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  Mo Farah breaks one-hour world record in Diamond League

  September 05, 2020 17:21 IST

  In the final race of the meet, Farah covered 21.330km, thus breaking Haile Gebrselassie's 13-year-old record of 21.285km.

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  Tokyo 2020 organising committee confirms fourth COVID-19 case

  September 05, 2020 14:50 IST

  The employee has not been to his office since his last day working on site on July 6. Most of the Tokyo 2020 employees have been working from home since March.

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  Teacher's Day: Indian hockey stars recall influence of their gurus

  September 05, 2020 13:58 IST

  Goalkeeper Savita from the women's team said, "My father has been my greatest teacher. He has always guided me, especially in my toughest times when I was injured."

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  Tour de France: Belgium's Wout Van Aert wins Stage 7

  September 05, 2020 9:38 IST

  Van Aert on Friday led home a select, lead group of race favourites to deliver Jumbo-Visma's third win of the race as Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates) became the big casualty in the battle for yellow.

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  Tokyo Olympic CEO: Vaccine not requirement to hold games

  September 04, 2020 19:31 IST

  Toshiro Muto was speaking after a task force meeting with government officials, disease experts and Japanese Olympic officials. 

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  Can't say when crowds will return to stadia, says Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju

  September 04, 2020 15:31 IST

  Rijiju said the COVID-19 pandemic situation has made it difficult to say when the crowds will return to the stadia. India has recorded over 39 lakh cases so far.

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  Want to be as good as Manpreet Singh in coming years, says midfielder Hardik Singh

  September 04, 2020 13:09 IST

  The midfielder has expressed that he is looking to become a much more evolved player in the next one year.

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  Oxford study: Tokyo Olympics are the most costly Summer Games

  September 04, 2020 12:28 IST

  The Tokyo cost overrun already exceeds 200% and this is even before several billion more dollars are added on from the one-year delay due COVID-19 pandemic, according to author Bent Flyvbjerg.

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  Tour de France: Alexey Lutsenko wins stage 6

  September 04, 2020 11:56 IST

  Kazakh champion Lutsenko (Astana) proved the strongest of an eight-man break during the 191km-stage to the Massif Central.

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  Indian GM Iniyan wins World Open online chess tournament

  September 03, 2020 22:20 IST

  The Tamil Nadu player scored seven and half points out of a possible nine with six victories and three draws to finish on top, ahead of many higher-rated Grandmasters, a press release said on Thursday.

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  Deepak Punia, two other wrestlers test positive for COVID-19

  September 03, 2020 18:57 IST

  Besides the Olympic-bound Punia (86kg), the other two wrestlers who have tested positive for the virus are Navin (65kg) and Krishan (125kg). All three are part of a national camp at the SAI Centre in Sonepat ahead of which the wrestlers are in quarantine.

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  Bajrang Punia tells fellow wrestlers to follow COVID-19 protocol at camp

  September 03, 2020 18:53 IST

  Concerned with the rise in the number of coronavirus cases in India, Bajrang said it is everybody's responsibility to keep each other safe.

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  Lack of fans will have no effect on Tour de France: Sir Bradley Wiggins

  September 03, 2020 16:47 IST

  The annual three-week showpiece was originally scheduled to take place from June 27 to July 19 but was rescheduled and started on August 29 in Nice, France. 

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  Hockey forward Navjot Kaur says she owes her success to her father

  September 03, 2020 13:00 IST

  A vital cog in India's forwardline, Navjot aspires to become one of the best finishers of women's hockey someday.

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  Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson reveals he and his family have recovered from COVID-19 | Watch

  September 03, 2020 9:04 IST

  Dwayne Johnson posted an eleven-minute video on his official Instagram profile, revealing that he and his family had COVID-19.

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  Julian Alaphilippe loses Tour de France lead after being handed penalty

  September 02, 2020 22:42 IST

  Alaphilippe waived to the crowd as he left the finish area without the coveted yellow tunic he had worn for the last three stages.

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  Belgium's Wout van Aert sprints to victory on stage five of Tour de France 2020

  September 02, 2020 21:45 IST

  Van Aert used his power in the slight uphill finish to win by half a wheel ahead of Cees Bol and Sam Bennett.

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  Coaches monitored fitness during lockdown: Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh

  September 02, 2020 18:37 IST

  The team has been out of action since its FIH Pro League tie against Australia on February 21 and 22, and it is not scheduled to to play any match till April.

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  PV Sindhu withdraws from Uber Cup due to 'personal reasons', doubtful for Denmark Open

  September 02, 2020 15:48 IST

  The Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, scheduled to be held from October 3 to 11 in Aarhus, Denmark is the first tournament in the revised calender, which was launched by the sport's governing body BWF last week.

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  Vinesh Phogat recovers from COVID-19, tests negative twice

  September 02, 2020 14:21 IST

  The 24-year-old could not receive her 'Khel Ratna' as she tested positive just ahead of the virtual National Sports Awards ceremony on August 29.

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  Centre increases sports disciplines for direct recruitment of meritorious sportspersons in govt jobs

  September 01, 2020 20:11 IST

  The move comes following a proposal from the Department of Sports for inclusion of some more disciplines in the list of 43 sports for recruitment of sportspersons to any Group C post in ministries/departments of government of India.

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  Chess Olympiad gold medal win a magical moment for us: Viswanathan Anand, Koneru Humpy

  August 31, 2020 19:24 IST

  For Anand, a five-time world champion and the country's first Grandmaster, it was his first Olympiad medal and he described it as a "magical moment".

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  It was 'the biggest thrill of my life' but it lasted 2 seconds: Abhinav Bindra recalls Olympic gold

  August 31, 2020 17:56 IST

  ​The date of 11 August, 2008 is one of the most defining moments in the history of Indian sports, as Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the 2008 Olympics.

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  COVID-19 situation worrisome but I need more players to train India for Olympics: Badminton coach

  August 31, 2020 14:53 IST

  The nodal sports body had allowed the camp for eight Olympic hopefuls following approval from the Telangana government on August 1 but only four are currently training at the SAI-Pullela Gopichand Academy.

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  Olympic flame out on display in Japan's Olympic Museum

  August 31, 2020 14:34 IST

  The flame was unveiled on Monday at a small ceremony with Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, and Yasuhiro Yamashita, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

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  Ajinkya Rahane congratulates Team India on winning gold in Chess Olympiad

  August 31, 2020 14:11 IST

  In a dramatic finish, the global chess body FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich declared India and Russia as joint winners as the final match was interrupted by a computer server problem.

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  He's back! Julian Alaphilippe takes emotional win at Tour de France

  August 30, 2020 22:54 IST

  A final burst of acceleration timed with precision enabled Alaphilippe to shake two pursuers and hold off the main pack of riders furiously gaining ground on the finishing straight.

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  PM Narendra Modi congratulates Team India on winning 2020 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad

  August 30, 2020 21:42 IST

  Praising the Indian squad, Prime Minister Modi opined that the win will inspire young chess players to take up the sport. He also congratulated the Russian team.