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  Return of badminton: Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen to begin title hunt at Denmark Open

  October 12, 2020 19:44 IST

  Kidambi opens against world no 52 Toby Penty of England in the second half of the draw while Shubhankar Dey and Ajay Jayaram will look to go deep into the tournament.

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  Akbar Ebrahim elected as FMSCI president for a second term

  October 12, 2020 16:16 IST

  In Indian motorsport body's AGM, Ebrahim was elected unanimously as it chiefs while Farooq Ahmed is elected as vice president.

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  Back in action after 6 months, Sourav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa make winning start in Egypt

  October 12, 2020 15:38 IST

  Ghosal and Chinappa were in Kolkata and Chennai respectively when the nation wide lockdown was enforced in March to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

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  Hockey player Surender Kumar aiming to regain full fitness after recovering from COVID-19

  October 12, 2020 13:31 IST

  Surender was one of the six players who were infected with COVID-19 in the national camp in Bengaluru.

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  Current world champions will not get automatic invitations to World Tour Final: BWF

  October 12, 2020 12:09 IST

  PV Sindhu will not a direct entry in the BWF World Tour Finals as the badminton body announced the decision to do away with automatic invitations for current world champions.

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  October 11, 2020: When numbers couldn't separate the greats across sports

  October 12, 2020 10:27 IST

  The date saw a number of records -- or rather record-equalling achievements across three sports - Tennis, F1 and NBA.

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  LA Lakers tie Boston Celtics with record 17th NBA title

  October 12, 2020 8:43 IST

  Los Angeles Lakers won their 17th NBA title to tie Boston for record, beating Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6.

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  Indian women chess team wins 2 matches before going down to Iran in Asian Online Team C'ship

  October 11, 2020 16:47 IST

  The top-seeded Indians went down 1.5-2.5 to sixth-ranked Iran despite R Vaishali winning on the top board against Sarasadat Khademalsharieh.

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  Believe in turning every adversity into opportunity, says para-badminton player Manasi Joshi

  October 11, 2020 13:58 IST

  The para-badminton champion revealed that she recently got a new blade prosthetic leg in Mumbai and will be adapting to it in time for the Paralympics next year.

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  Five-member Indian judo team to participate in Budapest event from Oct 23

  October 11, 2020 13:33 IST

  The government will bear the cost of the six-member Indian team, comprising two women and three men players and a coach.

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  India's Nihal Sarin wins Junior Speed Chess Championship

  October 10, 2020 22:05 IST

  Nihal Sarin emerged winner in the Chess.com's 2020 Junior Speed Online Chess Championship, beating Russia's world junior No. 6 Alexey Sarana 18-7 in the final.

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  SFI launches video campaign to highlight key guidelines of SOP as swimming pools reopen

  October 10, 2020 15:53 IST

  The guidelines, including regular temperature checks and sanitisation, will be posted on SFI's social media handles and will be shared with parents and swimmers across various centres.

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  Looking forward to host many more big tournaments at Kalinga Stadium: Hockey India

  October 10, 2020 13:15 IST

  The Kalinga Stadium has hosted has hosted many top level tournaments including the men's World Cup 2018, Men's Series Finals, FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers (Men and Women) and FIH Hockey Pro League.

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  Indian defender Mandeep Mor expresses delight as Narwana gets int'l standard hockey turf

  October 10, 2020 10:39 IST

  Mor, who led the Indian junior men's hockey team to a silver medal at the Sultan of Johor Cup 2019, believes the new turf will give players from this region the exposure of playing on turf from a very young age.

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  SOP for reopening of swimming pools: Maximum 20 swimmers to train in one session

  October 10, 2020 10:32 IST

  The SOP, released on Friday, applies to all SAI and non-SAI centres wherein training of sportspersons may resume, provided no orders of the local authorities prohibit such facilities to resume operations.

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  Not thinking about Olympic qualification: Saina Nehwal

  October 09, 2020 21:58 IST

  The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist is currently ranked 22nd in the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) Race to Tokyo rankings and needs to be within the top 13 to seal qualification.

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  Post COVID-19 hiatus, Indian archers aim to find momentum

  October 09, 2020 15:53 IST

  Training is still in the initial phase with some athletes coming out of their quarantine recently.

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  SAI approves two-month shooting camp for core Olympic probables from October 15

  October 08, 2020 16:16 IST

  The national camp had been postponed twice in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) with no option but to wait for the situation to improve.

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  Election for IOC chief to be held next March in Athens

  October 08, 2020 11:21 IST

  The decision was taken at the virtual meeting of the IOC Executive Board on Wednesday.

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  Wrestler Babita Phogat quits government job to join politics

  October 07, 2020 16:42 IST

  She is likely to contest the bypoll in the state as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.

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  Boxers to head to Europe for training next week; unwell Mary Kom to skip

  October 07, 2020 15:58 IST

  Mary Kom is currently recovering from a bout of dengue and has ruled out travelling abroad at least this year due to the COVID-19 threat. The Europe assignment starts on October 15.

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  NBA Academy India prospect Amaan Sandhu signs with Pennsylvania's First Love Christian Academy

  October 07, 2020 14:35 IST

  The 18-year-old thus becomes the third male student-athlete from the NBA Academy India to get a high-school basketball scholarship in the US.

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  Sports minister Kiren Rijiju sanctions Rs 5 lakh each to two needy sportspersons

  October 06, 2020 20:11 IST

  The Sports Ministry announced financial help of Rs 5 lakh each to boxer Sunil Chauhan and his brother Neeraj, who is an archer, considering the hardships they were facing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap pull out of Denmark Open

  October 06, 2020 14:29 IST

  The BWF World Tour was shut down following the completion of the All England Championships in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Hockey captain Manpreet Singh, coach Graham Reid want to return to full momentum gradually

  October 06, 2020 13:58 IST

  Six players of the men's team, including Manpreet, had tested positive for COVID-19 at the team's training base here in August after they arrived for the national camp following a month's break.

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  IOC gets official look at simplification for Tokyo Olympics

  October 06, 2020 12:45 IST

  They include about 50 changes to fringe areas that leave the number of athletes — 15,400 for the Olympics and Paralympics — and all sports events untouched for next year.

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  This is the golden period for women's hockey in India: Navneet Kaur

  October 05, 2020 15:21 IST

  Speaking about the on-going national coaching camp, Navneet said, "Our intensity has increased this week onwards and we are able to take more load without facing any fatigue."

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  I'm fitter now, waiting to go all out at Denmark Open to test my game: Lakshya Sen

  October 05, 2020 14:08 IST

  The 19-year-old claimed five titles in the senior circuit last year, including two BWF World Tour Super 100 top honours — SaarLorLux Open and Dutch Open.