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Rijiju interacts with U-17 women's football team, motivates them to look f
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday interacted with members of the Indian Women's U-17 football team and motivated them to keep their morale high in the aftermath of the Women's U-17 World Cup being cancelled this year due
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Ethiopia's Yehualaw runs second fastest women's half marathon at ADHM
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw produced a stunning run over in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2020, a World Athletics gold label road race, to clock the second-fastest women's time ever over the distance when she crossed the line in the Indian capital in
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ADHM 2020: Rijiju wants more sporting events to take place, vows to give '
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said he wants more sporting events to take place in India, adding that his Ministry will extend "full support" for the same.
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Kiren Rijiju to inaugurate global sports summit FICCI Turf 2020
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Following its successful run over the past nine years, FICCI is organising the 10th Global Sports Summit - Turf 2020 on December 8 and 9.
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There will be no another Maradona born again: Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju mourned the demise of Argentine football legend and said there will be no other Diego Maradona born again.
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Rijiju launches second edition of Fit India School Week
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday launched the second edition of the "Fit India School Week" program.
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Rijiju assures BAI all support to organise Yonex Sunrise India Open 2021
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): Badminton Association of India (BAI) Secretary Ajay Singhania on Monday met Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju to discuss the comeback of badminton in India with the staging of prestigious Yonex Sunrise India Open Superseries.
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Narinder Batra meets Rijiju, discusses preparations for Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra met Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Sunday to discuss several things.
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Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 10 lakh to ailing hockey Olympian MP Singh
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): The Sports Ministry has sanctioned Rs 10 lakh to hockey Olympian MP Singh towards the treatment of his kidney ailment, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Monday.
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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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Riyaz to be SAI trainee very soon: Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that Riyaz, who had received a bicycle as a gift from President Ram Nath Kovind, will soon become a trainee under the Sports Authority of India (SAI).
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Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 67.32 crore to 6 Khelo India State Centres of
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): The Sports Ministry has approved six centres as the Khelo India Centre of Excellence (KISCE) and they will now be upgraded at a consolidated budget estimate of Rs 67.32 crore for FY 2020-21 and subsequent four years in an effort to identify and groom Olym
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