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Looking forward to test our preparations before Olympics, says women's hoc
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 16 (ANI): Ahead of their first game of the Argentina tour, Indian women's hockey team skipper Rani Rampal said that it is a crucial tour for the side to test themselves before the Tokyo Olympics.
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Punjab raring to go for Tokyo Olympics, bagging maximum quota our sole aim
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 15 (ANI): Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Friday said that the state is all set to excel in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Sodhi honoured the 90 players, who brought laurels for the state and country in the year 2017-18,
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Japan declares state of emergency in Tokyo, PM Suga vows to stage Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 7 (ANI): Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday vowed to hold the Olympic Games this summer as he declared a state of emergency in Tokyo following the surge in coronavirus cases.
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Gregg Clark appointed Indian men's hockey team's analytical coach
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): Hockey India on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Olympian Gregg Clark as the new analytical coach of the Indian men's hockey team until the conclusion of the Tokyo Olympic Games scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8.
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The next 200 days is going to be most important period of our lives: Manpr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): With only 200 days to go for the Olympic Games in Tokyo this year, the Indian men and women's hockey team captains Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal believe this will be the most crucial time of their lives. They cautioned the players to not let external fact
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Rani Rampal aiming for 'nothing short of a medal' at Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): It's been almost one year since the Indian men's and women's hockey team took the field in an international match. The Indian men's team played their last international match against Australia on February 22, 2020 at the FIH Hockey Pro League, while the In
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Yearender 2020: After halt and go, 2021 will be a year of high hopes
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): After a gloomy year that put the world to a standstill with sporting events getting postponed or cancelled due to the coronavirus, 2021 has a lot to offer for sports lovers with the Tokyo Olympics topping the list.
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Working hard, want to see myself getting the medal in Tokyo: PV Sindhu
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Training in the town of Milton Keynes in England, champion shuttler PV Sindhu is leaving no stone unturned to put on a medal-winning show at the Tokyo Olympics next year.
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Yearender 2020: It has been a challenging year, but we dealt with it, says
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged 2020, Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, feels the dreaded year was "challenging" with athletes being deprived of international competitions going into the Tokyo Olympics.
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Boxer Vikas Krishan targets gold medal at Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 30 (ANI): Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav (69kg) is setting his eyes on a gold medal in the third Olympics of his life in Tokyo, slated to be held in a few months time.
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Life during COVID-19: HI steadies ship with top-notch usage of virtual ini
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): The year 2020 had started with a bang for India's national hockey teams with the men's team climbing up to their best-ever ranking of fourth in the FIH World Rankings and the women's team setting sights on the Tokyo Olympics with some handy matches again
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TOPS sanctions 40-day overseas training camp for Vinesh Phogat
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): The government through the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) has sanctioned a 40-day training camp for wrestler Vinesh Phogat along with her personal coach Woller Akos, her sparring partner Priyanka Phogat and her physiotherapist Poornima Raman Ngomdir
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