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"Sportspersons should take charge of sports associations instead of politi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met a group of players from Haryana and said that sportspersons should take charge of sports bodies instead of politicians.
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"This sport has a good future", says Kochi KD's Chetna Sharma after winnin
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
For a sportsperson, the journey towards professional sport almost always begins from casual competition. Similar was the case for Armwrestling champion Chetna Sharma, who hails from Assam. In the Pro Panja League, Chetna turned out for the Kochi KD's who were the eventual champions of the in
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Mansukh Mandaviya calls on retired sportspersons to apply for RESET progra
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The RESET Programme, designed to support retired athletes in their career development, aims to bridge the gap between generations, allowing the skills and experience of retired athletes to benefit young aspiring sports talents. Mandaviya reaffirmed the government's commitment to fully suppor
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"Rahul Gandhi respected sportspersons of country": Randeep Surjewala on Vi
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Days after wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined the Congress party, party MP Randeep Singh Surjewala praised LoP Rahul Gandhi for respecting sportspersons of the country.
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Shilpa Shetty, Jackie Shroff share special posts on National Sports Day
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
On the occasion of National Sports Day, celebrities including Shilpa Shetty, Jackie Shroff and others took to their respective social media handles to send out special messages of appreciation to all the sportspersons.
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Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi felicitates Indian Army participants in
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) on Friday felicitated Indian Army sportspersons for their remarkable accomplishments at the Paris Olympics 2024.
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Delhi HC restores mandate of IOA's ad hoc committee for WFI, says disdisso
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The bench of Justice Sachin Dutta said, "It shall be open to the IOA to reconstitute the ad hoc committee so as to ensure that the same is a multi-member body comprising of eminent sportspersons and experts who are well-versed in dealing with the International Federations, so as to allay any
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Union Health Ministry urges BCCI, SAI to take steps to prevent surrogate a
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The ministry sent letters to top sports bodies addressing the risk of disease due to these harmful substances and urged them to take various steps to control its surrogate advertising of such products. The ministry also expressed disappointment with some sportspersons indulging in advertisin
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Himachal government increases diet allowances, upgrades travel provisions
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Following a significant increase in prize money for medal winners in various international championships Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Himachal government on Sunday increased diet allowances and upgraded travel provisions for the state's sportspersons.
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Centre revises eligibility criteria for sportspersons seeking government j
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In a significant decision, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said the Centre has revised eligibility criteria for sportspersons seeking government jobs and medal winners from the Khelo India Games - Youth, University, Para and Winter Games will be eligible for these jobs
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KIUG: Ex-food delivery agent, now gym instructor Prashant takes Bharati Vi
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Bharati Vidyapeeth, who had won gold medals in the first and third editions of KIUG, had to put together the current team at a very short notice and had players from different cities. The players were training individually at their respective centres and had managed to train together only fo
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India's star Tennis player Rohan Bopanna among seven sportspersons honoure
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
India's star tennis player and men's doubles World No. 1 Rohan Bopanna, squash player Joshna Chinappa and former field hockey player Harbinder Singh are honoured with the Padma Shri award, the Centre announced on Thursday.
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