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Strong sports culture taking shape in India, says Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Ad
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Speaking to reporters after inspecting the Sports University in Meerut, the Chief Minister said programmes like Khelo India and the Fit India Movement have played a significant role in promoting sports across the country.
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Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulates Ladakh for showing capabil
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The Leh leg of the KIWG 2026 was declared open by the Lt Governor of UT Ladakh, Kavinder Gupta, lauds PM Modi for his sports vision. Around 1060, including athletes and coaches, will participate in the Games, the first leg of which concludes on January 26
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Ladakh: Khelo India Winter Games 2026 6th edition inaugurated in Leh
Updated : 2 months ago IST
A cultural programme was also organised during the opening ceremony, adding to the overall significance of the inaugural event. A key highlight of this edition is that the ice hockey matches are being played for the first time at the Artificial Ice Rink in NDS stadium, Leh.
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Sports minister Mandaviya urges athletes to utilise opportunity as Khelo I
Updated : 2 months ago IST
KIWG 2026 is the second event on the Khelo India calendar this year. The first event was the Khelo India Beach Games held in Diu from January 5 to January 10. For all athletes and their support staff, the Leh Games will see how athletes perform under challenging high altitude climatic con
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How tug-of-war transformed farmer's son Akshay Patil's life and career
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Kolhapur's Akshay Patil has spent nearly two decades muscling his way through adversity and sweating it out in the tug-of-war arena. His efforts did not go to waste. Patil's career is a classic example of how sport can transform lives.
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Khelo India Beach Games 2026 spurs growth of beach soccer in Daman & Diu,
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Beach soccer is steadily emerging as a significant avenue of opportunity and self-expression for young athletes in coastal and tribal-dominated Union Territories such as Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (DNHDD). In recent years, focused initiatives by the Union Territory administration h
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Khelo India Beach Games 2026: Karnataka swim to overall crown; Tamil Nadu
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Karnataka's Ashmita Chandra and Dhrupad Ramakrishna clinched the women's and men's 5km Open Water Swimming gold medals to help the state top the medal standing in the Khelo India Beach Games 2026 at the Ghoghla Beach here on Saturday
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Late bloomers Bharat and Rajesh looking to build on KIBG 2026 success in A
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tamil Nadu's beach volleyball pairing of Bharat and Rajesh are inseparable in more ways than one. Late bloomers in the sport, the duo share a long-standing bond forged through similar life experiences before becoming an integral part of their college volleyball unit
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Prasanna Bendre underlines KIBG supremacy in Pencak Silat
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu's star Pencak Silat athlete Prasanna Bendre was looking forward to defending his Tanding gold on home turf in the Khelo India Beach Games 2026 when a late revision to the weight categories meant that he had to play in a much higher weight category thi
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Anurag Singh, Ashmita Chandra strike KIBG 2026 golds; competitive Open Wat
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The mention of Open Water or Sea Swimming normally puts focus on endurance swimming that has been made popular by the likes of Mihir Sen and Bula Chowdhary, who conquered the English Channel decades ago.
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KIBG 2026: Prasanna Bendre wins Tanding gold, Tamil Nadu win big in Beach
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu's Prasanna Bendre added a Tanding gold in Beach Pencak Silat to his tally while Tamil Nadu grabbed four medals, including a gold and silver, in Beach Volleyball in the Khelo India Beach Games 2026 at the Ghoghla Beach here on Thursday.
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Manipur's Sudhir Meetei makes hard work count to win KIBG 2026 Pencak Sila
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
For Wahengbam Sudhir Meetei of Manipur, a career in Pencak Silat has neither been smooth nor certain. If financial difficulties meant that he had to focus on earning a living, a freak injury during training almost ended his sporting dreams.
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