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Wrestler Bajrang Punia leaves social media, to focus on Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia on Monday announced that he will stop using all social media handles till the Tokyo Olympics as he wishes to completely focus on his preparations.
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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
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
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
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
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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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
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
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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Priyanka Goswami, Sandeep Kumar, break national records, qualify for Tokyo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
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
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
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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Indian Judokas to head to Israel for Tel Aviv Grand Slam
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): With less than six months to go before the Tokyo Olympics, Indian judokas will get the opportunity to gather crucial ranking points which will help them in their qualification efforts as a six-member team comprising five players and a coach will head to
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Tokyo Olympics chief Mori to step down over sexist remarks
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 11 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organising committee head Yoshiro Mori will resign over his remarks about women talking too much, which were branded "sexist" at home and abroad, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday, Kyodo News reported.
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Shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar smashes finals world record in National sele
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Tokyo 2020 quota holders shone through on competition day two of the National Selection Trials 3 and 4 for Rifle/Pistol events, being held at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in New Delhi.
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