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'Bahadur Singh has been inspirational personality for five decades': Kiren
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Saturday saluted the legendary Shot Putter Bahadur Singh who recently retired from the post of national chief coach.
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We just want medals, results but do no collective effort: Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said India does not have a 'sports culture' and there is no collective national effort which can yield results.
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NSNIS Patiala announces relaxation in admission criteria of coaching cours
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): With an effort to ensure larger participation from eminent athletes in the sports coaching courses, the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS) in Patiala has decided to relax its admission criteria.
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Kiren Rijiju calls for corporate -govt partnership to make sports a career
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday stressed for the need of corporate-government partnership to make sports as a career option in India and to start the process of talent scouting during an online webinar titled "Role of Corp
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We have to respect High Court's decision but will keep helping athletes: K
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): With the Sports Ministry withdrawing provisional annual recognition granted to 54 National Sports Federations (NSFs) on the direction of the Delhi High Court, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that the ministry will r
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'You're pride of our nation': Yuvraj, Raina extend birthday wishes to PV S
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina extended their birthday wishes to ace shuttler PV Sindhu as she turned 25 today.
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Great decision to remove salary cap of Rs 2 Lakh for Indian coaches, 4-yea
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Former hockey captain Viren Rasquinha on Saturday welcomed the Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju's decision of extending the coaches tenure by four years and removing the salary cap of Rs two lakh for the Indian coaches training elite athletes.
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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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Sports Ministry to remove salary cap of Rs 2 Lakh for Indian coaches, 4-ye
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has said the government is set to remove the salary cap of Rs 2 lakhs for Indian coaches training elite athletes.
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Sports Ministry to launch Target Olympic Podium Scheme to groom junior ath
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that the government will launch Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for junior athletes to groom them for 2024 and 2028 Olympics.
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You have to enjoy sports instead of thinking about winning and losing: PV
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Friday, during the first session of the Fit India Talks, said that players have to enjoy sports rather than thinking about the outcomes.
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Sports Ministry plans 4-year contract for foreign coaches, IOA president l
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): In an endeavour to ensure that Olympic-bound athletes are able to train consistently with one coach and therefore work on improving their performance, the Sports Ministry on Thursday decided to extend the contract of foreign coaches for 4 years, in keeping wi
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