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Hockey legend Balbir Singh suffers cardiac arrest, currently on ventilator
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], May 12 (ANI): Former Olympic gold medallist and hockey legend Balbir Singh Senior on Tuesday suffered a cardiac arrest and is currently on ventilator support.
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Dream is to become Olympic medallist, not just an Olympian: Nikki Pradhan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 12 (ANI): Indian women's hockey team player Nikki Pradhan said her dream is to become an Olympic medalist and not just an Olympian adding that the team will do everything in the next year's event to make it to the podium.
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Mulayam Singh Yadav hospitalised after stomach-related ailments, condition
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was admitted to the Emergency ward of a private hospital here on Wednesday after he complained of irritable bowel syndrome.
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Takes teamwork of parents, coaches, sports administrators to make a 'champ
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Reigning world champion and 2016 Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu has said that building a champion requires teamwork between parents, coaches, and sports administrators.
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Col Ashutosh Sharma, who lost his life in Handwara, was decorated twice fo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI) Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, the commanding officer of the 21 Rashtriya Rifles unit, who lost his life in operation in Handwara, had been twice awarded gallantry medals for exemplary bravery in counter-terrorist missions.
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Ross Taylor bags Sir Richard Hadlee Medal, Southee named Test Player of th
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Christchurch [New Zealand], May 1 (ANI): Veteran Kiwi batsman Ross Taylor on Friday claimed the top honour on the final day of the 2020 New Zealand Cricket Awards, winning the prestigious Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for the third time while Tim Southee was named Test Player of the Year.
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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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'Specialised squads' to be formed for talent scouting to identify athletes
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): With an aim to take India in the top 10 countries in the Olympic 2028 medal tally, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju, on Wednesday said that the government will form "specialised squads" for talent scouting to prepare the country to t
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Ailing boxer Dingko Singh thanks BFI, Ajay Singh for helping him
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Asian Games gold-medallist boxer Dingko Singh, who is undergoing liver cancer treatment, thanked Boxing Federation of India (BFI) and its president, Ajay Singh, for bringing him down to Delhi from Manipur amid coronavirus enforced lockdown.
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Ian Smith awarded Bert Sutcliffe Medal for outstanding service to cricket
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Auckland [New Zealand], April 28 (ANI): Ian Smith, the former Kiwi cricketer, and veteran broadcaster on Tuesday was awarded the Bert Sutcliffe Medal for his outstanding service to cricket.
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Jofra Archer finds lost 2019 World Cup medal
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): England pacer Jofra Archer on Sunday confirmed that he found his 2019 World Cup medal at the 'guest bedroom'.
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Dingko Singh reaches Delhi in SpiceJet's air ambulance for cancer treatmen
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Former India boxer and Asian Games gold medallist Dingko Singh was on Saturday flown from Imphal to Delhi by SpiceJet's air ambulance service for his liver cancer treatment.
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