Union Minister Kiren Rijiju strongly condemned the Chinese act of denying visas to three female Wushu players belonging to Arunachal Pradesh and said that the act violates both the spirit of Sports and the Rules governing the conduct of the Asian Games.
"China's illegal action is not going to change the status of Arunachal Pradesh. China has been, for many years, denying visas to officials from Arunachal Pradesh," Kiren Rijiju said on the denial of regular visas to athletes from the state on Friday.
The stellar unit is captained by Akshaj Shenoy (Kai), and comprises Samarth Arvind Trivedi (CrankO), Mihir Ranjan (Lotus), Sanindhya Malik (Deadcorp), Aakash Shandilya (Infi), Aditya Selvaraj (Krow) dominated the recently held Central and South Asia seeding event and clinched top seed for th
Amidst the ongoing controversy of three Arunachal wushu players being denied entry to China, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Mao Ning said that as a host nation, they welcome all athletes.
Official Spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi addressed the ongoing concern of three Indian sportspersons who were denied entry to China to compete in the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Ningbo (Shanghai) [China], September 22: As the first match of the Asian Games, the beach volleyball competition of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou opened on September 19 at the Banbian Mountain Beach Volleyball Center of Mount Xiangshan in Ningbo. The Chinese team of Wang Yanwei/Li Jie def
In his just second competition as a decathlete, Tejaswin scored 7,648 points at the Jim Click Shootout competition in Arizona, USA, missing out on Bharatinder Singh's 2011 national record by 10 points. The score also allowed him to cross the 7,500-point mark needed to secure an Asian Games b