Government Of Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government on Monday extended its sponsorship agreement of the Indian national hockey teams for a further ten years -  from 2023 to 2033.

The sponsorship extension was approved at the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday. 

The current agreement was entered into by the Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd (OMC) with Hockey India, after due Government approval, for sponsorship of the Indian hockey teams (men/women, senior/junior) for a period of five years from 2018 to 2023.

Jun 26, 2022 17:06
NEW DELHI: In what can be termed as a massive boost to the Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK), the Odisha government has taken ownership of a team in the soon-to-be-launched professional league. It will be the second direct sports venture for the Odisha government, which also owned a team — Kalinga Lancers — in the Hockey India League in 2013.