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  Youngest Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra deserves feat and destined for greatness, feel coaches

  July 01, 2021 19:52 IST

  Mishra is also the youngest ever International Master, having gone past the mark held by Indian R Praggnanandhaa, two years ago.

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  Wrestler Bajrang Punia needs one more week to return to action

  July 01, 2021 19:41 IST

  The 27-year-old 65kg freestyle wrestler has qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games starting July 23

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  Viswanathan Anand congratulates world's youngest chess Grandmaster

  July 01, 2021 19:32 IST

  At 12 years, four months and 25 days, Mishra achieved the feat after scoring his third GM norm in the April Vezerkepzo tournament in Budapest on Wednesday.

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  Paralympics: Want to break world record again, says two-time gold medallist Devendra Jhajharia

  July 01, 2021 18:04 IST

  India's greatest Paralympian, who won the gold in the 2004 and 2016 Games -- both with world record-breaking throws, said he has worked on increasing the power in his shoulder.

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  Amit Kumar Saroha set for third Paralympics, Sandeep Chaudhary too qualifies

  July 01, 2021 17:15 IST

  Two-time Paralympian Saroha will be representing the country in the F51 category in discus throw and club throw.

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  3 weeks before Olympics, Japan still unsure about spectators

  July 01, 2021 16:08 IST

  Tokyo on Wednesday confirmed 673 new cases, the 12th straight day of a week-on-week increase.

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  AICF nominates Koneru Humpy for Khel Ratna award

  July 01, 2021 15:49 IST

  Humpy is already a recipient of the Arjuna award and Padma Shri.

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  FMSCI nominates navigator Musa Sherif for Khel Ratna award

  July 01, 2021 15:09 IST

  Sherif, who is based out of Kasargod (Kerala), is India's most successful co-driver and has won the national title a whopping seven times with Gaurav Gill.

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  Devendra Jhajharia rewrites world record for Tokyo Paralympic berth

  July 01, 2021 15:09 IST

  The Tokyo Paralympics slated to begin on August 24, will be Jhajharia's third Paralympics. He had won a gold at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, setting a new world record of 62.15 metres.

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  Sai Praneeth nominated for Khel Ratna with K Srikanth

  July 01, 2021 14:10 IST

  The Badminton Association of India (BAI) also nominated HS Prannoy, Pranav Jerry Chopra and Sameer Verma for the Arjuna Awards. 

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  Woman involved in Tour de France Day 1 crash arrested

  July 01, 2021 13:04 IST

  The woman spectator had held out a banner to relay a message to her grandparents during the first round of Tour de France that unfortunately led to a huge crash and pileup after she collided with a rider.

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  Javelin thrower Annu Rani qualifies for Tokyo Olympics through World Ranking quota

  July 01, 2021 9:25 IST

  Despite not breaching the stiff qualifying mark of 64.00m, Annu Rani's strong ranking of World No. 11 has helped her bag quota spot as just 15 throwers could earn the direct qualification.

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  Indian men and women remain 4th and 10th in FIH rankings

  June 30, 2021 22:21 IST

  Australia and The Netherlands are at the top of the men's and women's rankings respectively.

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  IOC President Thomas Bach to reach Tokyo on July 8; infections on rise again

  June 30, 2021 20:03 IST

  On Wednesday, Tokyo reported 714 new cases — the highest in five weeks and the 11th straight day in Tokyo that cases are higher than they were seven days previously.

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  Archer Jyothi recommended for Khel Ratna, Limba Ram for Dronacharya Lifetime

  June 30, 2021 19:53 IST

  The 24-year-old Jyothi had won an individual World Championship bronze medal, and also has two Asian medals.

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  How Srihari swam his way to the ‘A’ mark despite disrupted access to pools

  June 30, 2021 19:44 IST

  Nataraj wasn’t able to enter a swimming pool form mid-March till September, when a two-month national camp was arranged in Dubai last year.

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  Neeraj Chopra nominated for Khel Ratna by AFI

  June 30, 2021 18:26 IST

  Chopra has already been conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2018 after winning a gold in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

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  Indian Golf Union recommends Shubhankar Sharma for Khel Ratna

  June 30, 2021 17:47 IST

  The national body also recommended Udayan Mane, Rashid Khan and Diksha Dagar for the Arjuna award.

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  Need to overcome 'unfair' protocols to succeed in Tokyo: Narinder Batra to Indian athletes

  June 30, 2021 17:37 IST

  Batra said negotiations are still on to ease restrictions on training during quarantine.

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  AFI says its Grievance Committee will look into Seema Punia's demand

  June 30, 2021 16:55 IST

  Punia raised concerns about improvement in Kaur's performance in a short period and seeking a hyperandrogenism test on her.

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  NRAI recommends Anjum Moudgil, Ankur Mittal for Khel Ratna

  June 30, 2021 16:32 IST

  Mittal won his double trap world title in 2018 and got the Arjuna award the same year, while Moudgil is a world championship silver-medallist and was awarded the Arjuna in 2019.

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  TTFI recommends Sharath Kamal for Khel Ratna

  June 30, 2021 16:31 IST

  The World No. 32 is a multiple-time gold medallist at the CWG but his bigger achievement is being part of the bronze-winning team at the 2018 Asian Games.

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  It's official: Srihari Nataraj qualifies for Tokyo Olympics after FINA approves QT

  June 30, 2021 16:27 IST

  Nataraj's feat came on Sunday and was also a new national record besides being enough to achieve the 'A' mark for the Tokyo Games set at 53.85 seconds.

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  Told Hima Das not to lose heart on missing Tokyo Olympics: Kiren Rijiju

  June 30, 2021 16:14 IST

  Hima Das sustained a hamstring injury during the National Inter-State Athletics Championships and failed to qualify for the Olympics.

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  WFI nominates Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia for Arjuna Award

  June 30, 2021 15:48 IST

  Seasoned wrestlers Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia have been nominated for the Arjuna Award.

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  Dutee Chand to qualify for Tokyo Olympics in 100 and 200m through world ranking quota

  July 01, 2021 9:27 IST

  Fellow sprint star Hima Das is ranked at 108th in the 200m and won't make the cut for the qualification through the alternate route.

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  Neeraj Chopra pulls out of Switzerland event, takes break post hectic schedule

  June 29, 2021 22:23 IST

  It is learnt that Chopra's pull-out was a precautionary measure to give his body enough time to rest after a lot of travel.

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  ISSF World Cup: Tejaswini Sawant-Sanjeev Rajput combo misses bronze match by a whisker

  June 29, 2021 21:48 IST

  Sawant and Rajput combined for a score of 581 in qualification part two with 28 inner 10s, one less than fourth-placed Hungarian team of Eszter Meszaros and Istvan Pen.