The Odisha capital being the hosts of the Final Round of the 76th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy, which kicks off on February 10, there will be increased eyeballs on the performance of the home side. It was a near miss for Odisha last season, as they missed …
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The draw ceremony for the final rounds of the National Football Championship for the 76th Santosh Trophy took place at the Federation’s headquarters, the Football House, on Thursday, January 19, 2023. The draw, part of the revamped format for the prestigious tournament, was conducted in the presence of Secretary General …
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The Make In Odisha Conclave’22 is the flagship investor summit of the Government of Odisha. After the success of the first two editions of ‘Make in Odisha’ in 2016 and 2018, now the key focus of the MIO 2022 conclave was to highlight 21 MoUs were exchanged and 46 Investment …
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The dates and venues of three of the six groups for the 76th Senior Men’s National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy have been finalised. While the Group I will be played in Delhi (December 23, 2022 – December 31, 2022), the Group II and V will be played in …
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The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Football Association of Odisha (FAO) was held on Sunday, November 6 at the Meeting Hall (Horse Gate) of OOA, Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. The meeting was presided by FAO president Debasish Samantaray. In the beginning a minute condolence was observed as a mark …
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The opening ceremony of the second edition of the FAO (Football Association of Odisha) Inter Club Futsal Championship 2022 was held yesterday, November 3 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack. Present on the occasion were chief guest Sailendra Kumar Jena (Joint Secretary to Govt. of Odisha, Sports & Y …
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In the second week of October 2022, when the FIFA secretary General Fatma Samoura visited Bhubaneswar, Odisha, for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, the Football Association of Odisha (FAO) and the All India Football Federation (AIFF) hosted a warm felicitation function for the senior official from the world body. …
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AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey and Secretary General Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran met with the Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik to discuss the readiness of Bhubaneswar as one of the venues for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India. The two AIFF officials also met with Sports Odisha Secretary …
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The SAFF U-20 Championship is all set to kick-off in Bhubaneswar from tomorrow at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, and the coaches of all the five teams across South Asia joined in on lauding the world class sporting facilities in the city. Speaking to the media ahead of the start …
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The Football Association of Odisha (FAO) with profound grief and shock, the Office Bearers and its Members in deep sorrow and condolence on the sad and untimely demise of Paramananda Khalkho who breathed his last today, Juyl 21 at Brajrajnagar after a brief illness. He was 86 years old. Paramananda …
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