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Bhopal Sports Authority says national-level athlete's death while tak
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal, July 31 (ANI): Stating that the accidental death of a 20-year-old national-level athlete while taking selfie is a great loss to the nation, Bhopal Sports Authority of India director Meena Bora today said adequate preparations have been made and the athletes have been asked not to go
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PM Modi urges nation to encourage Rio athletes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 31 (ANI): Extending best wishes to the Indian contingent who would be representing India at the Rio Olympics next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the nation to encourage them.
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National level athlete dies after slipping into pond while taking `selfie`
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), July 31 (ANI): In a tragic incident, a 20-year-old national-level athlete died yesterday after accidentally slipping into a pond while taking a selfie near a harvesting plant at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bhopal.
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Our athletes will show world what India is about: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 31 (ANI): Expressing optimism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Indian athletes would win the hearts of the world and would show it what India is about.
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PM Modi to flag off 'Run for Rio' to celebrate 'Olympic
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the 'Run For Rio' in the national capital today to celebrate the Olympic mood in the country, especially when India is sending its largest ever contingent of athletes to participate in the Games.
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Nation in 'Olympic' mood as preparations in full swing for '
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the 'Run For Rio' in New Delhi on Sunday to celebrate the Olympic mood in the country, especially when India is sending its largest ever contingent of athletes to participate in the Games.
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Vladimir Putin declares banned Russian athletes victims of `discrimination
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London, July 27 (ANI): Russian president Vladimir Putin has declared that his country's track and field athletes are victims of 'discrimination', insisting that they will not accept the campaign to project the embattled country in bad light.
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More Russians banned from Rio Olympics, toll crosses 100
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Wellington, July 27 (ANI):The number of banned Russians from next month's Rio Olympics passed 100 after nineteen more athletes of the country's rowers were barred from the Summer Games.
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After Narsingh Yadav, now Inderjit Singh fails dope test
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): A few days after wrestler Narsingh Yadav was caught for doping, another Rio Olympics qualified athlete Inderjeet Singh, a shot putter, has failed the dope test as his 'A' sample returned positive for a banned substance.
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Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra becomes first Indian to set world record
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has created history by becoming the first Indian athlete to set a world record on his way to win a gold medal at the IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championship at Bydgoszcz in Poland on Saturday.
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PM Modi congratulates Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for becoming first Ind
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for his outstanding sporting accomplishment, as he became the first Indian athlete to become a world champion at any level after winning a gold medal at the U-20 World Championships i
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IOC reveals another 45 failed drug tests from Beijing & London
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, July 22 (ANI): In a latest twist in the doping saga, the International Olympic Committee on Friday announced that a further 45 athletes have tested positive for prohibited substance after samples from the London and Beijing Olympics were reanalysed.
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