class hockey stadium, which would be the largest stadium for the sport in the country, will be built in Rourkela. The stadium, with a sitting capacity of 20,000, will serve as the second venue for the Men’s Hockey World Cup scheduled to be played in 2023. The wheels to …
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that the state would build a world class hockey stadium in Rourkela, the city which would co-host the 2023 World Cup with Bhubaneswar. The new infrastructure will be the biggest hockey stadium in the country, said a statement from the Odisha Government. “As a tribute to the contribution of Sundargarh to Indian …