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BCCI adds fuel to the Indian Olympic flame, to contribute Rs 10 crore
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI) The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Apex Council met virtually on Sunday and decided to contribute Rs 2.5 crore towards preparations of Indian athletes for the Olympics while another Rs 7.5 crore will be given for marketing and promotion goi
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IOA thanks SpiceJet for agreeing to fly Olympic-bound athletes, officials
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Indian Olympics association on Sunday thanked Ajay Singh, the president of the Boxing Federation of India and Spice Jet's managing director, for organising charter flights to Tokyo for the Indian Olympic contingent.
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Tokyo Olympics: IOA sternly opposes stricter regulations on Indian conting
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association(IOA) has questioned the new regulations put in place by the Japanese government which has advised Indian athletes to not physically interact with anyone from another team, delegation or country for three days on arrival.
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You've made young Indians dream of becoming an athlete: Ganguly pays homag
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly has expressed condolences on the demise of track legend Milkha Singh. The former sprinter passed away on Friday at the age of 91. He had tested positive for COVID-19 in May this yea
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'Still refusing to accept that you are no more': Farhan Akhtar mourns Milk
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Actor Farhan Akhtar, who portrayed the role of Milkha Singh in the 2013 National Award Winning film 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', mourned the demise of the legendary athlete.
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Victoria's Secret hires Priyanka Chopra, 6 others in major rebranding bid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 18 (ANI): American lingerie giant Victoria's Secret on Friday signed a new roster of female brand representatives that includes actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas, to replace its supermodels (or Angels as they were called), and focus on women empowerment, giving a
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Road to Tokyo: Sports Ministry spent Rs 1169.65 crore on athletes post Rio
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has spent Rs 1169.65 crore on Tokyo Olympics-bound Indian athletes post the Rio Games in 2016.
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Chandigarh University's Aruna Tanwar becomes India's first ever Taekwondo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 15 (ANI/PRNewswire): Currently ranked world number 4, Aruna Tanwar has bagged an entry to Tokyo Paralympics to be held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
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I'll try to bag medal in Paralympics to make parents, country proud: Taekw
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], June 11 (ANI): Aruna Tanwar, who became the first Indian Taekwondo athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Paralympic Games says she wants to make her parents and country proud in the upcoming tournament.
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Olympics 2024: Rijiju launches athlete injury management system
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Friday launched the Central Athlete Injury Management System (CAIMS), a first-of-its-kind initiative by the ministry, for streamlining the sports medicine and rehabilitation support offered to th
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Game time, travel direction associated with college football team performa
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 10 (ANI): A study of NCAA Division I college football games found a significant association between the performance of away teams and both their direction of travel and the time of day when games were played.
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Tokyo Olympics: No branded apparel, only India will be written on kits of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, on Wednesday, said that the Indian Olympic-bound contingent will not sport any branded apparel during the upcoming Olympics.
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