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Odisha FC
Odisha Football Club () is an Indian professional football club based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. Prior to the inaugural Indian Super League season, the club was founded as ''Delhi Dynamos Football Club''. In 2019, prior to the 2019–20 Indian Super League season, the club rebranded to ''Odisha Football Club'', and relocated to its current base, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Odisha played its first home match on 14 October 2014, with a 0–0 draw against Pune City at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi as Delhi Dynamos. As Odisha FC, the club played their first match on 22 October 2019, however they had to play their first three matches of 2019–20 ISL season at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, before making Kalinga Stadium as their permanent base. The club went on to win the 2023 Indian Super Cup, its first trophy. After defeating Gokulam Kerala FC in the Indian club qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juggernaut
A juggernaut (), in current English usage, is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as merciless, destructive, and unstoppable. This English usage originates in the mid-nineteenth century. ''Juggernaut'' is the early rendering in English of Jagannath, an important deity in the Hindu traditions of eastern and north-eastern India. The meaning originates from the Hindu temple cars, which are chariots, often huge, used in processions or religious parades for Jagannath and other deities, the largest of which, once set into motion, are difficult to stop, steer or control by humans, on account of their massive weight. Since the Middle Ages, Europeans had been fascinated by accounts of the '' Ratha Yatra'' ( ) at Puri, which claimed that pilgrims threw themselves under the temple cars. However, by 1825 it was said: "That excess of fanaticism which formerly prompted the pilgrims to court death by throwing themselves in crowds under the wheels of the car of Jaganath, has happily lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 AFC Cup
The 2023–24 AFC Cup was the 20th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the final edition under the AFC Cup title, as the competition was revamped under the name ''AFC Champions League Two'' starting in 2024–25. This was the first AFC Cup season to have a two-year (autumn-to-spring) schedule, unlike the previous all-year-round (spring-to-autumn) schedule. As the title holders, Al-Seeb qualified for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League playoff stage. So they were unable to defend their title. Central Coast Mariners won the competition for the first time, defeating Al Ahed 1–0 in the final. Central Coast Mariners' victory meant that Australia became the first nation to have had clubs winning both the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, following Western Sydney Wanderers' victory in the 2014 AFC Champions League. Association team allocation The 47 AFC member associations are ranked based on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Chief Ministers Of Odisha
The chief minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Odisha. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.Durga Das Basu. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. . Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Odisha as well. On 1 April 1936, Orissa Province was formed. The first provincial government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naveen Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik (; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician and writer, who served as the 14th List of Chief Ministers of Odisha, Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024. His 24-year reign is the List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers, second longest for a chief minister of any Indian state, after Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim. He is the founder & first president of the Biju Janata Dal since 1997. He served as the Union Minister of Steel and Mines from 1998 to 2000 and a member of the Lok Sabha from Aska from 1997 to 2000. Biography Patnaik was born on 16 October 1946 in an aristocratic Karan (caste), Karan family to Biju Patnaik, former List of Chief Ministers of Odisha, Chief Minister of Odisha, and his wife, Gyan Devi. He was educated at the Welham Boys' School in Dehradun, The Lawrence School, Sanawar and later The Doon School. At Doon, he was a classmate of Sanjay Gandhi and three years junior to Rajiv Gandhi, who later became prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala Blasters FC
Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Blasters, is an Indian association football, professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top tier of football in India. The club was established in May 2014 during the 2014 Indian Super League season, inaugural season of the ISL. The club played their inaugural match on 13 October 2014, losing 1–0 to NorthEast United FC, NorthEast United. The Blasters are the three-time runners-up of the Indian Super League. They first entered the final in 2014 Indian Super League Final, 2014, where they lost 1–0 to ATK (football club), ATK after an injury-time goal from them. In 2016 Indian Super League Final, 2016, they were again defeated 4–3 by ATK, this time through penalties in the final. The club entered the final for the third time in 2022 Indian Super League Final, 2022, where they were defeated 3–1 by Hyderabad FC through penalties. The Blasters p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Delhi Dynamos FC Season
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2015 Delhi Dynamos FC Season
The 2015 Delhi Dynamos FC season was club's second season since its establishment in 2014 and also their second season in the Indian Super League. Pre Season Friendly Delhi Dynamos decided to go on a pre-season tour of Sweden and Denmark. On 10 September, The Dynamos became the first Indian Super League team to play against a European top division club by playing a friendly match against BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg (Hisingen). It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Forme .... Transfers In: Out: Squad Technical Staff Indian Super League First round League table Results summary Results by round Matches Finals Squad statistics Appearances and goals , - Goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its neighbourhood in 1912 as SC Feijenoord, updated in 1974 to SC Feyenoord, and then to ''Feyenoord'' in 1978, when it split from the amateur club under its wing, SC Feyenoord. Since 1937, Feyenoord's Home (sports), home ground has been the Stadion Feijenoord, nicknamed De Kuip (''The Tub''), the second largest stadium in Netherlands. Feyenoord is one of the most successful clubs in Football in the Netherlands, Dutch football, winning 16 List of Dutch football champions, Dutch football championships, 14 KNVB Cups, and 5 Johan Cruyff Shields. Internationally, the club has won one UEFA Champions League, European Cup, two UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cups, and one Intercontinen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DEN Networks
DEN Networks Limited is an Indian cable television and broadband service provider company in India. It is owned by Sameer Manchanda and was acquired by Reliance Industries in 2018 along with Hathway. In 2003, it stood as one of the three major cable distributors in India alongside Hathway and InCablenet. On 17 October 2018, Reliance Industries announced that it had acquired a 66% stake in DEN for . At the time of the acquisition, DEN had 106,000 broadband subscribers. The acquisition received approval from the Competition Commission of India The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is the chief national competition regulator in India. It is a statutory body within the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and is responsible for enforcing the Competition Act, 2002 to promote competition a ... in January 2019. Reliance acquired an additional 12.05% stake in DEN in March 2019 taking its total stake in the company to 78.62%. References External links * {{Navboxes, list= {{Networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
