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Kiren Rijiju lauds Shiva Thapa for winning gold at President's Cup
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju congratulated boxer Shiva Thapa for winning gold in the President's Cup at Astana on Saturday.
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Power outage at Lucknow centre due to damaged cable, clarifies SAI
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday issued a statement on the power outage at its local centre, saying that the authorities were getting a bore well drilled inside the campus, which damaged the power cable, disrupting power supply.
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Vinesh tweets about power cut at SAI centre, tags Rijiju; power supply res
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 19 (ANI): Indian woman wrestler Vinesh Phogat took to Twitter to complain about a power cut at the Sports Authority of India centre at Lucknow on Friday.
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Doping on rise among athletes; 187 detected positive in 2018-19
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): As many as 187 athletes tested positive during the doping test in 2018-19 out of a total of 4,348, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
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Government to set up India House for Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday that the government will set up an `India House at Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics which will provide Indian food to country's athletes.
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Kiren Rijiju confers Arjuna Awards to Rohan Bopanna and Smriti Mandhana
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju conferred Arjuna Awards to tennis player Rohan Bopanna and women cricketer Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday.
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Kiren Rijiju lauds athletes for securing top spot in Commonwealth Weightli
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday lauded Indian weightlifters for securing the first position in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship.
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Kiren Rijiju lauds Hima Das for winning gold
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday lauded sprinter Hima Das for winning the gold medal in 200-m at Kladno Athletics meet.
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India have to put a lot of efforts for growth of football: Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Amid India's substandard performance in the ongoing Intercontinental Cup, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said the country needs to put a lot of efforts for the growth of football in the country.
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Kiren Rijiju assures help to Mangaluru powerlifter Deepthika Puthran
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 13 (ANI): Deepthika Puthran, a powerlifter and fisherman's daughter, was assured of help by Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju after she tweeted to him after being selected to participate in Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship in Canada in September thi
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Government permits all qualified athletes to come to India : Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 11 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said in Lok Sabha on Thursday that the government's policy is to permit all qualified athletes belonging to any National Olympic Committee recognised by it to participate in the sporting events taking place in India.
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CWC'19: Sports Minister sends good wishes to team India for semi-final
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Union Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju said that he has sent the good wishes to the Indian cricket team on Tuesday, ahead of their semi-final clash against New Zealand in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.
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