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Tokyo 2020: 29 refugee athletes to send message of solidarity, hope
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], June 8 (ANI): Twenty-nine athletes competing across 12 sports and from 13 host National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will be part of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) Tokyo 2020.
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Tokyo Olympics: India's male and female flagbearer to be named by June end
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): With the Tokyo Olympics round the corner, every sports fanatic is waiting with bated breath for India to announce the name of the flagbearer for the opening ceremony of the showpiece event. While Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra has s
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MYAS advises IOA to not include Chinese sponsor on Indian Olympic kit
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had unveiled the Olympic kit for the Tokyo-bound contingent last week and after that ceremony, questions were raised over the presence of a Chinese sponsor on the kit. Keeping in mind the sentiment of people, the Ministry
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Pooja looks to climb greater heights after Asian Boxing C'ships gold
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): After successfully defending her title at the 2021 Asian Boxing Championships, Indian boxer Pooja Rani (75kg) is now looking to climb greater heights and she is leaving no stone unturned to attain maximum glory.
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Will keep pushing until the end: Verstappen after crash in Azerbaijan GP
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], June 6 (ANI): After witnessing a heartbreaking crash in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen on Sunday said that he will keep pushing until the end to come up with better results.
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Jitendra Singh inspects proposed site for Arun Jaitley Memorial Sports Sta
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 6 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region and Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday inspected the proposed site for construction of Arun Jaitley Memorial Sports Complex at Hiranagar.
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Azerbaijan GP: Perez beats Vettel to register second career victory
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], June 6 (ANI): Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen looked set to take his first first-ever Azerbaijan Grand Prix victory on Sunday before he crashed out from the lead with just five laps to go, giving his teammate Sergio Perez a second career victory.
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Milkha Singh's condition better than previous days: Hospital
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 6 (ANI): In what comes as a big relief, India's legendary sprinter Milkha Singh is doing better and his condition has improved as he battles COVID-19 in the ICU of the NHE block of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) hospit
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Azerbaijan GP: One minute silence to be observed ahead of race for Mansour
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], June 6 (ANI): Formula 1 team McLaren on Sunday announced that Mansour Ojjeh, a shareholder and significant figure in the team since 1984, has passed away aged 68.
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On this day in 1994: Brian Lara smashed highest first-class individual sco
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New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): It was on this day, 27 years ago, when former West Indies skipper Brian Lara registered the highest score in the history of first-class cricket.
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Azerbaijan GP: Lando Norris handed three-place grid drop
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], June 5 (ANI): McLaren's Lando Norris on Saturday was handed a three-place grid penalty for Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix after the stewards in Baku concluded that he had continued on track under red flag conditions, rather than returning to the pits.
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Azerbaijan GP: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc takes pole position
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], June 5 (ANI): Ferrari's Charles Leclerc delivered impressive pace and benefitted from a tow from Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton to take a sensational pole position for Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix in what was a thrilling qualifying session that saw five crashes and four red fl
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