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Proud feeling of receiving Arjuna Award, says Pooja Dhanda
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Indian wrestler Pooja Dhanda, who is all set to receive Arjuna Award, on Wednesday said she is feeling proud after this feat and will bring more laurels for the country.
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It was my childhood dream to receive Arjuna Award: Harmeet Desai
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Indian table tennis player Harmeet Desai, who is all set to receive the Arjuna Award, on Wednesday said it was his 'childhood dream to win the award.'
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India needs to identify young talent to win more Olympic medals, says Kire
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said India has to identify sporting talent at a young age to increase its Olympic medals tally.
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India's proposed CWG 2022 boycott: Other athletes will suffer, opines Sush
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Wednesday opined that sportspersons will suffer if India boycotts Commonwealth Games (CWG).
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If we keep winning medals, Hockey will garner admirers in India: Mandeep S
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 30 (ANI): Indian hockey player Mandeep Singh on Tuesday said that if the team wins laurels for the country, the sport will itself resonate with people and will garner more admirers. He also added that the Indian Hockey Team is confident of qualifying for t
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Shooting WC: Sanjeev Rajput says Indian shooters have 'home advantage' to
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sanjeev Rajput believes that with the 2019 Shooting World Cup being held in India, shooters have got a “big home advantage” to grab the 2020 Tokyo Olympics quota spots.
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Nadal eyes participation in Davis Cup Finals, 2020 Olympics
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Capetown [South Africa], Feb 12 (ANI): Former world number one Rafael Nadal has revealed that he is looking forward to being a part of the upcoming Davis Cup Finals and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Sushil Kumar sets his eyes on 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar has set his sight on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He says the year 2019 will mark the start of the preparations for the prestigious tournament, for which "I am working really hard."
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Vinesh Phogat looks forward to Olympics participation
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who won the gold medal in 50kg freestyle wrestling at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang, arrived at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday.
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Vinesh and Bajrang should win medals at Olympics: WFI President
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Aug 20 (ANI): Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) revelled in the gold medal-winning performances of Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia and put the onus on them to repeat their performances at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Asian Athletics Championships to be held in April 2019
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Aug 01 (ANI): The 23rd Asian Athletics Championships will be held in Qatar's capital city of Doha, from April 19 to April 24, 2019.
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Milkha Singh backs Hima Das for 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 14 (ANI): Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh on Saturday congratulated Hima Das, who became the first Indian woman to clinch gold at the IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships and advised her to focus on 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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