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Commonwealth Youth Games 2021 "potentially" to take place in 2023
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 1 (ANI): The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Friday announced the rescheduling of the Youth Games 2021 saying that the event will now "potentially" be taking place in 2023.
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McMahon, Fearnley join leadership positions with Australian 2022 CWG team
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], April 30 (ANI): Commonwealth Games gold medallists Sharelle McMahon and Kurt Fearnley have been appointed to leadership positions in the Australian Commonwealth Games team for the 2022 edition in Birmingham.
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Delhi HC directs Nodal Officer to ensure compliance of lockdown norms in C
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Delhi High Court has directed Nodal Officer to ensure strict compliance of all lockdown directives and COVID-19 related guidelines in the Commonwealth Games Village with the help of Facility Management Service Agency and other staff.
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We have to stay at home for our people: Manika Batra
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Ace Indian paddler and Commonwealth Games gold medalist Manika Batra on Saturday said that the country is going through tough times in coronavirus lockdown but it is for the betterment of people.
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14 years of Sharath winning CWG gold, the paddler is nostalgic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Paddler Sharath Kamal expressed nostalgic. Fourteen years ago, he won India's first-ever gold medal in Table Tennis at the Commonwealth Games (CWG).
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Chandigarh to host 2022 Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships are set to take place in India in 2022 after a proposal to stage the event was approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board.
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Manika Batra stuns world no 26; Sathiyan too wins at Hungarian Open
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], Feb 21 (ANI): Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika Batra showed nerves of steel on her way to upsetting the world number 26 Chen Szu-Yu as India's Gnanasekaran Sathiyan too made a winning start to reach the pre-quarter-finals at the 2020 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open
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Traditional sports parameter cannot be compared with Olympic sports, says
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Reacting to another Kambala racer Nishant Shetty who broke Srinivas Gowda's 100m record, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said that parameter level of traditional sport cannot be compared with Olympic sports.
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CWG medalist urges Rijiju to look into her plight, seeks govt job
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): India para-powerlifter Sakina Khatun, who made herself a household name during the 2014 Commonwealth Games, on Thursday made a heartfelt appeal to the Union Sports Ministry to look into her misery and help her get a government job.
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UK House of Lords accepts India's proposal to host CWG shooting, archery e
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): India's proposal to host the additional shooting and archery events for the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) has been accepted by the British House of Lords.
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World Archery Federation gives 'full support' to India for Commonwealth Ga
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): The World Archery Federation's Secretary-General, Tom Dielen, on Monday said that they will give "full support" to India's proposal of having an Archery competition in India as part of the Commonwealth Games friendship programme.
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CWG 2022: Union Sports Ministry gives in-principle approval to hold shooti
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): The Union Sports Ministry has given 'in-principle' approval to holding the Commonwealth Games shooting and archery events in India.
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