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Great decision to remove salary cap of Rs 2 Lakh for Indian coaches, 4-yea
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Former hockey captain Viren Rasquinha on Saturday welcomed the Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju's decision of extending the coaches tenure by four years and removing the salary cap of Rs two lakh for the Indian coaches training elite athletes.
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IOA welcomes Sports Ministry's decision to remove salary cap for coaches
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Saturday welcomed the Sports Ministry's decision to remove the salary cap of Rs 2 lakhs for Indian coaches training elite athletes.
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Chinese Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan announces retirement
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 4 (ANI): China's two-time Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan on Saturday announced his retirement, calling an end to his 20-year long glittering career.
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Sports Ministry to launch Target Olympic Podium Scheme to groom junior ath
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that the government will launch Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for junior athletes to groom them for 2024 and 2028 Olympics.
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You have to enjoy sports instead of thinking about winning and losing: PV
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Friday, during the first session of the Fit India Talks, said that players have to enjoy sports rather than thinking about the outcomes.
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Kenya's Wilson Kipsang banned for four years for violating anti-doping rul
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], July 3 (ANI): Kenya's former marathon world-record holder and Olympic bronze medalist Wilson Kipsang has been handed a four-year ban for Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Friday.
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Ask RK Anand to take over IOA legal cases: Bholanath Singh to Batra
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Associate Executive Council Member Bholanath Singh on Friday requested its president Narinder Dhruv Batra to ask IOA's Legal Committee Chairman RK Anand take over its legal cases.
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Sports Ministry plans 4-year contract for foreign coaches, IOA president l
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): In an endeavour to ensure that Olympic-bound athletes are able to train consistently with one coach and therefore work on improving their performance, the Sports Ministry on Thursday decided to extend the contract of foreign coaches for 4 years, in keeping wi
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Bholanath Singh questions Rajeev Mehta's decision to take out tender for r
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Associate Executive Council Member of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Bholanath Singh, has questioned the body's general secretary Rajeev Mehta's decision to take out a tender for repair work in IOA office.
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IOC supports launch of GAISF sustainability portal
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): The Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), supported by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has launched sustainability.sport, a web portal created to help further sport's sustainability goals.
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Hockey player Varun Kumar rejuvenating himself during month-long break
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], June 30 (ANI): Indian men's hockey team defender and drag-flicker Varun Kumar is enjoying the time off from sports saying that it presents the players with a chance to rejuvenate themselves.
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Bholanath Singh urges IOA secy gen to invite associate nominees to executi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Associate Executive Council Member Bholanath Singh on Monday urged secretary general Rajeev Mehta to invite all associate nominees to its executive council meetings as per the IOA constitution.
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