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MOC clears multiple proposals for equipment of Paris-bound athletes, para
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' Mission Olympic Cell has approved multiple proposals for assistance towards equipment by athletes and para Athletes as they prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
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IOA president PT Usha initiates move to include Yoga in Asian Games progra
Updated : 2 years ago IST
IOA president PT Usha made a strong pitch for the inclusion of Yoga in the Asian Games programme. In an impassioned letter to Olympic Council of Asia President Raja Randhir Singh, she urged the Asian sports community to include the ancient Indian discipline that fosters physical and mental h
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MOC clears overseas camp for Trap shooter Rajeshwari Kumari
Updated : 2 years ago IST
MYAS' Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has approved Trap shooter Rajeshwari Kumari's request for assistance to train along with her coach David Kostelecky in the Czech Republic ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics Games
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Khelo India Women's League season 4 to kick off with Wushu in Karnataka
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The fourth season of the Khelo India women's league initiative gets underway on the back of a successful 2023-24 season which saw a total of 502 completed tournaments and participation from over 56,000 women athletes from 36 States and UTs across 18 sports
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MOC clears foreign training camps for many Paris-bound athletes, including
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Vinesh has sought financial assistance towards a competition and training camp in Madrid, Spain followed by a training camp in Boulogne sur-Mer, France. She is set to compete in the Grand Prix, in Spain, in July before spending a week in training there before heading to Boulogne sur-Mer, Fra
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Winning an Olympic medal will be major career achievement: Aditi Ashok
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The golf competition at the Paris Games is still a couple of months away and Aditi is scheduled to play at least another eight events leading up to the Olympics. Cracking consistent form, as she did in 2023, will be her biggest aim
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Vinesh Phogat urges WFI, Sports Ministry to announce dates, venue, format
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Vinesh took to X to make this appeal to the centre, WFI, the Indian Olympic Association and the Sports Authority of India (SAI). She first expressed happiness with the fact that India secured a total of six 2024 Olympics quotas in wrestling and congratulated the quota winners as their "ha
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TOPS inducts next generation of squash players with eye on LA 2028 Olympic
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Even as the focus is on preparations for the Paris Olympic Games 2024, Sports Ministry's Mission Olympics Cell (MOC) has also set its eyes at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games and inducted three up and coming squash players into the Development Group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TO
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Buoyed by government support IGU focusses on growing game, creating more o
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The support from the government for the game of golf has been a big boost for the IGU. The Sports Ministry has been very generous in backing the golfers ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris
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High-jumper Sahana Kumari asks daughter Pavana to focus on senior events
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Pavana Nagaraj, daughter of women's National High Jump record holder Sahana Kumari and 2010 National Inter-State men's 100m champion BG Nagaraj, won the Asian U20 gold with a personal best Long Jump of 6.32m. It came on the back of Sahana Kumari's nudge that made Pavana Nagaraj focus more on
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MOC clears proposals of Jyothi Yarraji, Shaili Singh as duo aim to qualify
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' Mission Olympic Cell during their 134th meeting approved athletes Jyothi Yarraji and Shaili Singh's proposals for multiple competitions as the two aim to Qualify for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games
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Shubhankar, Gaganjeet seek golfing bromance on Paris Olympics debut
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar are set to make their Olympic debut in Paris 2024. Shubhankar and Gaganjeet are ranked 47 and 52, respectively, on the Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) as of April 29 and are expected to be among the 60 professionals teeing off on August 1 at the Le Golf Na
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