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Sampark for Samarthan: Sitharaman meets sports personalities
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jun 10 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday met former cricketer VVS Laxman, Tennis player Sania Mirza and former Badminton player Pullela Gopichand as a part of BJP's 'Sampark for Samarthan' initiative.
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Kidambi Srikanth counts on performance over ranking
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Saturday said he was not worried about rankings and that his main priority was to perform well in upcoming badminton tournaments.
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CWG medal winners feats raised India's stature: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with the medal winners of the recently-concluded 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games here at Lok Kalyan Marg and said that their sporting feats have raised India's stature.
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Gopichand lauds Indian athletes for CWG'18 performance
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], Apr. 15 (ANI): Former All-England champion and celebrated badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Sunday lauded the Indian athletes on their spectacular performance in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games.
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CWG 2018: Olympian Sindhu to be flag-bearer of India
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Mysore (Karnataka) [India], March 24 (ANI): Rio-Olympic silver-medalist PV Sindhu will be the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Gopichand launches India's largest 'train the trainers' programme
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Former All-England champion and celebrated badminton coach Pullela Gopichand initiated the country's largest 'train the trainers' programme on Thursday, inducting 1500 Physical Education (PE) teachers from across Gujarat for advanced training.
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Sindhu unhappy with timing of new service law's implementation
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Indian Olympian PV Sindhu has criticised the timing of the implementation of the new service law starting at next year's All England Open Championships.
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Bindra calls for improvement in athlete support system
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra has called for improvement in the professional support system of the athletes so that India keeps winning a big haul of medals and producing a continuous line of top performers.
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Indian hopes shatter as Sindhu loses Dubai Open title clash
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], December 17 (ANI): India's hopes dashed to ground as Olympian PV Sindhu lost the thrilling summit clash of the Dubai World Superseries Finals to Japans' Akane Yamaguchi on Sunday.
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Need to develop more coaches: Gopichand
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Dec 7 (ANI): India's national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand expressed happiness at the performance of Indian shuttlers this year and said there was an urgent need to develop more coaches.
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Global Entrepreneurship Summit will promote startups and entrepreneurship
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant, on Saturday said that the Global Entrepreneurship Summit which will be held in New Delhi from November 28 - 30, will have a huge impact to promote startups and entrepreneurship in India.
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Kidambi Srikanth pulls out from China Open Super Series
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Indian star and world number 2 Kidambi Srikanth has to wait to clinch his fifth super series title of the year, as the shuttler has pulled out from the China Open Super Series, beginning in Fuzhou on November 14.
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