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Potato effective for boosting athletic performance: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 19 (ANI): Consuming potato puree instead of commercial carbohydrate gel gives the same result to athletes for sustaining blood glucose levels during long workout sessions, claims a study.
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Corvuss American Academy, a boarding school for 'Student Athletes' to laun
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Oct 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): Corvuss American Academy, the first-of-its-kind boarding school in India, founded on the philosophy that academics and sports can co-exist, will launch in September 2020.
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IAAF announces new Athletes' Commission Members
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Oct 6 (ANI): International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Sunday announced the six newly elected Athletes' Commission Members.
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Pankaj Advani says achievements of all athletes should be celebrated equal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): India's leading cueist Pankaj Advani on Tuesday said that if the country calls itself a 'sporting nation' then it needs to celebrate the achievements of all the athletes equally.
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Udhampur: Indoor hall inaugurated to boost sports activities in region
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): With an aim to motivate young minds to take part in more sport activities and encourage the existing athletes, the Central government has opened an Indoor Sports Hall at Subash Stadium and Multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall in Ramnagar.
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Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 7.87 crore as out-of-pocket allowance for 262
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 28 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry on Saturday sanctioned Rs 7.87 crore as an out-of-pocket allowance for 2625 Khelo India (KI) athletes.
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CGF's visit to India in November is 'hugely important', says CEO David Gre
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 27 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) CEO David Grevemberg said that their visit to India will be 'hugely important' as they focus to provide great opportunities to the country's athletes.
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Ahead of Assembly polls in Haryana, BJP gets big boost with 3 new entries
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Ahead of the Assembly polls in Haryana, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday received a big boost with the joining of two star athletes and the lone SAD MLA from Kalanwali assembly constituency.
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Our wrestlers are prepared for 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday felicitated Indian wrestlers for their brilliant performances in the recently concluded World Wrestling Championships and said the athletes would be a major force to reckon with in the upcom
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Ministry of Sports to create 20 National Centres of Excellence
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Ministry of Sports will create 20 National Centres of Excellence (NCE) in order to groom athletes for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics. Every Centre of Excellence will designate funds for four to six specific sports.
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Provisional entry lists announced for IAAF World Athletics Championships
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Sept 19 (ANI): One-thousand-nine-hundred athletes from 209 teams will be in action in Doha during the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019, provisional entry list confirmed on Thursday.
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Mismanagement kept Hima Das out of World Championships
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 19 (ANI): After ace athlete Hima Das was ruled out of the World Championships due to back injury, it has now come into public domain that her injury was life-threatening and despite that she continued running in various championships in Europe.
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