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Padma Shri award will motivate athletes, says Sumit Antil
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], January 26 (ANI): Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist Sumit Antil has said the Padma Shri award will not only motivate him but also all the Indian athletes.
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Padma Shri will inspire me to strive harder for Asian Games, says Pramod B
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Madrid [Spain], January 26 (ANI): Tokyo Paralympics gold medalist Pramod Bhagat has said the Padma Shri award will inspire him to thrive harder and put in extra efforts in training for Asian Games.
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Padma Bhushan for Jhajharia; Bhagat, Antil, Lekhara to be honoured with Pa
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): On the eve of the 73rd Republic Day, the Centre announced that the Paralympian Devendra Jhajharia will be conferred with the Padma Bhushan.
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China abstains from selling tickets to general public for Beijing Winter O
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 18 (ANI): China on Monday announced that it will restrain selling tickets to the general public for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
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Paralympics bronze medallist Sharad Kumar kicks off PM Modi's 'Meet the C
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)[India], January 7(ANI): Paralympics Bronze Medalist Sharad Kumar on Friday kicked of PM Modi's school visit campaign for Tokyo Paralympians and visited Kerala's for Girls Cotton Hill in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Krishna Nagar 'focused' on not adopting casual approach in quest of Paris
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 2 (ANI): Paralympics champion Krishna Nagar is focused on taking each and every match seriously as he feels a "casual" approach might hamper his chances of replicating Tokyo Games' heroics in Paris 2024.
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National C'ship: 'World class' badminton takes centre stage as Tokyo Paral
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 27 (ANI): The fourth National Para-Badminton Championship not only witnessed some enthralling contest but also 'world-class' games from the shuttlers who made sure the road to the podium wasn't a cake walk for the Tokyo Paralympics medallists.
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National Para Badminton C'ship: Haryana's Nitesh Kumar beats Tokyo Paralym
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 26 (ANI): World No 7 Nitesh Kumar beat world no 3 Manoj Sarkar to secure Gold in SL4 category at the 4th National Para-Badminton Championship.
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Introduction of new medal events in Paris 2024, 1st step towards gender eq
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 26 (ANI): Reigning para-badminton world champion Manasi Joshi feels the introduction of women's singles SL3, women's singles SH6 category in the Paris Paralympics is a first step towards establishing gender equality in the Games.
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Yearender 2021: The glittering high of Tokyo Games
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): The Tokyo 2020 Olympics had created a dramatic prelude to its 2021 resumption, after being postponed last year. Fans could barely contain their excitement and as the biggest global event finally unfurled, Indian athletes served up a great volley of victo
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Tokyo Paralympics bronze is a gold medal for me, says Manoj Sarkar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 25 (ANI): Indian shuttler Manoj Sarkar might have won bronze in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics but the medal is no less than gold for the athlete.
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National Para-Badminton C'ship: Tokyo gold medallist Pramod Bhagat relishe
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 25 (ANI): Pramod Bhagat, India's first-ever badminton gold medalist at the Paralympics, is relishing the "new experience" of playing in front of his home crowd in the ongoing Para-Badminton National championship here in Bhubaneswar.
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