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Mathias Boe's experience will help our players, says BAI
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Badminton Association of India (BAI) secretary Ajay Singh has welcomed the inclusion of Olympic silver medalist Mathias Boe in the coaching line-up and said that his experience will help our players with the much-needed guidance.
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Olympic silver medalist Mathias Boe to coach Satwiksairaj, Chirag
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): The Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) has approved the request of India's badminton players Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy -- ranked World No. 10 in men's doubles -- to rope in 2012 Olympic Games doubles finalist Mathias Boe of Denmark to tra
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Speculations on Tokyo Olympics hurting athletes in their preparations: IOC
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], January 28 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has put all speculations to rest, asserting that they are "fully concentrated on and committed" to stage the Tokyo Olympics.
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Florida authorities propose relocating summer Olympics from Tokyo to US
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Florida [US], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Florida chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis has sent a letter to International Olympic Committee (OIC) president Thomas Bach proposing to relocate the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic Games from Japan to the United States.
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WHO expert says no need to prioritise vaccination of Tokyo Olympics partic
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The executive director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, Mike Ryan, has said that there was no need to prioritize the vaccination of the athletes participating in the Olympic Games in Tokyo planned for Ju
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Postponement of Olympics has given Deepak Punia time to fine-tune skills a
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 25 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic might have brought sporting action across the country to a grinding halt last year, but Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has high expectations from the athletes as he feels wrestl
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International Olympic Committee prepares for various scenarios ahead of To
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is taking into account various scenarios for holding the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and has a wide array of measures for a proper response, IOC President Thomas Bach said.
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Our wrestlers will bag four medals in Tokyo Olympics: WFI president
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 23 (ANI): Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is confident that Indian wrestlers will bag four medals in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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All parties involved are working together to prepare for successful Tokyo
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Lausanne [Switzerland], January 22 (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday reiterated its stand that the body is fully committed to the successful delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 this year.
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Vaccination of Olympic-bound athletes our top priority: IOA chief Batra
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra on Friday said that vaccination of the Olympic-bound athletes is the topmost priority of the federation. Batra is confident that a proper plan will be charted "very soon" to put the thought into
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Japanese government 'fully focused' on hosting Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI): The Japanese government is "fully focused" on hosting the Tokyo Olympics this summer, the organisers said on Friday.
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TOPS approves proposal of Manu Bhaker, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa to engage spo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) has sanctioned the proposal from two Olympic-qualified shooters Manu Bhaker and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa to engage the services of sports psychologist Sanjana Kiran to assist them in their preparation for the Tokyo Olympic
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