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ONI Bureau:  The Indian hockey team has shot for an episode for the quiz show "Kaun Banega Crorepati" hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. The megastar called the sportsmen as the country's "brand ambassadors". Amitabh on Monday night shared a…

ONI Bureau:  The 58th National Open Athletics Championships kicked off at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar today, will end on September 28. As per report the qualifying rounds will be taken place between 7 am to 10 am everyday whereas the…

ONI Bureau:  Grammy and Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman, along with celebrated lyricist-poet Gulzar, has created the official song for Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2018 to be held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India. The…

ONI Bureau:   A disciplined all-round effort saw Afghanistan thrashing Bangladesh by 136 runs in their last group match of the Asia Cup here on Thursday. Chasing 256, Bangladesh were bundled out for 119. Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib…

ONI Bureau:  The Sports Ministry on Thursday approved the names of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and ace weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu for the country's highest sporting honour -- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, which will be given…

ONI Bureau:  Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur have been ruled out of the ongoing Asia Cup 2018 owing to injuries, the BCCI announced on Thursday. BCCI's senior selection sommittee has now replaced the trio by Deepak Chahar,…

ONI Bureau:  Afghanistan knocked Sri Lanka out of the Asia Cup after thrashing the Islanders by 91 runs in a Group B match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium at Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Electing to bat after winning the toss, Afghanistan showed…

ONI Bureau:  Cricket Australia (CA) has responded positively to India head coach Ravi Shastri's request for more warm-up games in the run-up to the four-match Test series between the two nations later this year. Following the recent 1-4…

ONI Bureau:  With just 75 days to go for Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 to be held at the iconic Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar, the online sale of tickets for the semi-finals and final began on Friday. The…

ONI Bureau:  India captain Virat Kohli ended the England tour as the number-one ranked batsman in world despite failing in his last innings while just retired England opener Alastair Cook signed off from international cricket on a…