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Second coronavirus vaccines delayed for Australian Olympic swimmers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Olympic swimmers have been granted special permission to delay their second coronavirus vaccine after suffering side effects from the first injection.
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Japan prepares for Tokyo Olympics amid Covid-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 14 (ANI): Despite the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, preparations for Tokyo Olympics & Paralympics are in full swing in Japan.
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Never gave Tokyo Olympics much thought, but have been training for it sinc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh were blissfully unaware of the Olympic Games till 2016, let alone weaving dreams around it. But last week the Indian duo won a silver medal at the Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic continental qualification regatta to make
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Tokyo Olympics: Chief coach Sjoerd Marijne pushing us to excel helps our c
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru [India], May 13 (ANI): With the Tokyo Olympics approaching, the players in the Indian women's hockey core probables are moving in the right direction with each player pushing the other to make the final team for the quadrennial event.
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Sports Ministry to provide financial support of Rs 5 lakh each for bereave
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, on Thursday announced Rs 5 lakh each as financial support to bereaved families of Moscow Olympic gold medallists MK Kaushik and Ravinder Pal Singh, both of whom passed away last week due to COVID-
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India's first Olympic-bound fencer Bhavani Devi credits parents for sustai
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Sabre fencer Bhavani Devi, who created history by becoming the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympic Games, on Wednesday said that she is looking forward to giving her best performance in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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Post my victory at Beijing Olympics, I wanted to quit sport: Abhinav Bindr
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Former Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has revealed how he wanted to quit the sport after bagging a medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
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Oly-bound boxers Mary Kom, Lovlina Borgohain receive first dose of COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): India's Olympic-bound boxers Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain on Wednesday received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Command Hospital in Pune on Wednesday.
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Have zeroed in on Sweden or Finland as training base before Olympics: Neer
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra has retained his sharp focus on doing his best in his maiden Olympic Games, despite the tough challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. The lack of international competition hurts the national record holder, but he is lookin
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Creating more goal scoring opportunities will be key to success, says forw
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru [India], May 12 (ANI): The Indian women's hockey team forward Lalremsiami, who has played 64 matches for the national side, expressed that the Indian team will need to focus on creating more goal scoring opportunities this year.
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NBA: Princepal Singh continues his quest to top
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 11 (ANI): It was not long ago when Princepal Singh made history by becoming the first NBA Academy graduate to sign with the G League and cut to 2021, Singh concluded a season full of learning curves with Ignite.
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European C'ship: Rijiju wishes Indian shooters luck, tells them not to bre
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, on Tuesday asked the Indian athletes to never break Covid-19 protocols of other countries. Rijiju's remarks came as the Indian shooting contingent departed for Croatia on Tuesday.
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