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All budding athletes, kick back your menstrual pain with ease!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 28 (ANI): Post Sakshi Mallick and P V Sidhu's performance at Rio Olympics this year, lots of young girls and budding sportswomen are now indulging themselves into taking up sports even more seriously. With this determination, comes rigorous mental and physical tr
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Rio heroes: Sachin presents BMWs to Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Telangana [India], Aug. 28 (ANI): After achieving laurels for India at the recently concluded Rio Olympics, Indian athletes P.V Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, who won medals for the country, were honoured in a ceremony here at the Gopichand Academy and were presented with BMW cars by cricket legend S
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Not upset with India's performance in Rio: Vijay Goel
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 27 (ANI): Despite the country sending a contingent of 119 athletes to the Rio Olympics this year and managing to win only two medals, a silver and a bronze, Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Saturday said that he was not upset with India's performance at the pr
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Sony Pictures Networks India supports India's paralympians for upcomi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai, Aug.24 (ANI-Businesswire India): As a catalyst to the cause of empowering India's sports talent, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has partnered with the GoSports Foundation to identify and support Indian para-athletes across multiple Paralympic disciplines.
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Olympic athlete Sudha Singh recovering, no confirmation of Zika
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru, Aug. 23 (ANI): Olympic athlete Sudha Singh, who has given blood samples for tests to check for the Zika virus, is recovering and there has been no confirmation of the infection yet.
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Treebo offers all Indian Olympians free lifetime vacations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Bangalore-based brand of budget hotels Treebo Hotels is paying homage to the Indian National Olympic Squad participating at Rio 2016 by offering each athlete free annual vacations for lifetime at any of the 125 Treebo hotels across the country.
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Jaisha marathon row: Goyal passes the buck to IOA, assures probe
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Retorting to claims made by Indian athlete O.P Jaisha who alleged that she was not provided with water or energy drinks by the officials despite designated stations allotted to India during her marathon event, Union Sports Minister Vijay Goyal on Monday said that it
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Indian coaches' just as good as foreign counterparts, says Dipa Karma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura), Aug. 23 (ANI): Rejecting the notion that foreign coaches are more likely to deliver results when it comes to local athletes, 'Produnova' specialist Dipa Karmakar's coach Bishweshwar Nandi asserted that Indian coaches' can do just as well, or even bette
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Spectacular closing ceremony brings curtains down to 2016 Rio Olympics
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.22 (ANI): The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday dropped curtains on the Olympics Games in a spectacular carnival-inspired fashion after hosting the world's elite athletes, who competed for 306 medals over the past 19 days.
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Sindhu, Sakshi dazzle as India end Rio Olympics campaign with two medals
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.22 (ANI): India, which had sent its largest-ever contingent of 119 athletes in the Rio Olympics, ended their campaign at prestigious quadrennial event on a disappointing note as they finished with a paltry medal haul of two, including a silver and a bronze here o
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Rio 2016: Thanackal Gopi finishes 25th, Kheta Ram on 26th in Men's Ma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.21 (ANI): Indian long distance walkers Thanackal Gopi and Kheta Ram, who were competing with 155 athletes at the Rio Olympics, produced their personal best to end their campaign in the prestigious quadrennial event at 25th and 26th spots, respectively, in the men
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Delighted Indian fans break `Google search records` for Olympics, Sindhu,
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 21 (ANI): P V Sindhu and Sakshi Malik did not just win medals at Rio Olympics and won hearts of millions of Indians, the two of them are also trending on internet and has made up to the list of most searched Indian athletes on Google.
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