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Opening ceremony of Khelo India Winter Games 2024 held in Leh
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Fifteen states and two public institutions are taking part in ice hockey and ice-skating events over five days. The Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brig. B.D. Mishra (Retd) was the chief guest on the occasion. The second part of the Winter Games will be held in Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir from
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Sports Ministry issues legal warning to suspended WFI body, cautions legal
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Union Sports Ministry has issued a strict warning to the suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh, over the committee's unsubstantial claims regarding the recognition from the government as well as "absolutely baseless and mischievous" claims of holding compet
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No one can stop Uttar Pradesh from becoming leader in sports: Union Minist
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday stated that no one will be able to stop Uttar Pradesh from becoming a leader in the field of sports in 10 years if the roadmap being created by the UP government through the Sports Ministry is implemented.
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KIYG 2023: Dominant Yashvardhan Singh shows why he is rated so highly in b
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In the 60-63kg final at the TNPESU complex on Wednesday, Yashvardhan thoroughly dominated Maharashtra's Gaurav Chauhan for a unanimous verdict
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KIYG 2023: Tamil Nadu twins who travelled 85km to train on synthetic track
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In the run-up to the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 in Chennai, the sisters used to travel thrice a week to Tirunelveli, 85 kms from their village, to practice running on a synthetic track. On Wednesday evening at the state-of-the-art blue turf of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ansilin and Aksl
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From being asked to quit to winning KIYG 2023 gold, MP middle-distance run
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Vikas Bind won the 3000m gold medal in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2023 on Tuesday with a new meet record of 8 minutes 29.16 seconds. In November 2023, Bind had clocked a timing of 8:18.06 to rewrite the 12-year-old Junior National Athletics meet record in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
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KIYG: Muskan Rana stops Maharashtra's clean sweep in rhythmic gymnastics f
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Muskan finished on top with a total of 24.05 points to clinch Jammu and Kashmir's first gold medal of the Games
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Fit India Champions' podcast series to kick off with Sheetal Devi, Neeraj
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Sheetal Devi, Neeraj Chopra will kick off Fit India Champions' podcast series. An innovative series that showcases the remarkable accomplishments and inspiring stories of India's sporting heroes, the episodes start from January 27
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Daughter of a welder, Chandigarh's Sapna shines with second KIYG gold
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Sapna, whose father is a welder and mother a housewife, said her parents don't have any clue about her sport but they have never stopped her from participating
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Hailing from Gujarat's 'Mini Africa', judoka Shahin ready for bigger chall
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Hailing from Jambur village, popularly known as the 'Mini Africa' of Gujarat, Shahin Darjada walked away with a gold medal in the 57kg category with a convincing win over Himachal Pradesh's Rupanshi in the final
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Ad-hoc committee of WFI announces U20, U15 championships in Gwalior
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Around 1,200 wrestlers and 300 officials will be participating in the championships.
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No children should face any loss, says Sakshi Malik on holding nationals
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Sakshi was in Jhajjar, Haryana for an event. On players participating in a national organised by suspended WFI in Pune or in the nationals organised by Ad-Hoc Committee in Jaipur, Sakshi said that the Sports Ministry runs all of the sports across the country and they have made it clear that
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