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IOA thanks SpiceJet for agreeing to fly Olympic-bound athletes, officials
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Indian Olympics association on Sunday thanked Ajay Singh, the president of the Boxing Federation of India and Spice Jet's managing director, for organising charter flights to Tokyo for the Indian Olympic contingent.
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Tokyo Olympics: IOA sternly opposes stricter regulations on Indian conting
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association(IOA) has questioned the new regulations put in place by the Japanese government which has advised Indian athletes to not physically interact with anyone from another team, delegation or country for three days on arrival.
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Victoria's Secret hires Priyanka Chopra, 6 others in major rebranding bid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 18 (ANI): American lingerie giant Victoria's Secret on Friday signed a new roster of female brand representatives that includes actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas, to replace its supermodels (or Angels as they were called), and focus on women empowerment, giving a
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Road to Tokyo: Sports Ministry spent Rs 1169.65 crore on athletes post Rio
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has spent Rs 1169.65 crore on Tokyo Olympics-bound Indian athletes post the Rio Games in 2016.
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Olympics 2024: Rijiju launches athlete injury management system
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Friday launched the Central Athlete Injury Management System (CAIMS), a first-of-its-kind initiative by the ministry, for streamlining the sports medicine and rehabilitation support offered to th
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Game time, travel direction associated with college football team performa
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 10 (ANI): A study of NCAA Division I college football games found a significant association between the performance of away teams and both their direction of travel and the time of day when games were played.
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Tokyo Olympics: No branded apparel, only India will be written on kits of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, on Wednesday, said that the Indian Olympic-bound contingent will not sport any branded apparel during the upcoming Olympics.
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Ahead of Tokyo Olympics, IOA looking for new sponsor, confirms Rajeev Meht
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) Secretary-General Rajeev Mehta on Wednesday gave his opinion on dropping off the Chinese sponsor from the Olympic kit for the Tokyo-bound athletes.
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Tokyo Olympics: Overseas media to be strictly monitored by GPS
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Overseas media personnel will be strictly monitored after entering Japan for the Olympic Games to ensure they have no contact with the public, Tokyo Olympic chief Seiko Hashimoto has said.
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Tokyo Olympics: After uproar over Chinese sponsor, Indian contingent to we
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Tuesday decided that the nation's athletes would wear unbranded sports apparel in the Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
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Tokyo Olympics: BAI requests IOA to allow four coaches, two physios to tra
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has written to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for allowing four coaches including Pullela Gopichand to travel alongside the Olympic-bound shuttlers to the Tokyo Games.
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Tokyo 2020: 29 refugee athletes to send message of solidarity, hope
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], June 8 (ANI): Twenty-nine athletes competing across 12 sports and from 13 host National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will be part of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) Tokyo 2020.
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