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  India women's hockey core group probables back in national camp

  April 17, 2021 15:04 IST

  In January, the Indian women's team had toured Argentina where they played seven matches against their junior, 'B' and the senior team, ranked No. 2 in the world. 

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  Bajrang Punia sets up Asian final against nemesis Otogur, Ravi too advances

  April 17, 2021 14:30 IST

  Bajrang had no difficulty in getting past Korea's Yongseok Jeong, who hardly attacked in his opening 65kg bout.

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  COVID-19 robbed us of freedom to train as per plans, says Kidambi Srikanth

  April 17, 2021 12:05 IST

  Going through multiple COVID tests and living in a bio-bubble have become the new normal for international athletes and Srikanth has experienced it all in the last few months.

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  Asian Wrestling C'Ship: Vinesh Phogat clinches maiden gold

  April 16, 2021 18:02 IST

  There was no stopping Vinesh in the absence of the Chinese and Japanese rivals as she cruised to the title without losing a point in the 53kg category.

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  Asian Wrestling C'Ship: Vinesh and Anshu in line for maiden continental titles

  April 16, 2021 15:32 IST

  Vinesh has had seven podium finishes at the Asian meet over the years, including three silver medals.

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  Head of Tokyo Olympics again says games will not be canceled

  April 16, 2021 15:18 IST

  The speculation over the cancellation comes as the general secretary of ruling LDP political party, Toshihiro Nikai, raised the possibility the day before.

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  Youth World Boxing C'ship: Arundhati in QFs, 3 others also win in another good day for India

  April 16, 2021 11:10 IST

  The winners, apart from Arundhati, were Akash Gorkha (60kg), Sumit (69kg) and Gitika (48kg).

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  Swimmer Nataraj's personal best, gold not enough for Olympics

  April 15, 2021 22:38 IST

  Though he bettered his performance in the final, it wasn't good enough for the Olympic 'A' qualification mark.

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  Asian Wrestling Championship: Sarita Mor wins gold; Seema and Pooja settle for bronze

  April 15, 2021 19:39 IST

  Scripting a sensational comeback, an aggressive Sarita Mor reeled off nine straight points in the summit clash to retain her Asian Championship title.

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  Mirabai Chanu, Jerermy eye good show at Asian Weightlifting Championship

  April 15, 2021 17:35 IST

  The 26-year-old Chanu remains India’s brightest medal prospect for the gold-level Olympic qualifying event which was postponed last year due to the pandemic.

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  Srihari Nataraj inches closer to Olympic 'A' qualification mark

  April 15, 2021 15:42 IST

  The 19-year-old Nataraj, who hails from Bengaluru, has a personal best of 54.69 seconds, which is 'B' qualification mark clocked in the 2019 World Junior Championships held in Budapest.

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  Asian Wrestling Championship: Sarita in final; Seema, Pooja to fight for bronze

  April 15, 2021 14:44 IST

  Reigning titleholder Sarita Mor made an impressive comeback after a narrow opening-round defeat to storm into the 59kg final 

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  Cancelling Olympics a possibility if Covid situation worsens: Japanese official

  April 15, 2021 13:18 IST

  The Secretary-General of the ruling party hinted that cancelling the Olympics could be a possibility due to rising COVID-19 cases in Tokyo.

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  Viswanathan Anand's father passes away following brief illness

  April 15, 2021 11:55 IST

  K Viswanathan was 92 and breathed his last at a city hospital in Chennai, family sources said.

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  Wrestling body shuts Olympic camps due to Covid-19

  April 14, 2021 20:40 IST

  Six Indian wrestlers, including three in men's freestyle, have made the cut for the Tokyo Olympics starting July 23.

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  21 at women's national boxing camp, including top coaches, test positive for COVID-19

  April 14, 2021 20:06 IST

  Indian women's boxing's High-Performance Director Raffaele Bergamasco is among 21 campers who have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.

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  Vaccination process for Olympic-bound athletes to start soon: IOA secretary

  April 14, 2021 19:31 IST

  Speaking at a virtual webinar organised to mark the 100 days countdown to the Tokyo Games, Mehta stressed that the safety of the Olympic-bound athletes is paramount.

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  Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju expecting double digit medal haul in Tokyo Olympics

  April 14, 2021 17:24 IST

  Rijiu said the government has provided all possible support to the country's athletes in preparation for the Olympics, and it is now their job to make the Games a "memorable" one for India.

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  Sky is the limit after India's success in Argentina: Manpreet Singh

  April 14, 2021 16:42 IST

  India captain Manpreet Singh agreed that the sky is the limit for his side as it has a good mix of youth and experience in its ranks going into this year's Tokyo Olympics.

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  World TT championship to be held in Houston in November

  April 14, 2021 14:18 IST

  The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) said that new dates from November 23 to 29 were decided for the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships.

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  Tokyo marks 100 days to go for Olympics amid COVID-19 spike

  April 14, 2021 12:04 IST

  The Olympic host city has been under a month-long semi-state of emergency over the pandemic since Monday amid a growing number of new infections.

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  India make winning start at youth world boxing championship

  April 14, 2021 11:32 IST

  While Poonam out-punched Colombia's Valeria Mendoza 5-0, Vinka edged past Russia's Daria Panteleeva 3-2 to make the last-16 stage on Tuesday.

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  Olympic-bound Priyanka Goswami, Asiad champion Jinson Johnson test positive for COVID-19

  April 13, 2021 21:53 IST

  Asian Games 1500m gold-medallist Jinson Johnson, long-distance runner Parul Chaudhary, steeplechaser Chinta Yadav and another race walker Eknath are among the five athletes who have been infected.

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  Olympic torch runs through empty park in Osaka as cases rise

  April 13, 2021 15:35 IST

  It came on the same day that the government said new coronavirus cases in Osaka hit 1,099, a single-day record for Japan's second largest metropolitan area.

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  Siddharth Longjam succeeds Navin Agarwal as National Anti-Doping Agency's Director General

  April 13, 2021 15:19 IST

  Longjam is currently serving as joint secretary in the sports ministry and is also the CEO of the currently suspended National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL).

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  India Open to be held behind closed doors from May 11

  April 13, 2021 15:01 IST

  Olympic champion Carolina Marin and World No. 1 Kento Momota will headline a star-studded field of international badminton stars.

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  Indian men's hockey team drops one place to 5th in FIH rankings

  April 12, 2021 22:48 IST

  India registered a comprehensive 3-0 win over Argentina on Sunday in Buenos Aires in the second match of the FIH Pro League.

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  Dutee Chand gears up for World Relays as Indian team sets sight on Tokyo Olympics

  April 12, 2021 16:02 IST

  The 25-year-old Odisha sprinter is one of the key runners in national women's 4x100m relay squad shortlisted for next month's World Relays, an Olympic qualification competition, in Poland.