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I would've been much happier if I received Khel Ratna 12 yrs ago: Jha
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur [India], Aug.3 (ANI): India's star para athlete Devendra Jhajharia, who will be honoured with this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, admitted on Thursday that he would have been much happier had he been chosen for the prestigious award 12 years ago when he clinched the g
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Dopers must stop else athletics will die: Bolt
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 2 (ANI): Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who prepares to race for the final time in his illustrious career, has issued a stern warning to his fellow athletes, saying they must stop doping otherwise track and field will die.
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Upset with govt., Indian Deaflympics team refuse to leave airport
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): The Indian continent of hearing impaired athletes that participated in the 23rd edition of the Summer Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey, refused to leave Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday morning as there was no one around to receive them or celebr
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Sports Minister advises AFI to honour Kerala HC directive on PU Chitra
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports of India Vijay Goel has advised Athletic Federation of India (AFI) to honour the the Kerala High Court directive to ensure participation of woman middle-distance runner PU Chitra in 1,500m race in the IIAF World Cha
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Drug menace polluting Indian sports: Former athlete writes to PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Former track and field star Ashwini Nachappa, who is also president of Clean Sports of India (CSI), has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a special investigation into the increasing drug abuse in sports in the country.
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Bound to follow Kerala HC's decision on PU Chitra: AFI
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): After Kerala High Court directed the Athletic Federation of India (AFI) to include woman middle-distance runner PU Chitra in the squad for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in London, AFI's selection committee chairman Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
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Manpreet Kaur suspended by NADA, to miss London World Athletics C'shi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): India's leading shot-putter Manpreet Kaur has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) after she was found to be tested positive for banned substances for the second time in a couple of days.
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IAAF clears eight more Russians to compete internationally as neutral athl
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Monte Carlo [Monaco], July 20 (ANI): The Internationally Association of Neutral Athletes (IAAF) has approved applications of eight Russian athletes to compete in international competition under the neutral flag.
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If found guilty, shot-putter Manpreet to lose Asian Championship Gold: NAD
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): After India's leading shot-putter Manpreet Kaur was tested positive for doping, National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) Director General Navin Agarwal has confirmed that the athlete would lose her gold medal which she won at the 22nd Asian Athletics Champion
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Shot-putter Manpreet Kaur fails dope test
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): India's leading shot-putter Manpreet Kaur, who won the gold medal at the recently concluded 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, has failed a doping test.
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Sundar Singh Gurjar strikes gold at World Para Athletic C'ships
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): India's Sundar Singh Gurjar made the country proud on Friday when he bagged gold medal in men's javelin throw event in the opening night of the World Para Athletic Championships in London.
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Vijay Goel promises probe in para-athlete begging case
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Union Sport Minister Vijay Goel on Wednesday said that the case of Indian para-athlete Kanchanmala Pande's begging in Germany will be probed.
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