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Swimming has been given more importance in India in last few years: Shivan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India, Jan 1 (ANI): Shivangi Sarma, a silver medallist at the South Asian Games 2019, on Wednesday said that swimming has been given more importance in the country in the last few years and the athletes are being looked after by the Ministry of Sports.
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Khelo India Youth Games will be a big platform for youngsters: Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that Khelo India Youth Games will be a very big platform for youngsters.
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Sports ministry decides to make sporting infrastructure accessible to all
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): Ministry of sports on Sunday decided to allow national and state sports federations, leagues and clubs to organise sports events in all sporting facilities owned by the government, free of cost, in an attempt of provide impetus to the Fit India Movement.
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Ministry of Sports to create 20 National Centres of Excellence
Updated : 6 years, 6 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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Delhi HC upholds BFI as only recognised national body for boxing
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court reiterated that the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) is the sole recognised body for boxing in India by restraining the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) from using the words ‘India’ or ‘Indian’ in its name
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SAI holds talks with states to host Khelo India Youth Games
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 12 (ANI): The Sports Authority of India (SAI) held presentations and discussions with the state governments of Assam, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra to explore the possibility of conducting the Khelo India Youth Games in their respective capitals, next year.
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Shooter Anish gets special CBSE board exam dates
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Pistol shooter Anish Bhanwal, who is currently representing the country in his first senior World Cup in Mexico, has been allotted special dates by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to appear for his Class Ten board exams.
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India's blind cricket team asks for recognition
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): After winning the Blind Cricket World Cup for India, players have asked the Ministry of Sports to give recognition to the Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI).
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Gambhir may have to wait to be DDCA government nominee: Justice Sen
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) Administrator Justice (Retired) Vikramjit Sen has said that former Test opener Gautam Gambhir's appointment as the government nominee in the cricket body's managing committee can be questioned under conflict of i
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Road to Rio: A look at improved facilities since 2012 London Olympics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 3 (ANI): With only a few days left for the 2016 summer Olympics to take off in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, it would be of interest to know the slew of initiatives undertaken by the Sports Authority of India and the Ministry of Sports to improve the facilities for the
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