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Delhi will bid for 2048 Olympics, says Delhi CM
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the national capital will bid to be the host of the Olympics in 2048 adding that a vision has been provided for the same in the Delhi Budget presented on Tuesday.
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Olympic year has well and truly started, need to accelerate our learnings:
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Antwerp (Belgium), March 9 (ANI): The Indian men's hockey coach Graham Reid has expressed satisfaction following his team's successful outing in Europe where they remained unbeaten.
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11th Hockey India Sub-Junior Women National Championship to begin from Wed
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Simdega (Jharkhand) [India], March 9 (ANI): The 11th Hockey India Sub-Junior Women National Championship 2021, will be held from March 10-18, and it will kick-start India's much-awaited domestic hockey season.
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IOC EB decides further provisional measures against NOC of Belarus
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): The International Olympic Council (IOC) on Monday decided not to recognise the election of Viktor Lukashenko as the new President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus.
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Uyghurs urge International Olympic Committee to cancel Beijing 2022 Olympi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], March 8 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress, a human rights group, has urged International Olympic Committee's ethics commission to personally make a ruling on a complaint the group filed to move the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing, The Hill reported.
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Holding Olympics in Beijing 'completely inappropriate' while CCP committin
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, has deemed it "completely inappropriate" to hold Olympics in Beijing, while the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) is committing crimes against democracies around the world.
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Pravin Jadhav, Deepika Kumari in Indian archery team for Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Three in men's recurve Pravin Jadhav, Atanu Das, and Tarundeep Rai and three in women's recurve Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, and Komolika Bari have made to the Indian Archery team for the Tokyo Olympics after the final selection trial (Trial 3) concluded o
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Tokyo 2020 will be first 'gender-balanced' Olympics in history: IOC
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): On International Women's Day, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Government of Japan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) are reiterating their commitm
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Bajrang Punia becomes World No. 1 after bagging gold in Rome
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia has regained the number one spot in the rankings after clinching a second successive gold medal at the Matteo Pallicone Ranking Series.
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Olympics on track, don't believe rumours, says Rijiju
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports on Monday said that he is confident of the Tokyo Olympics going ahead this year and he urged people to not fall prey to rumours which are doing the rounds regarding the Games.
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Concerned about all sportsmen, but Olympic-bound athletes to get vaccinate
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Saturday once again echoed the sentiments that Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes will be given priority for the coronavirus vaccine followed by other athletes.
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Olympic movement is not complete till India hosts Games: Rijiju
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): At a virtual conference organised on Friday by the Conference of Indian Industry, the 6th CII Scorecard, Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju in his keynote address appealed to the business fraternity to help in making sports a vibrant industry in India.
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