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  Confident about Indian hockey teams doing well in Tokyo Olympics: Kiren Rijiju

  November 03, 2020 11:17 IST

  Last year, both the hockey teams secured their Olympic berth in Bhubaneswar following a successful outing in the Olympic Qualifiers at the Kalinga Stadium.

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  Indian shuttlers return from Germany testing negative for COVID-19

  November 03, 2020 11:07 IST

  Defending Champion Lakshya had to withdraw from SaarLorLux Open in Saarbrucken after his father-cum-coach D K Sen returned a positive test for the virus.

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  With Gagan Narang by its side, sporting hub Odisha forays into shooting

  November 02, 2020 19:30 IST

  The facility is called the Odisha Aditya Birla-Gagan Narang Shooting High Performance Centre, adding to the much acclaimed hockey and athletics infrastructure of the state.

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  Kiren Rijiju inaugurates SAI Regional Centre in Zirakpur, Punjab

  November 02, 2020 16:52 IST

  The Sports Authority of India (SAI) Regional Centre in Zirakpur will serve as one of the main centres in the northern belt.

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  'I Retire': PV Sindhu sends shockwaves with 'retirement' post; But here's a twist

  November 02, 2020 16:46 IST

  PV Sindhu took the Twitter by storm when she wrote in a post that she is "retiring'. But here's a twist.

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  Shooter tests positive for Covid-19 at Karni Singh Range, on-going camp won't discontinue

  November 02, 2020 14:23 IST

  The two-month training camp began from October 15 and is scheduled to run until December 14.

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  World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe hails AFI for taking tough anti-doping stand

  November 02, 2020 0:21 IST

  The World Athletics president attends AFI Annual General Meeting via video conference in Gurugram on Sunday.

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  Tokyo Olympics organisers have 'cast-iron determination' to stage Games in 2021: Sebastian Coe

  November 01, 2020 18:03 IST

  Coe visited Tokyo last month and met several top-ranking officials there, including the organising committee chief Yoshiro Mori and the sports and Olympics ministers in the Japanese government.

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  Goal is to help team win medal in Tokyo, says hockey team defender Reena Khokhar

  November 01, 2020 13:18 IST

  Reena Khokhar revealed that the FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019 is her favourite tournament to date.

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  Sumariwalla elected AFI chief for third term, Anju is senior VP

  October 31, 2020 21:23 IST

  Anju's senior vice-presidentship is the highest post to have been occupied by a woman in AFI's history. She is also the first woman vice-president of the AFI

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  AFI chief warns India could be suspended if doping menace continues

  October 31, 2020 17:12 IST

  AFI president Adille Sumariwalla warned athletes and coaches against using banned drugs by taking advantage of the COVID-19 and said the country could be suspended if the doping menace continues unabated.

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  Ritu Phogat registers third straight victory of her MMA career

  October 31, 2020 11:38 IST

  Ritu's MMA record thus reads 3-0, showing little rust despite the eight-month break she had coming into the bout.

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  Amit Panghal, Sanjeet strike gold at Alexis Vastine tournament in France

  October 31, 2020 10:24 IST

  Amit, also an Asian Games champion, defeated American Rene Abraham 3-0 with a dominating performance. 

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  Tokyo Olympics to give refunds to ticket buyers in Japan

  October 30, 2020 16:20 IST

  Fans in Japan who already know they cannot use their tickets next year can get their money back by applying online for refunds during the period Nov. 10-30. The Paralympic period is Dec. 1-21.

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  Waiting to earn India jersey again, says Dipsan Tirkey

  October 30, 2020 14:40 IST

  Having been selected in the senior core probable group again, Tirkey says his focus is now on executing what the chief coach expects of him and also on his drag-flicking.

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  Kavinder Bisht, Sanjeet enter finals of French boxing tournament; Shiva Thapa settles for bronze

  October 30, 2020 13:25 IST

  Kavinder, an Asian championships silver-medallist, defeated Frenchman Benik George Melkumian 3-0 to set up a summit clash against another local hope Samuel Kistohurry.

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  Suriya, Ruhaan and Ishaan poised to clinch Meco-FMSCI National Karting Championship titles

  October 29, 2020 16:03 IST

  Suriya Varathan has a compelling lead in the Senior class, having amassed 70 points in the first two rounds held last Saturday-Sunday.

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  Ajay Jayaram, Shubhankar Dey forced out of SaarLorLux Open; in isolation amid COVID-19 scare

  October 29, 2020 14:29 IST

  19-year-old Lakshya withdrew on Wednesday after his father DK Sen returned a positive test for the dreaded virus. DK Sen is asymptomatic at this point.  

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  Determined to improve & find spot in India's hockey team for Olympics, says Udita

  October 29, 2020 13:31 IST

  The forward said she particularly learned a lot from the close encounter between the Netherlands and Great Britain in the FIH Hockey Pro League on Tuesday.

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  National TT camp gets underway; Sharath Kamal, Anusha to join on Thursday

  October 28, 2020 15:34 IST

  With the focus firmly on qualifying for 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the Indian table tennis players on Wednesday resumed their training after almost seven months at the national camp in Sonepat.

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  Panel exonerates junior judoka after NADA DCO fails to establish dope test evasion

  October 28, 2020 15:19 IST

  The National Anti-Doping Agency's Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) has exonerated junior judoka Jitesh Dagar of the charge that he evaded a dope test during a selection trial last year after NADA's Dope Control Officer failed to produce any clinching evidence against him.

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  Inspired by Pullela Gopichand, Manasi Joshi wants to make a difference for para-athletes

  October 28, 2020 14:17 IST

  The 31-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist feels there has been immense growth over the last few years in para-badminton.

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  Have been focusing on improving footwork & PC defence, says Krishan Pathak

  October 28, 2020 14:11 IST

  The team is currently taking part in the national coaching camp at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) facility in Bengaluru amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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  Ajay Jayaram makes winning start in SaarLorLux Open

  October 27, 2020 19:27 IST

  The former world number 13 beat Belgium's Maxime Moreels in opening round 21-8 21-8 in just 19 minutes.

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  Kho Kho gaining prominence, becomes career option for many: KKFI President Sudhanshu Mittal

  October 26, 2020 14:30 IST

  KKFI President Sudhanshu Mittal thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju for their continual efforts in promoting the sport.

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  India women bag gold, men settle for silver in Asian Online chess championship

  October 25, 2020 15:18 IST

  The in-form R Vaishali and captain Mary Ann Gomes drew their games to secure the first match of the final 3-1. 

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  MMA: Khabib Nurmagomedov announces retirement after defeating Justin Gaethje

  October 25, 2020 9:08 IST

  Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement after finishing with a 29-0 record in MMA.

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  India men and women enter final of Asian online team chess championship

  October 24, 2020 16:29 IST

  While the men beat Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5 and 3-1, the women's side posted 3.5-0.5 and 4-0 wins over Mongolia.