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Finishing will be key factor: Indian senior national women's team head coa
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
After a narrow 2-1 defeat against hosts Myanmar, the Indian senior national women's team will face yet another test against their higher-ranked neighbours in the second of the two friendly matches in Yangon's Thuwunna Stadium
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"We can come up with a big surprise...": Indian table tennis team head coa
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
India has qualified for both the men's and women's team events, both for the first time in the history of the Olympics, and Costantini has been roped in to guide the players on the biggest stage. This will be his third stint with the Indian national team, and the 66-year-old has witnessed th
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Asian Squash Doubles Championship 2024: Abhay Singh bags titles with Joshn
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Abhay Singh combined with Joshna Chinappa for the mixed doubles title and with Velavan Senthilkumar for the men's doubles crown at the Asian Squash Doubles Championship 2024 at the Arena Emas in Johor, Malaysia
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Feel confident about winning gold at Olympics: Lovlina Borgohain
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Lovlina Borgohain's confidence is backed by a series of remarkable performances, including a gold medal at the 2023 World Boxing Championships and a silver medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games
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Paris Olympics 2024: Annu Rani, Jyothi Yarraji secure athletics quotas thr
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Asian Games gold medallist Annu Rani and Asian athletics champion Jyothi Yarraji have secured Paris 2024 Olympics athletics quotas for India via their world rankings.
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Sports Minister lends weight to IOA plea to include Yoga in Asian Games
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The IOA President has written to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Raja Randhir Singh on June 26 to consider the proposal of including Yoga as a sport in the Asian Games.
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IOA president PT Usha initiates move to include Yoga in Asian Games progra
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
IOA president PT Usha made a strong pitch for the inclusion of Yoga in the Asian Games programme. In an impassioned letter to Olympic Council of Asia President Raja Randhir Singh, she urged the Asian sports community to include the ancient Indian discipline that fosters physical and mental h
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"We thought of proposing medical insurance, pension for ex-Olympians": IOA
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
IOA President Usha felicitated Indian athlete GS Randhawa, who won a gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games in the decathlon, on International Olympic Day.
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Even best of preparation can fail but I will give it all: Mirabai Chanu on
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Paris 2024 will be Mirabai Chanu's third Olympics. After a horror debut at Rio 2016, the Manipuri, pushing 30, made impressive comebacks with sterling shows at global competitions. Mirabai became the first lifter in 22 years to become a world champion in 2017. The gold at the Commonwealth Ga
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AIFF terminates services of head coach Igor Stimac
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Noting the disappointing outcome of the Senior Men's National Team's FIFA World Cup 2026 qualification campaign, the members unanimously agreed that a new Head Coach would be best placed to take the team forward
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IOC Executive Board proposes creation of 'Olympic Esports Games'
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The IOC's initiative follows successful ventures into esports with events like the Olympic Virtual Series in 2021 and the Olympic Esports Week in Singapore in June 2023 which featured over 130 players in 10 mixed-gender category events. With a packed audience in Singapore, the event attracte
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Matter of great pride for me, my family if I make Paris 2024 Olympic squad
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Jarmanpreet Singh has been a constant feature under Chief Coach Craig Fulton, starting every match of the Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023, the Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, the Test matches against South Africa and Australia, and all FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24 matches, except the game ag
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