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International Women's Day: Happy to see women athletes performing well at
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New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): To commemorate International Women's Day, the Fit India Movement in association with Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) organised an All Women Fit India Walkathon at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium here.
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Female athletes still face a lot of 'illogical' stereotypes in India, says
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New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI) India women cricketer Neha Tanwar believes female athletes still face a lot of stereotypes in the country because of the societal norms, a trend she hopes will change in the days to come.
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Concerned about all sportsmen, but Olympic-bound athletes to get vaccinate
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New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Saturday once again echoed the sentiments that Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes will be given priority for the coronavirus vaccine followed by other athletes.
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Will never shut up about things that are wrong: LeBron fires back at Zlata
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New York [USA], February 27 (ANI): Los Angeles Lakers' forward LeBron James on Saturday fired back at AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic's comment that athletes like him should not comment much about politics, rather they should stick to talking about the sport.
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World Winter Games 2022: Special Olympics Bharat athletes resume training
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New Delhi [India]. February 25 (ANI): Special Olympics Bharat conducted their first national coaching camp post the pandemic, in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, to prepare for Special Olympics World Winter Games to be held in Kazan, Russia in 2022.
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Will do our best so that international athletes stay in quarantine for min
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Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 24 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports has said that whenever an international competition will be held in India, he will ensure that the international athletes are asked to be in quarantine for minimal days so that they
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After COVID warriors, Olympic-bound athletes to get vaccine jab: Kiren Rij
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 22 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes will get the coronavirus jab after the vaccination of the COVID warriors.
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Sunil Chettri, Anil Kapoor bat for healthy eating habits, lifestyle at Fit
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New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday hosted the Annual Fit India Advisory Committee meeting in which some celebrities, athletes, and officials from the Sports Ministry took part.
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Would be good if athletes can get vaccine before Olympics: Neeraj Chopra
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], February 14 (ANI): Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has said that it would be good if the athletes are able to get the Covid-19 vaccine before the Olympics slated to be held in Tokyo later this year.
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Priyanka Goswami, Sandeep Kumar, break national records, qualify for Tokyo
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Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], February 13 (ANI): Sandeep Kumar (Haryana) and Priyanka Goswami (Uttar Pradesh) became the first Indian athletes to qualify for next year's World Athletics Championships Oregon22 when they broke the men and women's 20km Race Walk National Records respectively on t
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Sports Ministry requests Health Ministry to put Olympic-bound athletes on
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New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Union Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports has requested the Health Ministry to put Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes on priority for the coronavirus vaccine.
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India's celebrated sports champions renew commitment with Herbalife Nutrit
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka)[India], February 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Herbalife Nutrition, the global leader in nutrition announced the renewal of the contract with its sponsored athletes for the year 2021.
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