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Viktor Axelsen withdraws from badminton world championships
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 31 (ANI): Denmark's badminton player, World number five, Viktor Axelsen on Wednesday pulled out of the BWF World Championships 2019 due to a back injury.
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After Dutee Chand's admission of same-sex relation, sister says she was "p
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], May 20 (ANI): Athlete Dutee Chand's brave admission of being in a same-sex relation has not gone down well with her family. Dutee's elder sister on Monday said that the sprinter's partner "pressurized and blackmailed " her for wealth and property.
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BFI nominates Gaurav Bidhuri, Amit Panghal for Arjuna awards
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 30 (ANI): Boxing Federation of India has recommended the World Championships Bronze medallist, Gaurav Bidhuri and Asian Games Gold medalist, Amit Panghal for Arjuna Awards.
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Mary Kom to skip Asian Boxing Championships
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Mary Kom is going to skip the Asian Boxing Championships to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from April 16 to 27. The six-time World Championship has decided to skip the event in order to focus on th4e World Championships to be held later in the year.
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Dinesh Dagar knocks out former Olympic bronze medallist Evaldas Petrauskas
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 8 (ANI): Rising Indian boxer Dinesh Dagar made a fabulous start to his 69 kg campaign at the 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament, edging the 2012 London Olympic bronze medallist Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania 3-2 to progress into the quarter-finals in Helsinki on Thursday.
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AIBA C'ship: Sonia Chahal breezes to finals, aim for gold
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Haryana boxer Sonia Chahal defeated Jo Son Hwa of North Korea to enter the finals of the 10th International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's World Championships at the KD Jhadav Hall here on Friday.
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World Junior Badminton C'Ships: Kiran tastes glory
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Markham [Canada], Nov 6 (ANI): Kiran George, made short work of Arant A MyRini drubbing him by 21-6, 21-7 in men's singles match that lasted 16 minutes at the Li Ning BWF World Junior Badminton Championships, being played at Markham in Canada, on Tuesday.
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AIBA Women's World Championships registers highest-ever participation
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 05 (ANI): Close to 300 boxers from 70 countries are set to participate in the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) Women's World Championships, registering the highest participation for the competition so far.
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USA's Adeline in the race for fourth World C'ship gold
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], Oct 23 (ANI): After a three-year hiatus, three-time world champion Adeline Gray of United States of America (USA) managed to make it to the finals in the 76 kg category at the World Championships being held in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday.
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Bajrang Punia storms into World Championship semis
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], Oct 21, (ANI): Leading the Indian challenge, India's seasoned campaigner Bajrang Punia handed a 5-3 drubbing to Tulga Tumur Ochir of Mongolia to storm into the semi-finals of the men's 65 kg event on the second day of the World Wrestling Championships here at the Papp
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Priyam Tated to participate in Artistic Skating World Championships in Fra
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (NewsVoir): India's Skating Champion Priyam Tated from Andhra Pradesh will be participating in Artistic Skating World Championships 2018 in La Vendee - France.
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Marin inflicts Sindhu's second consecutive BWF World Championship loss
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Nanjing [China], Aug 05 (ANI): A gold medal at the BWF World Championships continued to elude Indian ace shuttler P. V. Sindhu as she was dominated by Spain's Carolina Marin in Sunday's showpiece encounter.
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