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  WAKO India Kickboxing Federation gets government recognition

  July 02, 2021 20:11 IST

  WAKO India Kickboxing Federation is affiliated to the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO), the world body for kickboxing.

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  Denied visas, Indian para-archers pull out of Paralympics qualification event

  July 02, 2021 19:53 IST

  The sports ministry has advised the Archery Association of India and Paralympic Committee of India to take up the matter with World Archery and International Paralympic Committee respectively.

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  Sha'Carri Richardson will miss Olympic 100m event after marijuana test

  July 02, 2021 19:25 IST

  The 21-year-old sprinter was expected to face Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in one of the most highly anticipated races of the Olympic track meet.

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  Government clears PV Sindhu's request for advanced recovery system

  July 02, 2021 19:04 IST

  The approval came within 24 hours of the 2016 Olympic silver-medallist Indian shuttler's request, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said.

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  Tokyo Paralympics: Rio gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu named India's flag-bearer

  July 02, 2021 18:37 IST

  Thangavelu had won the Rio Paralympics T-42 high jump gold by clearing 1.89m.

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  Indian Open Golf cancelled for second straight year

  July 02, 2021 18:21 IST

  The tournament, now in its sixth decade and co-sanctioned by European and Asian Tours, was to be held here from October 28-31.

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  Wrestling: Sumit Malik handed two-year ban; has a week to appeal

  July 02, 2021 18:00 IST

  Sumit Malik is handed the ban after his B sample also returned positive for a prohibited stimulant.

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  Boxing: Former national coach Sandhu recommends Manoj Kumar's trainer for Dronacharya

  July 02, 2021 17:37 IST

  Being a former awardee himself, Sandhu is entitled to recommend names for the national sports awards.

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  After help from SAI, NRAI and Peter Gorsa, India's skeet shooters get COVID-19 vaccination jabs

  July 02, 2021 17:19 IST

  Both Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa drove all the way from their training base in Montecatini, Italy to Zagreb to get jabbed on Thursday.

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  Some fans or no fans? Tokyo undecided as Olympics open in 3 weeks

  July 02, 2021 15:45 IST

  The government’s top COVID-19 adviser, Dr. Shigeru Omi, has said repeatedly that the safest option is without any fans.

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  2022 Commonwealth shooting and archery in India cancelled due to COVID threat

  July 02, 2021 15:21 IST

  The decision was taken by the Commonwealth Games India (CGI) Executive Board with the support of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).

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  Norway's Karsten Warholm breaks 400m hurdles world record

  July 02, 2021 11:49 IST

  Warholm’s previous best was 46.87 in Stockholm last August.

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  Maana Patel scripts history, becomes India's first female swimmer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

  July 02, 2021 10:11 IST

  Maana will take part in the 100m backstroke at the Tokyo Games and is the third Indian swimmer to have qualified after Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash.

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  BWF expresses confidence for top-quality badminton at Tokyo Olympics

  July 02, 2021 7:25 IST

  Various bodies responsible for the preparations including the world governing body of badminton were working very hard to make the Games a success.

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  From Italy to Croatia, Indian skeet shooters drive between countries for COVID-19 jabs

  July 01, 2021 21:52 IST

  Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa decided to undertake a journey of over 1000 kms across the European continent to get themselves vaccinated.

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  15 Indian athletes in individual events and two relay teams qualify for Tokyo Olympics, confirms WA

  July 01, 2021 21:43 IST

  Twelve individual athletes, including star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, booked automatic quota for the Olympics by breaching the qualification mark.

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  MP Jabir qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles

  July 01, 2021 21:03 IST

  When he competes in the Tokyo Olympics, Jabir would be the first Indian male athlete to participate in the 400m hurdles in Olympics.

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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.