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  Sports Ministry comes to Manu Bhaker's aid after Delhi airport drama

  February 20, 2021 9:59 IST

  Pistol shooter Manu Bhaker on Friday evening alleged that she was harassed by Air India officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport while she was trying to board a flight from Delhi to Bhopal.

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  Badminton Olympic qualification period extended till June 15

  February 19, 2021 12:41 IST

  The decision was taken after the postponement of the Malaysia Open Super 750 and Singapore Open Super 500 tournaments, both of which were listed as part of the qualification cycles.

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  Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president

  February 18, 2021 12:33 IST

  She replaces 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister who was forced to resign last week after making sexist comments about women.

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  Rural governor talks of cancelling local Olympic torch relay

  February 17, 2021 10:25 IST

  The torch relay is to begin on March 25 in northeastern Japan and will crisscross the country with about 10,000 runners.

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  Indian team for Delhi World Cup picked, chance for Anish Bhanwala to stake claim for Tokyo

  February 16, 2021 22:00 IST

  The 18-year-old Anish is currently ranked 12th in the world but seventh in India.

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  ISL 2020-21: FC Goa captain Edu Bedia show-caused by AIFF for 'unsporting behaviour'

  February 16, 2021 18:00 IST

  Video footage of the incident seemed to show Spaniard Bedia allegedly biting Deepak Tangri while getting up after the Chennaiyin FC player fell on top of him.

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  Tokyo Olympics boxing qualification events cancelled, postponed

  February 16, 2021 17:06 IST

  Boxers worldwide were to compete for 53 places in the Tokyo lineup at a tournament in Paris in June.

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  Muhammed Anas, Manjeet Singh among several stars missing first Indian Grand Prix athletics

  February 15, 2021 7:52 IST

  Since the response to the inaugural Indian Grand Prix is poor, there will be direct finals, said a source.

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  World Para Athletics GP: India finish with 23 medals

  February 14, 2021 14:48 IST

  Teenaged high jumpers Praveen Kumar and Nishad Kumar produced personal best jumps to take a gold medal each and set new Asian records.

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  Gurpreet Singh wins 50km race walk event in National Championships

  February 14, 2021 12:55 IST

  Gurpreet won the event by completing the race in three hours, 59 minutes and 42 seconds.

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  Three more race walkers qualify for Olympics; new national records in men's and women's 20km event

  February 13, 2021 11:49 IST

  The National Open Race Walking Championships are the first major athletics event after the end of COVID-19 lockdown.

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  Mary Kom, Manish Kaushik set for competitive action after one year at Boxam International

  February 12, 2021 18:56 IST

  World Championship silver-medallist Amit Panghal (52kg), who won gold in the recently-concluded Cologne World Cup in Germany, will also compete at the Spanish event.

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  Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigns over sexism row

  February 12, 2021 17:22 IST

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in its new statement on Tuesday that Mori's remarks are "absolutely inappropriate and in contradiction to the IOC's commitments and the reforms of its Olympic Agenda 2020".

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  World Para Athletics GP: India win five medals including two golds on Day 2

  February 12, 2021 12:50 IST

  Para-athlete Simran got closer to her Paralympic dream as she clinched the gold medal in women's 100m T13 final, clocking 12.74 seconds.

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  Racing Team India set to make Asian Le Mans series debut in Dubai

  February 11, 2021 19:51 IST

  If it secures an invitation to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place in June 2021, it will become the first squad flying the Indian tri-color to take part in the iconic twice-around-the-clock endurance classic.

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  Tokyo Olympics president to resign over sexist comments: Reports

  February 11, 2021 15:21 IST

  The move follows his sexist comments about women more than a week ago, and an ensuing and rare public debate in Japan about gender equality.

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  Hima Das appointed as DSP in Assam Police

  February 11, 2021 9:46 IST

  It was decided that Das will be appointed as a DSP rank officer in the Assam police and medal winners in Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games will be appointed as Class- I officers.

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  Pandemic shakes up Olympic gymnastics qualification

  February 10, 2021 20:35 IST

  The International Gymnastics Federation said it was canceling its all-around World Cup series of events because of the pandemic.

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  'No clarity' on Covid vaccination for Olympic-bound Indian athletes: IOA

  February 10, 2021 20:36 IST

  According to the IOA secretary general, discussions with the health ministry are going on, but it's uncertain when the process of vaccination for athletes will commence.

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  Gudaf Tsegay renews women's world indoor 1,500m record in France

  February 10, 2021 10:46 IST

  The 24-year-old world bronze medallist clocked 3:53.09 to wrap up the convincing win.

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  Powerlifter Mahant Gaurav Sharma set to feature in Delhi State Shooting Championship, eyes medal

  February 08, 2021 17:16 IST

  Initially starting out as a weightlifter, Gaurav later switched to powerlifting under the guidance of Dronacharya awardee coach Bhupender Dhawan

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  Former boxing champion and Olympic gold medallist Leon Spinks dies at 67

  February 07, 2021 7:17 IST

  Spinks won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight in 1978.

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  Dutee Chand suffers minor jolt in quest to qualify for 2021 Olympics

  February 05, 2021 20:00 IST

  Dutee had clinched bronze in the 60m dash with a time of 7.22 seconds at the 2016 Asian Indoor event.

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  Scoring five goals in Chile was special, says Beauty Dungdung

  February 05, 2021 14:21 IST

  Beauty scored a hat-trick in India's first match against the Chile junior team which helped set up a comfortable 5-3 win.

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  Head of Tokyo Games won't resign after derogatory comments about women

  February 04, 2021 15:23 IST

  His comment came when he was asked about the presence of few women on the board of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

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  AIBA observer says Boxing Federation of India elections transparent

  February 04, 2021 9:49 IST

  AIBA President Umar Kremlev also congratulated Singh and the two spoke about mutual co-operation in a conference call after the elections on Monday.

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  Head of Tokyo Olympics faces storm over comments about women

  February 04, 2021 9:35 IST

  Yoshiro Mori was reported by a daily newspaper saying women talk too much in meetings. His comments have created a storm in Japan, where women are grossly under-represented in politics and in board rooms.

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  No cheering, no bars, less intimacy to ensure safe Olympics

  February 03, 2021 21:59 IST

  Ground rules for thousands of Olympic and Paralympic officials to ensure safe travel, daily life and competitions at the Tokyo Games during the coronavirus pandemic were published Wednesday.