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"Protesting wrestlers wouldn't had have any problem if...": Ashok Dhyancha
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Ashok Dhyanchand, the son of India's greatest-ever hockey player Major Dhyan Chand, has flagged the need for an organisation to support athletes, who are fighting for justice or are financially deprived.
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"Chess is constantly evolving in India": Koneru Humpy
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A 2003 Arjuna Awardee, winner of the Padma Shri, Humpy is best known for her win at the 2019 FIDE Rapid Chess Championship and will be looking to make a mark once again by playing in the GCL.
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National Sports Awardees including shooter Anjum Moudgil collect their awa
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
While Anjum received her 2019 Arjuna award, Hockey coach Sarpal Singh received his 2021 Dronacharya award.
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Birth anniversary of Indian football legend PK Banerjee to be celebrated a
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Born on June 23, 1936, in Jalpaiguri, Banerjee is widely regarded as one of India's greatest footballers and was India's highest goalscorer with four goals en route to Gold Medal in the 1962 Asian Games. In a glittering international career, Banerjee played two Olympics (1956, 1960) and thre
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Punjab textbooks to include life stories of sports legends
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Punjab School Education Department is taking a step towards motivating and encouraging young students to excel in sports by including the life stories of four great players in the textbooks of physical education, Khalsa Vox reported.
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Deaflympian Jerlin Anika honoured for her contribution in sports by Tamil
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Jerlin Aniks won three gold medals in Badminton in the Deaflympics 2021 held in Brazil and she is the first Indian to win three golds at an Olympic event. She is also number 1 in India within the deaf category in the Badminton.
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Harman will inspire our women's team to play their best cricket, bring mor
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Harmanpreet Kaur recently became the first cricketer to play 150 T20Is. The national team captain, who is an Arjuna Awardee, has a solid winning record, and also holds the record for the highest-ever individual score in a knockout game in a Women's World Cup match (171*). Harmanpreet has pla
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Harmanpreet Kaur joins forces with leading sports brand as brand ambassado
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The 33-year-old dashing batter from Punjab has the record of the fourth fastest women's T20I hundred in the world to her name and she is also India's only centurion in the women's T20I. Harmanpreet has scored six international hundreds so far in her career, five of them coming in ODIs. Th
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Grand Opening of the Art Exhibition Srjana 22
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI/PNN): A walk into the artistic endavour of seven artists who are wives of army officers in the art exhibition Srjana 22 which is being held at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, started with a grand opening done by Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore AVSM, Memb
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Hockey World Cup 2023 Trophy receives grand welcome in Mumbai
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The prestigious trophy received a grand welcome at the iconic Gateway of India, in the presence of Arjuna Awardee and Olympic Gold Medalist, M.M. Somaya along with Asia Cup Medalist, Yuvraj Walmiki and Olympic Umpire, Javed Sheikh, Arjuna Awardee and Olympian Viren Rasquinha and renowned Bol
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Mumbai engineer becomes first man to win Arjuna award for Mallakhamba
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Sagar was honoured with the coveted award at Rashtrapati Bhavan on November 30, 2022. He is also the second mallakhamb gymnast to receive the honour after 21-year-old Himani Parab from Dadar received it last year. Sagar Ovhalkar graduated as a mechanical engineer and lives in Chembur, Mumbai
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KIIT conferred Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2022
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 1 (ANI/PRNewswire): Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) on Wednesday was conferred the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2022. The award was given away by President Draupadi Murmu to the Founder of KIIT and KISS Dr Achyuta Samanta.
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