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Manika Batra riding on career-best world ranking, Saudi Smash performance
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The 28-year-old had a successful outing at Saudi Smash last week. Manika made headlines after defeating World No 2 Wang Manyu of China in Saudi
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High-jumper Sahana Kumari asks daughter Pavana to focus on senior events
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Pavana Nagaraj, daughter of women's National High Jump record holder Sahana Kumari and 2010 National Inter-State men's 100m champion BG Nagaraj, won the Asian U20 gold with a personal best Long Jump of 6.32m. It came on the back of Sahana Kumari's nudge that made Pavana Nagaraj focus more on
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MOC clears proposals of Jyothi Yarraji, Shaili Singh as duo aim to qualify
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' Mission Olympic Cell during their 134th meeting approved athletes Jyothi Yarraji and Shaili Singh's proposals for multiple competitions as the two aim to Qualify for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games
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Shubhankar, Gaganjeet seek golfing bromance on Paris Olympics debut
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar are set to make their Olympic debut in Paris 2024. Shubhankar and Gaganjeet are ranked 47 and 52, respectively, on the Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) as of April 29 and are expected to be among the 60 professionals teeing off on August 1 at the Le Golf Na
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Archer Deepika Kumari re-inducted in TOPS in preparation for LA Olympics i
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' (MYAS) Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) during their 133rd meeting re-inducted archer Deepika Kumari to the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Development group, to help them prepare for the Los Angeles Olympics, which will take place in the year 2028.
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"Vote on work, not on religion": TMC's Jagdish Chandra Barma Basunia
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Ahead of the first phase of voting in the Lok Sabha elections, Jagdish Chandra Barma Basunia, TMC candidate from Cooch Behar constituency appealed to the voters to cast their vote in the name of work and not religion. He also stepped up his attack on BJP and said that the people of Cooch
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Sheetal Devi gives world champion scare as armless wonder bags silver in K
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
A strong medal contender at the Paris Paralympics in August this year, Sheetal finished behind Haryana's Ekta Rani in the final shoot off in the sub-junior girls' section. The teenager lost 138-140 but not before giving Ekta, a world youth champion, a mighty scare
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Asian Games medallist Jyothi Yarraji to head to Spain as MOC approves fore
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Jyothi Yarraji, who is currently ranked 23rd on the Road to Paris list (Women's 100m Hurdles event) is planning to train in Tenerife, Spain for 45 days to prepare for the upcoming season and the Paris Olympics
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Olympic-bound boxers to head to Turkey as MOC approves multiple proposals
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
MYAS, under Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) funding, will provide financial assistance to Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen, Preeti Pawar, Praveen Hooda and Lovlina Borgohain, along with two coaches and a physiotherapist, for a special foreign training camp in Turkey.
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MOC approves foreign training camps for CWG medallists Sreeja Akula, Tulik
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' Mission Olympic Cell during their 128th meeting approved paddler and Commonwealth Games medallist Sreeja Akula's proposal for financial assistance for a training camp in Taipei, Taiwan to prepare for upcoming competitions including Paris Olympics
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Sports Ministry approves Mirabai Chanu's proposal to train in Paris for Ol
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Mira, who won a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics, will head to Paris nearly a month ahead of her Olympic event, to acclimatize to the weather and prepare for the mega event. Meanwhile, newly inducted Indian tennis ace Sumit Nagal's request for financial assistance towards participation in
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Delhi HC issues notice to Centre, WFI on Bajrang Punia, other wrestlers pl
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and Wrestling Federation of India on a plea moved by Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vines Phogat and Satyawrat Kadiyan challenging WFI circular to conduct selection trials for the Senior Asi
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