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Tokyo Olympics: 13-year-old Sky Brown can't believe she will be competing
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Skateboarding will make its debut in the Tokyo Olympics along with four other sports. And 13-year-old Sky Brown cannot wait to go out and perform in the showpiece event for Team Great Britain. The youngest member of the contingent, Sky still cannot believ
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Tokyo Olympics: Paddler Manika Batra requests FOP access for personal coac
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 21 (ANI): Two days prior to the start of the Tokyo Olympics, paddler Manika Batra has requested India's chef-de-mission BP Baishya to allow the field of play (FOP) access for her personal coach Sanmay Paranjape.
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UN and IOC launch stamps to honour role of sport for peace
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 21 (ANI): The United Nations and International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched a series of stamps to honour the role of sport for peace.
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Tokyo Olympics: Best chance for Indian hockey team to bag medal, says Vire
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Former India hockey skipper Viren Rasquinha feels the current team has the "best chance" to bring home an Olympic medal. The Indian hockey team might have dominated the sport in the 20th century, but the Asian side has not claimed a medal in the Summer Ol
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ICC ODI Rankings: Mithali Raj reclaims top spot
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], July 20 (ANI): India ODI skipper Mithali Raj is back at the top of the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings and this is the ninth time she is number one among batters since first occupying the spot more than 16 years ago, after West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor slipped to the fifth
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Tokyo Olympics: Spotlight on Indian shooters as 15 in-form athletes look t
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): With three days to go for the Tokyo Olympics to get underway, athletes across the globe are looking to give finishing touch to their preparations for the showpiece event. The Indian contingent is no different as 127 athletes will look to give it their all
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Tokyo Olympics: With the games we're committing an act of faith in the fut
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 20 (ANI): With three days to go for the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach examined the distant and not so distant past to draw lessons and hope for brighter times.
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Tokyo Olympics: Foreign athlete, 8 others test positive for Covid-19
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 20 (ANI): Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday confirmed that a foreign athlete has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Games Athletes' Village.
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Odisha Cricket Association to setup academies in all 30 districts
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Cuttack (Odisha) [India], July 20 (ANI): Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) has decided to set up cricket academies in all 30 districts of the state.
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Lt Gen JS Nain visits Trinetra Brigade
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 20 (ANI): Lieutenant general JS Nain, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-In-C), Southern Command, visited Trinetra Brigade and reviewed its operational preparedness.
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Sports Minister Manoj Tiwary, Mohammad Shami named in Bengal squad for fit
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 19: The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Monday included West Bengal Sports Minister Manoj Tiwary and fast bowler Mohammad Shami in the 39-member probables list for the fitness camp.
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Tokyo Olympics: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Ku
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, actor Akshay Kumar and Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju have extended their best wishes to the Indian athletes ahead of the Tokyo Games.
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