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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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Over 1 lakh women athletes participate in 'Khelo India Dus ka Dum'
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Dus ka Dum event was a continuation of the numerous Khelo India Women's Leagues that have taken place over the course of the last year. The Women's Leagues witnessed more than 240 competitions with the participation of more than 23,000 women athletes across various age groups.
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Antim Panghal bags silver medal at Asian Wrestling Championships 2023
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Antim Panghal one of the rising athletes in India, competing in her first international tournament this year, bagged a silver medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
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Power of sports: How judo transformed life of Kashmiri athlete Kabra Altaf
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabra Altaf (25) grew up in the Nishat area of central Kashmir's Srinagar city, with a desire to be called a sportsperson. She didn't know which sport would be the best fit, but she wanted to belong there.
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MMA fighter Krishna Payasi shines in Kumite Warrior Hunt reality show
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Krishna Payasi, who is a Wushu athlete at the national level participated in the show along with the top 16 male and female MMA stars across the country.
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US Supreme Court declines West Virginia's request to allow transgender ath
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
West Virginia's plea for permission to implement a state law that prohibits transgender women and girls from playing on a sports team was rejected by the Supreme Court on Thursday, CNN reported.
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SAI integrates Khelo India Games certificates with DigiLocker
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
For the first time ever, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has integrated Khelo India Games Certificates with DigiLocker, thus allowing athletes, support staff, technical officers, Chef de Missions, competition manager etc to access their Khelo India certificates through the digital platfo
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World Boxing champion Nikhat Zareen receives rousing welcome in Hyderabad
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Last week, Nikhat Zareen claimed her second World Boxing Championship gold and retained the title, becoming only the second Indian female athlete to have two World Championship gold medals to her name
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Sexual harassment case: SIT moves court for brain mapping of ex-Haryana sp
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Last Year, a woman, who is a junior athlete coach, alleged that the then sports minister harassed her from February to November last year, through repeated messages on social media, touched her inappropriately and also threatened her in messages.
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Para-athletes get sports kits, wheelchairs to enter national, internationa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A non-governmental organisation Women Sports Foundation in collaboration with Haryana Forest Development Corporation donated the equipment to para-athletes under the Project Wings initiative.
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Just felt a moral obligation to contribute and give back to society: Abhin
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
India's first individual Olympic gold medal-winning shooter Abhinav Bindra has opened up on athletes' mindsets dealing with failures, mental health and dream projects and how they can make a difference to sport in India.
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Australia's Olympic chief Carroll greenlights Russia, Belarus for 2032 Sum
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The National Olympic Committee of Australia (AOC) expressed its readiness to welcome athletes representing Russia and Belarus at the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane, AOC Chief Executive Matt Carroll told journalists. According to Carroll, Russian and Belarusian athletes "will take part in the
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