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Wrestlers get 'Gold Luck' send-off ahead of Asian Games
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 13 (ANI): The Indian contingent of wrestlers was accorded a warm send-off by the principal sponsors of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), wishing the grapplers 'Gold Luck' ahead of the upcoming Asian Games here at a city hotel on Sunday.
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India's prime locations turn Gold
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Marking 70 years of Independent India's first gold medal victory at the 1948 Olympics, cities across India united in the honour of the nation's greatest day in sporting history.
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Akshay celebrates independent India's first 'Gold' medal victory
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 12(ANI): Marking 70 years of Independent India's first gold medal victory at the 1948 Olympics, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar treated his fans with a video featuring prominent Indian sportspersons.
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Sports Ministry clears 804-member Asian Games contingent
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI): The Sports Ministry on Saturday gave a go-ahead to an 804-member Indian contingent, including 572 athletes, for the upcoming 18th Asian Games.
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18th Asian Games: Neeraj Chopra named India's flag bearer
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who recently bagged a gold medal in Sottevile Athletics meet in France, has been named as the flag bearer for the Indian contingent by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) at the upcoming 18th edition of the Asian Games. Read More
Junior sailors clinch 5 medals in Oman Sailing Championship
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Six junior sailors from the Indian contingent that participated in the Oman Sailing Championship 2018 have made the country proud by clinching a rich haul of medals.
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Japan adopts new ways to beat the heat
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 8 (ANI): Climate change is a global issue causing worry to many countries around the world in recent years. Japan, too, has observed a record heat wave this summer.
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U-17 football team returns home after becoming champion at SOAG
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], August 04 (ANI): Members of the Under-17 football team from Tripura, who became champions of the Students Olympic Asian Games by defeating Pakistan, returned to India on Friday.
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Prithviraj Chavan pitches for honouring late Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav wit
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan on Friday urged the Centre to honour Olympic wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav with Padma Bhushan posthumously.
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Know about the faculty of National Sports University, Manipur
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 04 (ANI): Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Friday said that National Sports University, to be set up in Manipur, will have sports persons, who participated in World Championships and Olympics, as the faculty.
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Hopeful of getting gold in Asian Games: Sardara Singh
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Former captain of the Indian hockey team, Sardara Singh has said that the team have improved a lot in the last few years and they are hoping to win gold in the upcoming 18th edition of the Asian Games.
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MOC sanctions financial assistance of 30 lakhs to athletes
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has sanctioned a financial assistance of approximately Rs. 30 Lakhs for athletes across eight different sports.
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