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International athletes as Mission Olympic Cell members can suggest changes
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur said that the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) had the great responsibility of helping create an atmosphere of greater positivity in the Indian ecosystem by strengthening the institutional framework so
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India inducts 148 athletes, including 20 new, in first list of TOPS athlet
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): A total of 148 athletes, including 20 new inductees, in seven Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic disciplines, have been identified for support under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Ministr
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Anurag Thakur holds MOC meeting at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday held a Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) meeting with the newly-inducted members of the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
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Asian Champions Trophy: Indian hockey team to face South Korea in opening
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 13 (ANI): India men's hockey team will return to action for the first time since their historic Olympic bronze-medal winning campaign as the Asian Champions Trophy 2021 gets underway in Dhaka from Tuesday.
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Beijing Winter Olympics: China appreciates Pakistan for being against 'pol
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 13 (ANI): China's Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong on Sunday said that his country appreciates Pakistan for being against the 'politicization' of sports after Islamabad said that the Beijing Winter Olympics would offer "a spectacular and colourful gala to sport
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IOA VP blames President Narinder Batra for mess in Association
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): The mess in the Indian Olympic Association is out in the wide-open with two factions representing the Association in the Delhi High Court. All this is leading to ambiguity on when will the election take place as the last date for the current IOA office-b
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China worried about COVID-19 marring Winter Olympics 2022
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 12 (ANI): China is struggling with fulfilling its claim of making the country COVID free for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, scheduled to be held in February next year.
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G-7 foreign ministers exchange views on Beijing Winter Olympics amid calls
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], December 11 (ANI): The Group of Seven industrialised nations' Foreign Ministers exchanged their views on the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics amid the echoing call to boycott the games, Kyodo News reported citing a Japanese delegation source.
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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 will see Cold War battle lines drawn
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China] December 11 (ANI): As Beijing is set to host the Winter Olympics next year, it could see Cold War battle lines being drawn with many of the democratic countries diplomatically boycotting it.
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Delhi High Court's stay on IOA election continues: Petitioner Rahul Mehra
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association's situation is in complete jeopardy. The election which was supposed to take place on the 19th of December 2021 is highly unlikely until a further hearing on the 15th of this month at the Delhi High Court.
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Japan mulls diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 11 (ANI): Japan is considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing amid the human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang province, government and ruling coalition sources said on Saturday.
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Demonstration held outside Chinese Embassy in UK over human rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI): A large number of human rights activists including Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers, Mongolians held protests outside the Chinese Embassy in London over human rights abuses in China and sought action against the Chinese Community Party (CCP) regime as well as ur
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