Bhubaneswar, May 24 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1748079516.webp

The beach soccer finals of the 2025 Khelo India Beach Games (KIBG) were nothing short of spectacles. Played under lights side by side at the beautiful Ghoghla Beach in Diu in front of hundreds of loud spectators, both the matches in the men's and women's categories proved to be worthy of being finals.

However, the contests on Friday evening kicked off in contrasting manner. Odisha women looked to run away with two early goals against Gujarat women who appeared to have the support of local spectators, the large part of the crowd which also was dancing to the Garba and Bollywood tunes in the company of Pearls - dolphins -- mascots ...