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  Ultimate Table Tennis postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19

  October 16, 2020 15:44 IST

  The TTFI authorities and the UTT management took the decision to postpone the event, keeping in mind the safety and well-being of the players and other league stakeholders.

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  Boxer Lovlina Borgohain tests positive for coronavirus, misses flight to Italy

  October 16, 2020 9:08 IST

  The Sports Authority of India (SAI) had sanctioned a Europe tour for 16 elite Indian boxer for a period of 52 days from October to December.

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  Srikanth sails into Denmark Open quarters, Lakshya loses

  October 15, 2020 22:16 IST

  The fifth seed Indian took 33 minutes to get the better of his Canadian opponent 21-15 21-14 in the men's singles second round match of the Super 750 tournament, Lakshya, goes down 21-15 7-21 17-21 to experienced local challenger Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghu.

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  News of Olympic postponement came as a shock: Mary Kom

  October 15, 2020 13:56 IST

  Tokyo Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak in March earlier this year.

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  Mix of youth and experience in defence will help women's hockey team in Olympics: Ekka

  October 15, 2020 12:05 IST

  Ekka said that it has been her responsibility to ensure that the youngsters in the team remained motivated during this tough period.

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  Para-archer Ankit tests positive for Covid-19, hospitalised

  October 15, 2020 9:56 IST

  The sporting activities of Tokyo Olympics bound athletes and para-athletes was resumed by SAI at its National Centre of Excellence (NCOEs) in a phased manner last week.

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  Back from COVID-19 break, Kidambi Srikanth says it's 'like an adventure' after first-round win

  October 14, 2020 17:13 IST

  The former world number one, who had claimed four Super Series titles in 2017, beat Toby 21-12 21-18 in 37 minutes, as the sport finally got going after a seven-month-long break.

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  Indian women archers face daunting task to secure full quota at Olympics: Deepika Kumari

  October 14, 2020 16:16 IST

  Talking on Indian paddler Mudit Dani's online chat show 'In The Sportlight', Deepika said that the country's female archers had worked hard and were confident of securing the quota ahead of the COVID-19 lockdown.

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  Kidambi Srikanth wins first match at Denmark Open

  October 14, 2020 15:26 IST

  The former world number one, who had claimed four superseries titles in 2017, beat Toby 21-12 21-18 in 37 minutes, as the sport finally got going after the long coronavirus-forced hiatus.

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  Slowly but surely getting back to rhythm, says hockey player Varun Kumar

  October 14, 2020 12:29 IST

  Varun Kumar was one of the six hockey players who tested positive in the national camp in Bengaluru.

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  2008 Olympic champion Constantina Dita named ambassador for Half Marathon C'ships

  October 14, 2020 9:45 IST

  The Romanian competed at eight editions of the World Half Marathon Championships and earned seven medals in the process.

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  Coaches suffering due lack of income, Maharashtra Badminton writes to state government

  October 13, 2020 16:26 IST

  Maharashtra Badminton Association has written a letter to state sports minister Sunil Kedar requesting for the resumption of the sport as the livelihood of many coaches have been badly affected by the COVID-19 induced lockdown.

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  Lakshya Sen enters second round of Denmark Open

  October 13, 2020 14:11 IST

  The 19-year-old Indian, who had claimed five titles including two Super 100 tournaments last year, produced a clinical performance to outwit Popov 21-9 21-15 to reach the second round.

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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.