Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched sports infrastructure projects worth Rs 660 crore that includes 48 multi-purpose indoor stadia, Cuttack Table Tennis Academy, Rourkela Gymnastics Academy and 12 new Hockey Training Centres .
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The Fifa Women’s World Cup began in 1991 and the tournament in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 marks the ninth edition of the quadrennial world championship for women’s football. The USA are the defending champions and have won the competition four times
HKFA, founded in 1914, one of the 12 founding members of AFC
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Located on the southern tip of mainland China, Hong Kong is known as one of the world s most beautiful and wealthy cities. But long before it became a financial hub and tourist destination, Hong Kong had emerged as a pioneering force in Asian football.
Indeed, the beautiful game has a long history in the former British colony, with its first club - Hong Kong FC – having been founded as early as 1886. Its first football competition, the Hong Kong Football Cup (later renamed the Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield) followed 12 years later and is still contested today, and a professional league, the Hong Kong First Division, was launched in 1908.