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Nanjing continental tour meet cancelled due to coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], July 26 (ANI): The organisers of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Nanjing have announced that the competition will not go ahead this year.
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World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 launch virtual mas
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Gdynia [Poland], July 24 (ANI): World Athletics and the Local Organising Committee of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 have launched a new initiative - a virtual mass race on October 17, the same day when the world's elite runners will compete for the championship.
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SAI extends contract of foreign coaches to ensure uninterrupted training
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Wednesday extended the contract of 32 foreign coaches in 11 disciplines till September 30, 2021 to ensure that athletes bound for Tokyo Olympics, which has been postponed by a year, can retain continuity in their traini
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Despite ease in COVID-19 restrictions, young athletes struggling to make e
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Coronavirus crisis in the country has had a dire impact on the young sportspersons, especially those from underprivileged families as they are finding it hard not just to continue their sport but even to earn their livelihoods.
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Siddhant Jaiswal says, "From earning Rs 5 a day in 2001 to become a Profes
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 20 (ANI/News Wire India): Siddhant Jaiswal is a former IBBF, IBBFF and currently a leading IFBB Men's Physique Athlete, a fitness influencer, fitness trainer as well as an entrepreneur.
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From washing cars, selling news paper to Mr India and IFBB PRO Card winner
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 14 (ANI/News Wire India): Manoj Patil, born in 1992, is known for winning the Mr India Men's Physique Overall Championship in 2016. He is a well-known model and a self-made athlete, who never gave up on his dreams, and continued to run after them even in adv
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Took coronavirus lockdown in positive way, did things I wasn't able to do
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], July 12 (ANI): Indian sprinter Hima Das said she looked at the coronavirus-enforced lockdown in a positive way and it allowed her to do things which she was not able to do earlier, due to her daily routine.
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'Bahadur Singh has been inspirational personality for five decades': Kiren
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Saturday saluted the legendary Shot Putter Bahadur Singh who recently retired from the post of national chief coach.
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Former coach Bahadur Singh gives credit for rise of Indian athletics to te
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Indian athletics chief coach Bahadur Singh, who recently ended his stint with Sports Authority of India (SAI), on Saturday said the achievements of the Indian athletics fraternity over the past 25 years were due to the collective efforts.
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COVID-19 crisis: Ace Indian athlete Dutee Chand wants to sell car to meet
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Ace Indian athlete Dutee Chand is facing a shortage of funds due to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to the next year and is planning to sell her car to meet the expense of her training.
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NSNIS Patiala announces relaxation in admission criteria of coaching cours
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): With an effort to ensure larger participation from eminent athletes in the sports coaching courses, the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS) in Patiala has decided to relax its admission criteria.
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IOC sanctions Turkish athlete for doping violation in 2012 London Olympic
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 9 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday said that Turkish weightlifter Mete Binay has been disqualified from the London Olympics 2012 after it conducted "additional analyses" on the samples collected from the event.
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