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Punjab Sports Minister launches biography of Olympian Gurbachan Singh Rand
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 14 (ANI): Punjab Sports Minister Pargat Singh launched the biography of Olympic athlete Gurbachan Singh Randhawa titled 'Uddna Baaz' penned by eminent sports writer Navdeep Singh Gill on Sunday.
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Olympics sponsors in spotlight as Beijing Winter Games loom
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 14 (ANI): Ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concern about the event, saying the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) major corporate sponsors should "explain" how they are using their leverage to address human rights abuse
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ICC may pick US to host 2024 T20 World Cup: Report
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], November 14 (ANI): United States may emerge as a potential host for the 2024 T20 World Cup as a stepping stone to help cricket be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
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ISSF increases Olympic quota places for Asia from 38 to 48
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Sulaibiya [Kuwait], November 14 (ANI): The Asian Shooting Confederation on Saturday announced that they have received a letter from International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) confirming that the Olympic quota places for Asia have been increased from 38 to 48.
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Lovlina Borgohain expresses happiness after being conferred with Khel Ratn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist and Indian Boxer Lovlina Borgohain expressed her happiness after receiving Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and said "she is living her dream."
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Why kids for classes 1 to 5 to be encourage for Olympiad exams?
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI/Oswaal Books): Much like the Olympics in sports, the Olympiads are a celebration of the very best minds in school level science and mathematics.
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Xi likely to invite Biden to Beijing Winter Olympics: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 12 (ANI): Amid reports of US-China virtual meet, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to extend a personal invitation to US President Joe Biden to attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in February, CNBC reported, citing two people familiar.
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Special Olympics athletes join Futsal Club Championship
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): 22 Special Olympics athletes and 14 Unified Partners from Delhi will participate in the Grassroots Futsal event on Thursday. The event is a part of the inaugural Futsal Club Championship 2021 taking place between November 5-13. Four Special Olympics Unif
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T10 format could be played in Olympics, says Faf du Plessis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 10 (ANI): Former South African Captain Faf du Plessis, who will be making his debut in the Abu Dhabi T10 this year, expressed that the T10 format could be played in the Olympics.
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IOC, UNODC extend collaboration to fight corruption and crime in sport
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], November 9 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further strengthen the cooperation between the two organisations in fighting corruption and crime in
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After historic Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Lalremsiami aims for Women's Junior Wo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 9 (ANI): Having become a regular feature in the senior national team since her debut in 2017, young forward Lalremsiami, who is eligible to participate in the upcoming FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup, said she is looking forward to using the experi
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Extremely happy with my form, would continue this for World Championship:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): India paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran stated that he has improved a lot since his Tokyo Olympics defeat and would continue this form for World Championship.
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