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'Concrete decision' on resumption of athletes' training soon: Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Assuring athletes that their training will be resumed soon, Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that concrete decision regarding training resumption amid coronavirus crisis will be taken after the consultation with Ministry of Home Affairs and
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Para-athlete Deepa Malik announces retirement
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Para-athlete Deepa Malik on Monday followed the National Sports Code guidelines and announced her retirement to hold her post as the president of the Paralympic Committee of India.
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Renowned para-athlete Deepa Malik to announce retirement today
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Renowned para-athlete Deepa Malik on Monday said that she will be announcing her retirement later today in order to hold her post as the President of the Paralympic Committee of India.
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Will resume training of elite athletes once lockdown is lifted, says Rijij
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports on Monday said that the training of elite athletes in the country will start once the lockdown is lifted.
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India U-19 forward finds training partner in her mother during lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus induced lockdown in the country, athletes are finding it difficult to continue their training but India U-19 forward Ninthoinganba Meetei has found a solution as he is training with his mother at the courtyard of their house.
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Mithali Raj asks people to celebrate spirit of unrecognised athletes on Wo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Indian women's ODI skipper Mithali Raj, on the occasion of World Athletics Day, has asked the people to celebrate the 'spirit and dedication' of the athletes, who failed to get recognition because of lack of opportunities.
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COVID-19: Webinars organised to address challenges, opportunities for spec
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): In order to address the challenges and opportunities for the special athletes during the Covid-19 lockdown period, special Olympics Bharat conducted a series of webinars from May 1-6, 2020 in collaboration with the Sports Authority of India.
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Govt had 'constructive meetings' over resumption of athletes' training: UK
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Leeds [UK], May 6 (ANI): The UK government had 'constructive meetings' with sports bodies to discuss the return of athletes to training, said country's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
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National camps for Olympic-bound athletes to resume from May-end in phased
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said that national camps for Olympic-bound athletes will resume in a phase-wise manner by the end of this month.
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Duplantis, Kendricks and Lavillenie set for Ultimate Garden Clash - Pole V
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], May 2 (ANI): As many parts of the world are under coronavirus enforced lockdown to contain the spread of the disease, but with the use of modern technology, some of the greatest athletes on the planet will compete against one another on Sunday, May 3 in the Ultimate Ga
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COVID-19 lockdown: Prajnesh Gunneswaran "frustrated" for not being able to
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): As the country is under coronavirus-induced lockdown, Indian tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran on Friday said it is "frustrating" for an athlete for not being able to play the sport.
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WADA hands over findings of doping probe on 298 Russian athletes to intern
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], May 1 (ANI): The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has completed its investigation on 298 Russian athletes targeted in a doping probe and passed the findings onto international federations for further action on Thursday.
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