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Will do our best so that international athletes stay in quarantine
Updated : 1 day, 18 hours ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 24 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports has said that whenever an international competition will be held in India, he will ensure that the international athletes are asked to be in quarantine for minimal days so that they
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After COVID warriors, Olympic-bound athletes to get vaccine jab: K
Updated : 3 days, 11 hours ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 22 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes will get the coronavirus jab after the vaccination of the COVID warriors.
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Indian women's hockey team gearing up for tour of Germany
Updated : 3 days, 13 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 22 (ANI): After their tour of Argentina where the Indian women's hockey team played a total of 7 matches, the Rani Rampal-led squad is all set to travel to Dusseldorf, Germany to play four matches against their national squad as part of their preparations for the
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Tokyo Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto set to head organizing com
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's minister in charge of holding the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Seiko Hashimoto, has been selected by a panel to head the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee after Yoshiro Mori stepped down from the post in the wake of his controversial
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Taking each training session as opportunity to make strong case fo
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 15 (ANI): Indian hockey forward Dilpreet Singh, who has been training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Bangalore as part of the Men's Senior Core Probable Group, is eyeing to make the cut in the final 16 who will represent India at the
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Hockey India names core probable group for senior women's national
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): Hockey India on Sunday announced the 25-member core probable group for the senior women's national coaching camp as part of the team's preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Priyanka Goswami, Sandeep Kumar, break national records, qualify f
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], February 13 (ANI): Sandeep Kumar (Haryana) and Priyanka Goswami (Uttar Pradesh) became the first Indian athletes to qualify for next year's World Athletics Championships Oregon22 when they broke the men and women's 20km Race Walk National Records respectively on t
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Tokyo Olympics chief Mori steps down over sexist remarks
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 12 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organising committee head Yoshiro Mori announced his resignation on Friday over his remarks about women talking too much, which were branded "sexist" at home and abroad.
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Sports Ministry requests Health Ministry to put Olympic-bound athl
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Union Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports has requested the Health Ministry to put Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes on priority for the coronavirus vaccine.
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Indian Judokas to head to Israel for Tel Aviv Grand Slam
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): With less than six months to go before the Tokyo Olympics, Indian judokas will get the opportunity to gather crucial ranking points which will help them in their qualification efforts as a six-member team comprising five players and a coach will head to
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Tokyo Olympics chief Mori to step down over sexist remarks
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 11 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organising committee head Yoshiro Mori will resign over his remarks about women talking too much, which were branded "sexist" at home and abroad, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday, Kyodo News reported.
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Shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar smashes finals world record in Natio
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Tokyo 2020 quota holders shone through on competition day two of the National Selection Trials 3 and 4 for Rifle/Pistol events, being held at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in New Delhi.
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