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Athletes thank PM Modi for encouraging India's Olympic-bound contingent
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Athletes across the country on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his encouraging words to cheer India's Olympic-bound contingent during his monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat'.
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PM Modi highlights how athletes overcame adversities for Oly qualification
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave a special mention to athletes Bhavani Devi and Shivpal Singh, who have overcome adversities to attain qualification for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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Our athletes need to win hearts, make nation proud at Tokyo Olympics, says
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the nation to come forward and support all the athletes who would be heading to the Tokyo Olympics to make the country proud.
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Olympics Selfie Points set up to promote campaign and encourage athletes,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26(ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, has reiterated that India's Olympic-bound athletes are national heroes and he also urged the people to extend support to these players in the same way they follow cricketers in the country.
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Chandigarh University announces R-Tikaram Para-Athlete Sports scholarship
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], June 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): 21-year-old daughter of a driver and B.PEd. student of Chandigarh University Gharuan, Aruna Tanwar has been officially selected to represent India at Paralympics Tokyo 2021. Aruna Tanwar who hails from village Dinod near Bhiwani currently ra
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Tokyo Olympics: Men's hockey team has great chance to win medal, says Manp
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): On the occasion of International Olympic Day to wish the Olympic-bound athletes the very best for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, Rajasthan Royals' skipper Sanju Samson on Wednesday invited Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh for a very special Inst
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Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra receives second dose of Covid-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 23 (ANI): Paddler Manika Batra on Wednesday received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. She received the second dose at the Kamala Nehru Hospital, a dedicated vaccination centre for athletes who are participating in Tokyo Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympics: Any decision adversely affecting Indian athletes is not ac
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said any decision that affects Indian athletes will not be acceptable ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympics: Discrimination must be addressed, says Kiren Rijiju on COV
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has said "there cannot be any discrimination with any country" as he vowed to address the issue ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympics: Every 10 minutes we get a heart attack, says IOA chief Bat
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): With athletes in the home stretch of their preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra has backed the contingent to make every Indian proud. He believes the Indian athletes are mentally strong and despite th
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Tokyo Olympics: NZ weightlifter Hubbard to become first transgender athlet
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], June 21 (ANI): New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics after she was selected for the women's event at the upcoming Tokyo Games on Monday.
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BCCI to support Indian contingent for Olympics, will form committee to loo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 20 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to support Indian Olympic bound-athletes in every form and manner it can and as a result, the board has pledged a monetary gesture of Rs 10 crore.
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