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Rijiju congratulates Rahul Rohilla for receiving quota for Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Saturday congratulated Rahul Rohilla on receiving a quota for the Tokyo Olympic Games in the Brisk Walk Race.
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Europe tour will enable us to plan our months leading up to the Olympics:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Krefeld [Germany], February 27 (ANI): Indian men's hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh feels the four-match tour to Europe scheduled to begin on Sunday will help the side to chalk out the plans for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The Indian team, ranked No. 4 in the world, will play their first compe
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Germany tour will add value to our Olympics preparations: Indian Hockey te
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Dusseldorf [Germany], February 26 (ANI): The Indian Women's Hockey Team is all geared up for their second assignment of 2021 as they take on Germany in what would be the first of the four-match series in Dusseldorf on Saturday, which is a part of their preparations for the upcoming Tokyo Oly
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Will do our best so that international athletes stay in quarantine for min
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Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 24 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports has said that whenever an international competition will be held in India, he will ensure that the international athletes are asked to be in quarantine for minimal days so that they
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After COVID warriors, Olympic-bound athletes to get vaccine jab: Kiren Rij
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 22 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes will get the coronavirus jab after the vaccination of the COVID warriors.
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Indian women's hockey team gearing up for tour of Germany
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 22 (ANI): After their tour of Argentina where the Indian women's hockey team played a total of 7 matches, the Rani Rampal-led squad is all set to travel to Dusseldorf, Germany to play four matches against their national squad as part of their preparations for the
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Tokyo Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto set to head organizing committee
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's minister in charge of holding the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Seiko Hashimoto, has been selected by a panel to head the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee after Yoshiro Mori stepped down from the post in the wake of his controversial
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Taking each training session as opportunity to make strong case for spot i
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 15 (ANI): Indian hockey forward Dilpreet Singh, who has been training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Bangalore as part of the Men's Senior Core Probable Group, is eyeing to make the cut in the final 16 who will represent India at the
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Hockey India names core probable group for senior women's national coachin
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New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): Hockey India on Sunday announced the 25-member core probable group for the senior women's national coaching camp as part of the team's preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Priyanka Goswami, Sandeep Kumar, break national records, qualify for Tokyo
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Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], February 13 (ANI): Sandeep Kumar (Haryana) and Priyanka Goswami (Uttar Pradesh) became the first Indian athletes to qualify for next year's World Athletics Championships Oregon22 when they broke the men and women's 20km Race Walk National Records respectively on t
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Tokyo Olympics chief Mori steps down over sexist remarks
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Tokyo [Japan], February 12 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organising committee head Yoshiro Mori announced his resignation on Friday over his remarks about women talking too much, which were branded "sexist" at home and abroad.
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Sports Ministry requests Health Ministry to put Olympic-bound athletes on
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New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Union Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports has requested the Health Ministry to put Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes on priority for the coronavirus vaccine.
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