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Thailand Open: PV Sindhu eyes semi-final berth
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], July 13 (ANI): Rio Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu will aim to book her place in the semi-finals of the Thailand Open World Super 500 tournament when she crosses swords with Soniia Cheah of Malaysia in the last-eight clash of the women's singles event here on Friday.
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Indian men's hockey team to be part of TOPS
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) decided to approve the Indian Men's Hockey team, comprising 18 players selected for the Asian Games, as part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) here in a meeting on Wednesday.
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India team given send-off ahead of Unified Cup
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Unified football team of six athletes with the intellectual disability and 5 mainstream athletes from India were given send-off ahead of Special Olympics Unified Cup here at Taj Palace on Wednesday.
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Mary Kom confident of World Championship title
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Five times world champion M.C Mary Kom has said that she is confident ahead of the World Boxing Championship and is training very hard for the same.
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Dipa Karmakar likely to be named Tripura's brand ambassador
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 11 (ANI): Ace Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who bagged the gold medal in the women's vault event at the Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Mersin in Turkey on Sunday, is likely to become the brand ambassador of Tripura.
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Dipa Karmakar assures to give her best at Asian Games
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): On returning to India after clinching gold at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Challenge, Gymnast Dipa Karmakar expressed gratitude to her coach for his support and assured to give her best at Asian Games.
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Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games silver medalist felicitated in Dharamshal
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Jul 10 (ANI): Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games silver medalist in 3000 metre race category, Seema was felicitated in Dharamshala after her home-coming.
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2020 Olympics: Mirabai Chanu likely to compete in 49kg category
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Commonwealth Games gold medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu might compete in the 49kg category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics instead of her regular 48kg class as the international federation recently decided to introduce new categories in weightlifting.
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PM Modi congratulates Dipa Karmakar for gymnastics World Challenge Cup gol
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mersin (Ankara) [Turkey], July 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar for her gold medal in the vault event at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Challenge Cup here on Sunday.
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Indonesia Open: Sindhu breezes into quarters
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], July 5 (ANI): Rio Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu cemented her spot in the quarter-finals of the ongoing Indonesia Open after registering a convincing straight-games victory over Japan's Aya Ohori in the second-round of the women's singles event here on Thursday.
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Youth Olympics: Javelin thrower Rana earns quota spot
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], July 5 (ANI): Indian javelin thrower Kunwer Ajairaj Singh Rana bagged the gold medal to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games on the opening day of the Asian Area qualification leg of the event here at Thai Japan Bangkok Youth Center on Wednesday.
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Okura to launch new flagship hotel in Tokyo
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 4 (ANI): Hotel Okura announced that its flagship Tokyo property will reopen in early September 2019, replacing the highly-reputable but aging Hotel Okura Tokyo with The Okura Tokyo.
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