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Run organised for visually challenged athletes in Mumbai
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): The first-of-its-kind run -- SPN Vision Run -- for visually challenged athletes was organised here on to boost their athletic spirit.
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Swimming has been given more importance in India in last few years: Shivan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India, Jan 1 (ANI): Shivangi Sarma, a silver medallist at the South Asian Games 2019, on Wednesday said that swimming has been given more importance in the country in the last few years and the athletes are being looked after by the Ministry of Sports.
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NADA advises athletes to be careful with food intake, not indulge in dopin
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 01 (ANI): National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) on Wednesday advised athletes 'not to indulge in doping and be careful with their food intake and supplements' this year to promote fair play.
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Roma Shah bags 4 medals in World Raw Powerlifting Championships
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): 2019 has been a tremendous year when it comes to India's women's athletes and adding a further claim to the statement, Roma Shah has bagged two gold and silver each in the World Raw Powerlifting Championships.
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How 2019 diversified cricket crazy nation's attention to other sports!
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 25 (ANI): The Year 2019 will go down as one of the turning points in the history of Indian sport as finally, the country started to pay attention and get behind other sports apart from cricket.
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Narinder Batra hoping for double-digit medals in Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra on Tuesday said that he is hoping that the country will win double-digit medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Brain injury in combat sports: Is there a safe level?
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Minneapolis [USA], Dec 24 (ANI): Head trauma is often a major concern for athletes who partake in combat sports, especially boxing and MMA. A new US-based study has tried to quantify whether there is a safe level of head trauma and if yes, how can the findings be put to use in order to avert
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Usain Bolt headlines star-studded event at the official opening of the new
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Dec 23 (ANI): Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt blazed his way around the brand-new track of the Olympic stadium last Saturday together with other star athletes like Marlou van Rhijn (Dutch Paralympian sprinter) and Hannah Cockroft (British Paralympian and wheelchair runn
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Specially-abled players are warriors, says Deepa Malik
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Noted para-athlete Deepa Malik on Sunday said that every section of society should come and see how to overcome hopelessness and difficulties in life.
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We need to create role models in Paralympic sports: Deepa Malik
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Noted para-athlete Deepa Malik on Monday said that the country need to create role-models in the Para games so that we can attract more and more concerned people to the Paralympic sports.
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Strict punishment is solution of doping: Olympian boxer Akhil Kumar
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): After two athletes were banned by the NADA over failing the dope test, Olympian boxer Akhil Kumar on Friday said that the strict punishment is the solution to avoid happening of such cases.
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South Asian Games 2019: India's medal tally touches 300
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec 10 (ANI): India took its medal tally to 300 by Tuesday afternoon in the ongoing South Asian Games 2019.
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