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Khelo India women's weightlifting zonal league to take place in Indore
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Khelo India Women's Weightlifting League tournaments for the 2024-25 season are part of a larger calendar of events throughout the year
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New Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya meets IOA President PT Usha, holds r
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Ahead of the much-awaited Paris Olympics 2024, the newly appointed Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Thursday held a review meeting on India's preparations for Olympics 2024 in New Delhi.
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Mansukh Mandaviya gets Youth Affairs and Sports portfolio in Modi 3.0 govt
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Mansukh Mandaviya, who held the health portfolio in the previous BJP-led NDA government, will be the minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet 3.0.
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Khelo India Women's League season 4 to kick off with Wushu in Karnataka
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The fourth season of the Khelo India women's league initiative gets underway on the back of a successful 2023-24 season which saw a total of 502 completed tournaments and participation from over 56,000 women athletes from 36 States and UTs across 18 sports
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MOC clears foreign training camps for many Paris-bound athletes, including
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Vinesh has sought financial assistance towards a competition and training camp in Madrid, Spain followed by a training camp in Boulogne sur-Mer, France. She is set to compete in the Grand Prix, in Spain, in July before spending a week in training there before heading to Boulogne sur-Mer, Fra
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MOC approves Vinesh Phogat's request to include strength and conditioning
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on Thursday approved Asian Games gold medalist Vinesh Phogat's proposal to include strength and conditioning coach Wayne Patrick Lombard for the international training camp in Hungary from June 10 to 21
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Lakshya Sen to train in France ahead of Paris Olympics, PV Sindhu to train
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Lakshya Sen will train at The Halle des Sports Parsemain with his coach and support staff from July 8 to July 21 ahead of the Olympic Games. MOC also approved double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's proposal to head to Saarbrucken, Germany to train at the Hermann-Neuberger Sportschule
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Archer Deepika Kumari to train in Korea ahead of World Qualifiers, Mission
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Proposals from athletes Eldhose Paul and Kishore Kumar Jena and badminton player HS Prannoy were also approved. TOPS will provide assistance to Eldhose to compete in two international events in France. Kishore Kumar Jena, his coach and physiotherapist will be given financial assistance so th
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Manika Batra riding on career-best world ranking, Saudi Smash performance
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The 28-year-old had a successful outing at Saudi Smash last week. Manika made headlines after defeating World No 2 Wang Manyu of China in Saudi
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'Modi will enable people suffering for decades to get their identity': Anu
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Wednesday, saying that the PM will enable the citizens of the country to get their identity.
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Buoyed by government support IGU focusses on growing game, creating more o
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The support from the government for the game of golf has been a big boost for the IGU. The Sports Ministry has been very generous in backing the golfers ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris
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High-jumper Sahana Kumari asks daughter Pavana to focus on senior events
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Pavana Nagaraj, daughter of women's National High Jump record holder Sahana Kumari and 2010 National Inter-State men's 100m champion BG Nagaraj, won the Asian U20 gold with a personal best Long Jump of 6.32m. It came on the back of Sahana Kumari's nudge that made Pavana Nagaraj focus more on
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