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Tokyo 2020: I believe Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have poten
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand has high hopes from the Indian shuttlers and contingent at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as he stated that PV Sindhu could turn Silver into Gold at the showpiece event.
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Olympics Selfie Points set up to promote campaign and encourage athletes,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26(ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, has reiterated that India's Olympic-bound athletes are national heroes and he also urged the people to extend support to these players in the same way they follow cricketers in the country.
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Tokyo Olympics: BAI requests IOA to allow four coaches, two physios to tra
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has written to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for allowing four coaches including Pullela Gopichand to travel alongside the Olympic-bound shuttlers to the Tokyo Games.
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All England Open 2021: All eyes on Sindhu, Srikanth
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 16 (ANI): The All England Open is the oldest badminton tournament in the world and also one of the most prestigious. It has been the venue for some of the most iconic moments in badminton including the victory run by India's very own Prakash Padukone in 19
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Legends, celebrities join Rijiju for 2nd Fit India Dialogue
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): After the superhit first edition of the Fit India Dialogue hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Sunday anchored the second edition of the Fit India Dialogue.
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Sports Ministry announces new incentive structure to fund 500 private acad
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): The Sports Ministry has introduced an incentivisation structure to extend monetary support to 500 private academies, through the Khelo India Scheme over the next four years starting FY 2020-21.
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Gopichand proposes mini-leagues among top players for sport to resume in I
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 16 (ANI): India's legendary badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Wednesday proposed a novel idea of creating bio-secure bubbles and organising multiple mini-leagues among top athletes for the sport to resume in the country.
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PV Sindhu pulls out of Thomas and Uber Cup due to 'personal reasons'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): Ace India shuttler PV Sindhu has pulled out of the 2020 Thomas and Uber Cup citing 'personal reasons'.
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N Sikki Reddy, her physio test negative for COVID-19, training to resume f
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Shuttler N Sikki Reddy and her physiotherapist Kiran C tested negative for coronavirus on Saturday.
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PV Sindhu among 8 athletes to attend badminton national camp from today
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Sports Authority of India (SAI) has decided to resume the badminton national camp for eight Olympic-bound athletes at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad from Friday.
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IOA welcomes Sports Ministry's decision to remove salary cap for coaches
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Saturday welcomed the Sports Ministry's decision to remove the salary cap of Rs 2 lakhs for Indian coaches training elite athletes.
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On Prakash Padukone's birthday, let's remember his All England Badminton C
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): As Prakash Padukone celebrates his 65th birthday, it's worthwhile to remember his win in the All England Badminton Championships way back in 1980.
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