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Mission Olympic Cell approves Olympians Elavenil Valarivan, Pravin Jadhav'
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Elavenil Valarivan will head to Walther Factory in Germany for her weapon servicing and pellet testing, Pravin will purchase his second set of archery equipment that is now required for international events as there is no time allocated for servicing in case of an equipment failure during th
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Mission Olympic Cell approves Neeraj Chopra's proposal to train in Finland
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Neeraj Chopra, who is scheduled to compete in multiple World Athletics - Gold Level tournaments in June, intends to train at Kuortane Olympic Training Centre in Finland during this time.
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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur felicitates Sarpal Singh for his contributio
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) conferred Sarpal Singh with the Dronacharya Award in the Lifetime Category in 2021 for his lifelong contribution to field hockey.
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MOC approves shooters Ganemat Sekhon, Gurjoat Singh's proposals to train i
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Ganemat Sekhon, who recently won mixed team event Gold in the ISSF World Cup in Cairo, Egypt, is currently ranked India's number one in the Women's Skeet event, would be spending 11 days training in Bari under Italian coach Genga while Gurjoat will head to Capua, to train at TAV Falco for 10
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IOA debars outgoing WFI officials from undertaking federation's administra
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Earlier on April 24, the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will be forming an ad-hoc committee to conduct the elections for the Executive Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) within 45 days of its formation, to mana
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Statement of WFI president Brij Bhushan recorded by Delhi Police
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Delhi Police filed two FIRs on April 28 following the notice by the Supreme Court. Earlier this year, prominent wrestlers came forward to lead a protest against the WFI chief, following which the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur announced the formation of an 'overs
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IOA Jt Secy Kalyan Chaubey hails collaborative approach for growth of mult
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports had organised 'Chintan Shivir' in Imphal, Manipur inviting Sports Ministries of States/UTs, SAI and National Federations.
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IOA to form ad-hoc committee to conduct WFI Executive Committee elections
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
This committee will be functioning for an interim period till a new Executive Committee takes charge. Top wrestlers have now resumed their sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar here in the national capital after filing a complaint at the Connaught Place police station on Friday (April 21) stating
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We will hold press conference at 4 pm at Jantar Mantar on dispute with WFI
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Top Indian wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya, and Sakshi Malik, held a sit-in protest in New Delhi's Jantar Mantar in January this year, demanding that Brij Bhushan be removed from the head office and WFI be disbanded. They alleged the body and its chief of se
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MOC approves CWG Medallist Avinash Sable's proposal to train in Switzerlan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Sable, along with his coach Scott Simons are scheduled to train at St. Moritz from August 7th till August 16th (10 days), before heading out to Budapest, Hungary for the World Championships.
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Will go court and protest once again : Wrestler Bajrang Poonia if WFI issu
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Top Indian wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya, and Sakshi Malik, held a sit-in protest in New Delhi's Jantar Mantar in January this year, demanding that Brij Bhushan be removed from the head office and WFI be disbanded. They alleged the body and its chief of sexua
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TOPS to financially assist Para-Badminton Players including Pramod Bhagat,
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The funding has been cleared under MYAS's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) and will cover financial assistance towards the participation of 12 para-badminton players and their support staff.
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