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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur kicks off 1st BIMSTEC Aquatics Championships
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Tuesday, kicked off the first BIMSTEC Aquatics Championships 2024.
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Story of Skarma Rinchen: How ice hockey changed this Ladakhi village girl'
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Skarma Rinchen's ice hockey journey is truly inspiring, showcasing the transformative power of determination and hard work. Originating from Gya Meru, a semi-nomadic village in Ladakh, adds a unique dimension to the 20-year-old's story, considering Ladakh's challenging terrain and harsh wint
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Opening ceremony of Khelo India Winter Games 2024 held in Leh
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Fifteen states and two public institutions are taking part in ice hockey and ice-skating events over five days. The Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brig. B.D. Mishra (Retd) was the chief guest on the occasion. The second part of the Winter Games will be held in Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir from
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Avinash Sable, Parul Choudhary to head to US for multiple foreign training
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
National Record Holders Avinash Sable and Parul Choudhary will be training in the high altitude centre of Colorado Springs, under coach Scott Simmons, wrestler Sarita Mor will head to the United States Olympic/Paralympic Training Centre (USOPTC), which is a training base of several eminent w
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KIYG 2023: Dominant Yashvardhan Singh shows why he is rated so highly in b
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In the 60-63kg final at the TNPESU complex on Wednesday, Yashvardhan thoroughly dominated Maharashtra's Gaurav Chauhan for a unanimous verdict
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KIYG 2023: Tamil Nadu twins who travelled 85km to train on synthetic track
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In the run-up to the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 in Chennai, the sisters used to travel thrice a week to Tirunelveli, 85 kms from their village, to practice running on a synthetic track. On Wednesday evening at the state-of-the-art blue turf of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ansilin and Aksl
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From being asked to quit to winning KIYG 2023 gold, MP middle-distance run
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Vikas Bind won the 3000m gold medal in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2023 on Tuesday with a new meet record of 8 minutes 29.16 seconds. In November 2023, Bind had clocked a timing of 8:18.06 to rewrite the 12-year-old Junior National Athletics meet record in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
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KIYG 2023: Bihar farmer's daughter Durga Singh runs into record books with
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Durga Singh won the 1500m gold at the 38th Junior National Athletics Championship in Coimbatore last year clocking 4 minutes 38.29 seconds
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KIYG: Muskan Rana stops Maharashtra's clean sweep in rhythmic gymnastics f
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Muskan finished on top with a total of 24.05 points to clinch Jammu and Kashmir's first gold medal of the Games
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Fit India Champions' podcast series to kick off with Sheetal Devi, Neeraj
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Sheetal Devi, Neeraj Chopra will kick off Fit India Champions' podcast series. An innovative series that showcases the remarkable accomplishments and inspiring stories of India's sporting heroes, the episodes start from January 27
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Daughter of a welder, Chandigarh's Sapna shines with second KIYG gold
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Sapna, whose father is a welder and mother a housewife, said her parents don't have any clue about her sport but they have never stopped her from participating
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Hailing from Gujarat's 'Mini Africa', judoka Shahin ready for bigger chall
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Hailing from Jambur village, popularly known as the 'Mini Africa' of Gujarat, Shahin Darjada walked away with a gold medal in the 57kg category with a convincing win over Himachal Pradesh's Rupanshi in the final
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