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Dominant Indian junior women's hockey team beat Chile's senior side
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], January 24 (ANI): Maintaining their unbeaten streak during the tour of Chile, an impressive and dominating performance from the Indian junior women's hockey team saw them defeat Chile's senior side 2-0 in their fifth match of the overseas tour held here at the Prince of
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International Olympic Committee prepares for various scenarios ahead of To
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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
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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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Japan records rise in suicide rate for first time since 2009
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Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan recorded an increase in the number of suicides in 2020 for the first time since 2009, with the country's Health Ministry saying that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic affected this tendency, media reported on Friday, citing the National Pol
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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
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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
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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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Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture to introduce alert mode over UK Covid variant
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Tokyo [Japan], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The Shizuoka prefecture in Japan is to declare a high alert mode over the spread of the UK strain of the coronavirus, which was recently found in people with no record of traveling to the United Kingdom, the NHK public broadcaster reported on Tuesday
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India, Japan sign Memorandum of Cooperation to help promote movement of sk
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New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Monday on "Basic Framework for Partnership" to help promote the movement of skilled workers from New Delhi to Tokyo.
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Don't count my tenure if India's doesn't reach top ten of 2028 Olympics, s
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 18 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that his tenure as Sports Minister would not hold any importance if India is not able to make it to the top-ten of 2028 Olympics.
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Japan culled record 5.8 million chickens since November 2020
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Tokyo [Japan], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has culled record 5.8 million chickens since November due to bird flu, the NHK broadcaster reported Sunday.
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