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  Jolt for Indian sports: WADA extends NDTL suspension by 6 months

  July 22, 2020 10:29 IST

  The suspension prohibits the NDTL from carrying out any anti-doping activities, including all analyses of urine and blood samples.

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  Provisional dates for 2021 Archery World Cup, World Championships announced

  July 21, 2020 22:37 IST

  The first stage of the series will go on till April 25 after which it moves to Shanghai from May 17 to 23.

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  COVID-19 pandemic forces Delhi's young athlete to sell fruits

  July 21, 2020 19:52 IST

  COVID-19 has come with deaths and infections, not physically but financially, changing the lives of many, and especially affecting the underprivileged.

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  'Ye aapne kya pakda diya mujhe!': Bajrang Punia throws 'fun' workout challenge to Sunil Chhetri

  July 21, 2020 17:15 IST

  Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia took to Twitter to throw a workout challenge for India's football team captain Sunil Chhetri.

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  Happy that so many people have discovered chess during pandemic: Viswanathan Anand

  July 21, 2020 10:19 IST

  The former world champion said "most Indian parents are right" that chess will help their children do better in school.

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  IOA chief Narinder Batra asks for EC approval for new committees, Rajeev Mehta objects

  July 20, 2020 18:23 IST

  With the pandemic making a physical meeting difficult to conduct, Batra had sent letters intimating the formation of the new committees for approval to the EC members to make for the lack of an online voting mechanism.

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  LeBron James trading card from rookie season fetches record sum at auction

  July 20, 2020 15:16 IST

  This particular rare LeBron trading card was from his first season in 2004 where he was awarded with the prestigious rookie of the season title while playing for Cleveland Cavaliers.

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  Sardar Singh regrets not being an Olympic medallist but says India have realistic chance in Tokyo

  July 20, 2020 13:25 IST

  India's last success at the quadrennial sporting extravaganza, though, came 40 years ago in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where they won the last of their eight gold medals.

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  John Cena shares picture of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Instagram

  July 20, 2020 11:55 IST

  WWE's John Cena posted a picture of Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on his official Instagram profile.

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  Badminton is most flourishing sport in India, future also bright: Pullela Gopichand

  July 19, 2020 21:52 IST

  Gopichand said when he started coaching in 2004 with 25 trainees, including Sindhu, Saina and K Srikkanth in Hyderabad, nobody thought India would produce such world class players.

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  Olympic figure skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya dies at 20

  July 19, 2020 21:17 IST

  The cause of the 20-year-old Alexandrovskaya's death on Friday has not yet been disclosed.

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  Fabio Quartararo wins Spanish Grand Prix as MotoGP resumes; Marc Márquez crashes out

  July 19, 2020 20:15 IST

  The 21-year-old Quartararo, who started from pole position after a record lap at the Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto, became the first Frenchman to win in MotoGP since Regis Laconi in 1999.

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  BWF puts four-term limit on president's role, approves 30 per cent gender representation in Council

  July 19, 2020 11:57 IST

  The decision was in line with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s recent directive to its National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to maintain gender equality in decision-making positions by 2020.

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  Olympic hockey schedule: India men to open campaign against New Zealand, women face Netherlands

  July 17, 2020 20:03 IST

  Eight-time champions India have bee clubbed alongside Australia, Argentina, Spain, New Zealand and hosts Japan in a tough Pool A in the men's competition

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  Tokyo Olympic venues lined up, schedule remains the same

  July 17, 2020 19:46 IST

  The opening ceremony for the Olympics will be on July 23, 2021. However, women's softball and soccer will open on July 21, men's soccer on July 22, and archery and rowing on July 23.

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  Thomas Bach announces intention to run for second term as IOC President

  July 17, 2020 19:08 IST

  Bach was elected to the position on September 10, 2013 at the 125th IOC Session. He succeeded Jacques Rogge at the session that was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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  Joshna Chinappa seeks access to training after almost five months of forced break

  July 17, 2020 16:53 IST

  India's highest-ranked squash player Joshna Chinappa hoped for a return to squash courts by September.

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  We can secure podium finish if we play to our potential, says goalkeeper PR Sreejesh

  July 17, 2020 12:45 IST

  The Indian men's hockey team is currently ranked fourth in the world and Sreejesh believes that the side can come back with an Olympic medal if it puts its best foot forward.

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  Ace para-badminton player Ramesh Tikaram dies of COVID-19

  July 17, 2020 10:17 IST

  Arjuna awardee and ace para-badminton player Ramesh Tikaram died of coronavirus in a hospital on Thursday,

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  Odisha govt says Rs 4.09 cr spent on Dutee Chand since 2015, she says it's not the correct picture

  July 16, 2020 19:54 IST

  The state government's statement came a day after Dutee tried to douse the controversy that erupted when she put her BMW car on sale. 

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  IOC reveals updated qualification process for postponed Tokyo Olympics

  July 16, 2020 17:56 IST

  A total of 57 per cent of all the qualification places had been confirmed by the time the Tokyo Olympic was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Tiger Woods grouped with Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka at Memorial Tournament

  July 16, 2020 14:14 IST

  Five-time world champion Tiger Woods has been grouped with Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka at the prestigious Memorial Tournament in Ohio.

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  Olympics behind closed doors 'something we do not want': IOC president Thomas Bach

  July 16, 2020 12:28 IST

  Professional sports around the world are getting back on their feet as matches are being held behind closed doors.

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  Never expressed it was to fund my training: Dutee Chand clarifies social-media post on selling BMW

  July 15, 2020 21:07 IST

  The post had created a controversy with the implication that it was created as she required funds to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. 

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  'Already had discussion with Dutee Chand and she is fine': Kiren Rijiju

  July 15, 2020 17:04 IST

  Dutee Chand had earlier said that she is putting her car on sale to raise funds to prepare for Tokyo Olympics. However, she deleted the post later.

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  Men's hockey team had good chance of medal win if Olympics was held this year: Ashok Kumar

  July 15, 2020 16:30 IST

  Former Olympic medallist Ashok Kumar has said that the Indian men's hockey team had a good chance of securing a podium finish if the Olympics were held this year.

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  For now, priority is to stay safe from COVID-19: Sushil Kumar

  July 15, 2020 13:43 IST

  Considering the fact that there are no competitions in the near future due to the coronavirus pandemic, wrestlers and their coaches themselves are not too worried about the individual training that they are having to make do with presently.

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  Shooter Abhishek Verma to appear for Bar Council license exam in August

  July 14, 2020 15:30 IST

  The lawyer-turned-shooter had secured an Olympic quota place by winning the 10m air pistol gold medal at the Beijing World Cup in April last year