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  Olympic-bound athletes, officials to receive second dose of COVID-19 vaccine after four weeks

  June 07, 2021 19:34 IST

  Last month, a government panel had recommended that the dosage interval of Serum Insititute of India's Covishield vaccine be increased to 12-16 weeks.

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  COVID-afflicted Milkha Singh and wife improving: Family statement

  June 07, 2021 19:06 IST

  The 91-year-old Milkha is admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), while his 82-year-old wife, who is a former national volleyball captain, is at the Fortis Hospital in Mohali.

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  TTFI planning training camp in Sonepat for Olympic-bound paddlers from June 20

  June 07, 2021 16:11 IST

  Sharath, who is set to compete in his fourth Olympics, could not get the visa to train in Denmark and therefore is looking forward to much needed practice in a team environment.

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  Women recurve archery team reaches Paris, eyes spot in Tokyo Olympics

  June 07, 2021 15:15 IST

  Deepika had qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games in an individual event in November 2019, but the Indian team was off target. 

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  Neeraj Chopra reaches Portugal, to compete on June 10

  June 07, 2021 13:23 IST

  The CEO of JSW Sports, Chopra's sponsors, Parth Jindal took to Twitter to reveal that the reigning Asian and Commonwealth Games champion has reached Portugal.

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  PT Usha requests Kerala CM to vaccinate state athletes taking part in National Championships

  June 07, 2021 11:21 IST

  The National Inter-State Champioships, to be held in Patiala, will be the last chance for the Indian athletes to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. The deadline for Olympics qualification for athletics is June 29.

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  Sifan Hassan shatters women's 10,000 metres world record

  June 06, 2021 23:41 IST

  Sifan cross the finish line in 29 minutes 06.82 seconds and entered her name in the record books.

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  Milkha Singh showing 'continuous improvement' in COVID fight, wife battling 'bravely'

  June 06, 2021 18:32 IST

  The 91-year-old is being closely monitored by a medical team at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).

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  Sudha Singh focussed on qualifying for Olympics in 3000m steeplechase

  June 06, 2021 16:53 IST

  The National Inter-State Athletics Championships is scheduled to be held from June 25 in Patiala.

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  IOA asks 5 Tokyo-bound COVID-19 recovered athletes to get first dose of vaccine

  June 06, 2021 14:00 IST

  The IOA said 120 athletes and 27 para-athletes have so far received at least one dose of the vaccine. The body said that there are 62 fully-vaccinated athletes, including four para athletes.

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  European weightlifting champ accused of doping-test bribery

  June 05, 2021 19:07 IST

  The Ukrainian weightlifter was considered a medal contender for the Tokyo games after he won the European title in the 109-kilogram category in April.

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  Milkha Singh 'stable', please don't create rumors: Kiren Rijiju

  June 05, 2021 16:13 IST

  Milkha's family also issued a statement through a spokesperson that the iconic athlete "is stable and doing well, but still on oxygen."

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  Milkha Singh's condition has improved, his parameters are stable: PGIMER

  June 05, 2021 15:06 IST

  Earlier on Friday, the Padma Shri awardee had also received a phone call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi enquiring about his health.

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  American teen with Indian parents leads at US Women's Open

  June 05, 2021 8:49 IST

  The high school student is the first amateur in 15 years to do so since Jane Park achieved the feat in Newport Country Club in 2006, two years after Ganne was born.

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  Due to COVID-19, two Patiala venues to host 60th Sr Natl Athletics C'ships from Jun 25-29

  June 04, 2021 22:10 IST

  During a meeting held for finalising the venue of the competition amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was also decided to organise the competition at two different places.

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  Milkha Singh stable in ICU; wife's condition deteriorates

  June 04, 2021 21:30 IST

  Nirmal, 82, was admitted to the hospital last week after she had developed Covid-19 pneumonia.

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  Former India hockey player Usman Khan passes away

  June 04, 2021 19:01 IST

  He breathed his last in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh after a long battle with cancer.

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  Milkha Singh 'better and more stable' in ICU; team of doctors monitoring legendary sprinter

  June 04, 2021 18:50 IST

  PM Narendra Modi also spoke to Milkha and expressed hope that the iconic former athlete will be back soon to "bless and inspire athletes, who will be participating in the Tokyo Olympics"

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  Tough journey awaits Saina, can target specific tournaments to prolong career: Vimal Kumar

  June 04, 2021 18:03 IST

  Battling injuries and indifferent form, Saina, 31, couldn't make her fourth Olympics after the sport's governing body, BWF, cancelled the last three qualifiers due to the pandemic.

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  Please allow us to open IOA office for Olympic-related work: Batra writes to Kejriwal

  June 04, 2021 16:30 IST

  Due to the COVID-19 surge in the national capital, the Delhi government had ordered shutting down of all premises that don't fall under the essential category.

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  Abhinav Bindra congratulates Tokyo-bound athletes for 'exceptional' feat amid the pandemic

  June 04, 2021 15:33 IST

  Bindra posted a heartfelt message, congratulating all Indian athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo Games, starting July 23.

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  Olympian Kaori Yamaguchi says Japan 'cornered' into holding Tokyo Games

  June 04, 2021 14:35 IST

  Kaori Yamaguchi said the International Olympic Committee, the government and local organizers are ignoring widespread opposition to the Olympics from the Japanese public.

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  Indian women's hockey team already on Tokyo Olympics

  June 04, 2021 13:24 IST

  With less than 50 days to go for the Tokyo Games, there is a lot of excitement among the members of the Indian women's Olympic core probable group

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  Olympic-bound wrestler Sumit Malik fails dope test, provisionally suspended

  June 04, 2021 12:59 IST

  It marks the second consecutive instance of a wrestler being caught in dope net before the Olympics -- the previous being ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics when Narsingh Pancham Yadav had failed one and was slapped with a four-year ban.

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  PM Modi speaks to Milkha Singh, enquires about his health

  June 04, 2021 11:33 IST

  Modi expressed hope that Singh will be back soon to bless and inspire athletes, who will be participating in the Tokyo Olympics

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  Milkha Singh admitted to ICU after dip in oxygen levels; stable now

  June 03, 2021 22:45 IST

  Milkha Singh had tested positive for COVID-19 on May 20.

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  Indian shooters to start training from Monday in Zagreb

  June 03, 2021 20:38 IST

  Ronak Pandit, India's high-performance manager for pistol shooting, and foreign pistol expert Pavel Smirnov will monitor the training of the shooters.

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  India likely to send 190-strong contingent to Olympics: Narinder Batra

  June 03, 2021 17:49 IST

  Out of the expected 190-member contingent, Narinder Batra said that the IOA estimates 125-135 athletes.