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KIUG 2025: Overcoming personal tragedies, Nikita Toppo inspires KIIT to fi
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The 22-year-old lost both her parents when she was just five, and one of her elder brothers died in a fatal accident when she was on her way to the U-23 Five-Nations Cup in Ireland three years ago. A year later, she suffered a career-threatening injury and soon after, her only remaining brot
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KIUG 2025: Buoyed by breaking the meet record, Pooja sets sights on winnin
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Earlier this year, the 18-year-old had scripted history by becoming only the second Indian woman after Bobby Aloysius to win the Asian Championship high jump gold, scaling a personal best of 1.89 metres. Born to a mason in Boston village in Haryana's Fatehabad district, Pooja had been recove
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"We booked an auto...We got a little late before the match": LNIPE player
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
A player, Ankita said, "... We had a match at 11:30 AM, and we were waiting for the bus till 11 AM, but it did not arrive. Then we booked an auto... We got a little late before the match."
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LNIPE team raises concerns over transportation issues at Khelo India Unive
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) Gwalior women's basketball team has raised concerns over transportation arrangements at the Khelo India University Games 2025, claiming that a lack of timely communication forced them to arrange their own travel ahead of a sc
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Pooja Singh wins gold, breaks KIUG meet record in women's high jump
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Asian Athletics Championship gold medallist and Lovely Professional University's Pooja Singh (Women's High Jump) broke the KIUG Meet Record on the second day of athletics competition in the Khelo India University Games Rajasthan 2025 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Tuesday.
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KIUG 2025: Four meet records tumble in athletics; Surbhi Rao win women's 1
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Chandigarh University's Rahul (men's 20km race walk) and Deepika (women's Javelin Throw), Ruchir Mori (men's 400m hurdles) of Swarnim Gujarat Sports University, Lovely Professional University's Pooja (Women's High Jump) broke the KIUG Meet Record on second day of athletics competition in the
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From losing her father at age 9 to securing 100m gold at KIUG, Keerthana's
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Every athlete has a moment that defines everything they've fought for. For Keerthana, that moment came in Jaipur, where the Udupi-born sprinter clocked 11.94 seconds to win the women's 100m gold at the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) Rajasthan 2025, a triumph that was years in the making
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Aussie tennis coach Todd Clark impressed with Khelo India games, says they
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Todd Clark is a known name on the Indian tennis circuit. The Australian coach came to India in 2008 and has since practically lived here, embracing the country and its culture down to the ground. Clark is presently working for the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha a
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Khelo India platform has been instrumental in journey to global success: W
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Aditi, who has won three consecutive gold medals in the Khelo India Youth Games, clinched gold in the individual compound event for Shivaji University on her KIUG debut. In 2023, Aditi created history by winning the individual gold medal at the World Archery Championships held in Berlin
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KIUG 2025: Chandigarh University's Tanya Choudhary breaks meet record to c
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Chandigarh University's Tanya Choudhary broke her own meet and All India University (AIU) record to clinch the women's Hammer Throw gold medal while Jain University's Keerthana and Shivaji University's Rushiprasad Desai were crowned the fastest women and men athletes in the Khelo India Unive
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Wrestler Shalina Sayer from Siddi community is shining example of Khelo In
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Shalina Sayer from Karnataka University, Dharwad, beat Bhanu of Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Haryana 2-1 in her last group bout to claim the bronze
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KIUG 2025: Father broke his FD for a dream, judoka Jaanvi repays it with g
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Jaanvi clinched gold in 48kg class in the women's judo event of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2025, held at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indoor Multipurpose Hall in Udaipur
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