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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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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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Railways approves new promotion policy for athletes
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has approved a new policy for promotion of Railway sportspersons according to which besides the sportspersons who won a medal, the sportspersons and coaches who have been awarded Padma Shri will be also be promoted as off
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Badminton World C'ship: Sindhu eyes quarter-final berth
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Nanjing [China], August 2 (ANI): Rio Olympics silver-medallist PV Sindhu will look to cement her spot in the quarter-finals of the ongoing Badminton World Championship when she takes on ninth-seeded Sung Ji-Hyun of South Korea in the last-16 clash here on Thursday.
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IOA issues directions to comply with 'no needle policy' ahead of Asian Gam
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): The Indian Olympics Association (IOA) issued directions to all sports federation and athletes asking them to follow the 'no need policy' ahead of the upcoming 18th edition of Asian Games.
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Badminton World C'ship: Sindhu breezes into third round
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Nanjing [China], August 1 (ANI): Rio Olympics silver-medalist PV Sindhu got past her Indonesian opponent Fitriani Fitriani to book her place in the third round of the ongoing Badminton World Championship here at Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre on Wednesday.
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Asian Athletics Championships to be held in April 2019
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Aug 01 (ANI): The 23rd Asian Athletics Championships will be held in Qatar's capital city of Doha, from April 19 to April 24, 2019.
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Lakshaya Sen eyes Youth Olympics
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Indian badminton player Lakshaya Sen, who recently clinched gold in the Badminton Asia Junior Championship, said that his next target would be 2018 Youth Olympics.
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44 killed in Japan heat waves
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 23 (ANI): At least 44 people have died across Japan as extreme heat waves continue to grip the east-Asia nation.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics mascots revealed
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Jul 23 (ANI): Japan on Sunday unveiled the names of its mascots for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games respectively.
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Kazakh figure skater stabbed to death
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Almaty [Kazakhstan], Jul 21 (ANI): Kazakhstani figure skater Denis Ten, who was the first-ever to win a bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, was stabbed to death by unknown miscreants here on Friday.
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