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'Students for Free Tibet' protests against Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh), October 20 (ANI): Students for a Free Tibet (SFT), a Tibetan NGO, on Tuesday held a protest here against the winter Olympics in Beijing this year and urged the governments and athletes to not participate in the games over China's "continuous human rights viola
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Shiva Keshavan set to contest in IOC Athletes' Commission election
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): Six-time Winter Olympian from India Shiva Keshavan is set to contest in the elections for a seat in the International Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission.
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Record number of athletes to run for IOC Athletes' Commission election at
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], October 17 (ANI): The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved a list of 17 athletes (a record number for the Olympic Winter Games) covering all five continents, who have proposed their candidatures for the IOC Athletes' Commissio
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Hockey India writes to FIH, wants Belgium federation to apologise for comm
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Hockey India President Gyanendro Ningobam has written to International Hockey Federation (IHF) CEO Thierry Weil, saying that the federation is disappointed with the reaction shown by some of the national associations on Indian athletes being handed by
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Head of Australian Olympic Committee against boycott of Beijing Winter Oly
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], October 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates voiced against the boycott of the Olympic Games and reaffirmed that Australian athletes will take part in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in 2022.
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Aerobic exercise after sport-related concussion speeds recovery in adolesc
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): According to a new University at Buffalo study, adolescents can speed their recovery after a sport-related concussion and reduce their risk of experiencing protracted recovery if they engage in aerobic exercise within 10 days of getting injured.
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Physical athletes' visual skills prove sharper than action video game play
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], October 7 (ANI): Athletes still have the edge over action video gamers when it comes to dynamic visual skills, a new study from the University of Waterloo shows.
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Gurjit Kaur wins FIH Women's Hockey Player of the Year, Harmanpreet wins m
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): As a likely outcome of India men's team winning a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics as well as the outstanding performance of the Indian women's team at the showpiece event, India's athletes and coaches dominated the FIH Hockey Stars Awards 2020-21.
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Aerobic exercise after sport-related concussion speeds recovery in adolesc
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): According to a University at Buffalo study, adolescents can speed their recovery after a sport-related concussion and reduce their risk of experiencing protracted recovery if they engage in aerobic exercise within 10 days of getting injured.
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Vogue India celebrates Tokyo 2020 stars as Lovlina Borgohain, PV Sindhu, M
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Indian athletes and 2020 Olympic medallists PV Sindhu, Lovlina Borgohain and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu have featured on the cover of Vogue.
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It happens, people need to cut athletes some slack: Pietersen on Morgan's
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen on Saturday said fans need to cut athletes some slack as anybody can go through bad patches and it is part and parcel of sport.
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SAI in advance stage of review of TOPS core group athletes
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Inclusion of India's elite athletes in the core group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for the next Olympic cycle is being discussed with National Sporting Federations by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) ahead of the meeting scheduled in Oc
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