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Christian Taylor donates World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 singlet a
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], May 7 (ANI): USA's reigning two-time Olympic and four-time world triple jump champion Christian Taylor has generously contributed one of his national team singlets and competition bib numbers to the World Athletics Heritage Collection.
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Hockey India to discuss preparation status of men's, women's teams for Oly
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Hockey India has said that a meeting has been called on May 13 to discuss a range of topics including the preparation status of the men's and women's teams for the next year's Tokyo Olympics.
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Gurinder Singh working 'extremely hard' to book spot in Olympic-bound team
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 6 (ANI): Indian hockey team player Gurinder Singh said he has been working 'extremely hard' to secure a spot in the team for the next year's Tokyo Olympics.
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Takes teamwork of parents, coaches, sports administrators to make a 'champ
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Reigning world champion and 2016 Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu has said that building a champion requires teamwork between parents, coaches, and sports administrators.
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Eoin Morgan backs T10 format to be part of Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 5 (ANI): England limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan has backed the T10 format to be a part of Olympics.
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Ministry begins nomination process for Sports Awards 2020
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has invited sports organisations including Indian Olympic Association, National Sports Federation, and Sports Authority of India to submit nominations of individuals for the annual Sports Awards 2020.
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IOA seeks suggestion from NSFs and SOAs for resumption of sport in India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra on Tuesday sought suggestions from National Sports Federation (NSF) and State Olympic Association through a 'white paper' in order to restart sports activities and practices for Olympic preparation.
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Missy Franklin vows to support Indian community sport
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 3 (ANI): Olympic swimming star Missy Franklin has vowed to support young girls from the Laureus Sport for Good Award-winning Yuwa programme in rural Jharkhand, India.
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National camps for Olympic-bound athletes to resume from May-end in phased
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said that national camps for Olympic-bound athletes will resume in a phase-wise manner by the end of this month.
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Career-threatening eye injury failed to dent Reena Khokar's spirit to play
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 3 (ANI): Indian women's team midfielder Reena Khokar had a mishap during a gym session in April last year that could have ended her career but her will to fight the uncertainty made it possible for her to wear the India jersey again.
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COVID-19: World Archery's Olympic qualifying events postponed to 2021
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], May 2 (ANI): As the world continues to grapple with coronavirus pandemic, World Archery has decided not to stage any Olympic qualifying event this year and has frozen the world rankings.
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Graham Reid's advice helped in my comeback to senior side, says Dilpreet S
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 2 (ANI): Indian hockey team striker Dilpreet Singh revealed how coach Graham Reid's advice helped him in making a comeback to the senior side after he was demoted to the Junior Camp due to FIH Men's World Cup debacle in 2018.
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