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State Directorate of Sports has announced to conduct the State Women`s Sports Festival at Kalinga Stadium here from November 5 to 8. The festival will feature competition in 11 disciplines (athletics, badminton, basketball, gymnastics, handball, kabaddi, kho-kho, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball).
The State meet will serve as the basis for selection of Orissa squads for the three-phase Women`s National Sports Festival to be held according to the following schedule.
National schedule:
Group-I (Jan 18-21, 2009 at Bhubaneswar): Basketball, handball, swimming, table tennis.
Group-II (Nov 12-15, 2008 at Kolkata): Gymnastics, kabaddi, kho-kho, volleyball.
Group-III (Dec 26-29, 2008 at Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh): Athletics, badminton, hockey, tennis.
