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  Manu Bhaker pledges to donate Rs 1 lakh towards coronavirus fight

  March 30, 2020 10:35 IST

  Manu Bhaker also urged everyone to be supportive during the crisis that the country is going through amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Kobe Bryant's towel from his final NBA game sold for $33,000

  March 30, 2020 10:23 IST

  The towel which Kobe Bryant used in his final NBA game has been sold for $33,000.

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  Tokyo's coronavirus infection spike after Olympic delay sparks questions

  March 30, 2020 9:20 IST

  The rise in coronavirus cases in Tokyo after the postponement of Olympics sparked questions if Japan understated the extent of the outbreak.

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  Visa extends athlete sponsorship to 2021 after Olympic delay

  March 30, 2020 8:32 IST

  The athletes were contacted on Friday to be given the option of extending their sponsorship terms with Visa.

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  Pakistani squash great Azam Khan dies of coronavirus in London

  March 29, 2020 23:09 IST

  Azam, who won the British Open title successively between 1959 and 1961, had tested positive for COVID-19 last week and died at London's Ealing Hospital on Saturday.

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  COVID-19 pandemic: ITTF suspends events until June 30

  March 29, 2020 21:57 IST

  Apart from ITTF events suspension, the ITTF Executive Committee also had proposal of new dates for the 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships to be announced in the coming week.

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  15-year-old India shooter Esha Singh donates Rs 30 thousand to fight coronavirus pandemic

  March 29, 2020 18:13 IST

  "I pledge to contribute 30 thousand Rupees from my savings to PM CARE FUND to Fight Covid 19 Desh hai to hum hai," Esha wrote on her twitter handle.

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  Boxing Federation starts online coaching for 9 Olympic-bound boxers amid coronavirus lockdown

  March 29, 2020 17:10 IST

  Nine Indian boxers -- M C Mary Kom (51kg), Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Lovlina Borgohani (69kg), Pooja Rani (75kg), Amit Panghal (52kg), Manish Kaushik (63kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg), Ashish Kumar (75kg) and Satish Kumar (+91kg) -- have qualified for the Tokyo Games

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  Coronavirus outbreak: Olympic flame to be kept in Tokyo

  March 29, 2020 17:03 IST

  The flame will be brought back to Tokyo from Fukushima but Tokyo 2020 has not decided where to keep it before the torch relay starts next year.

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  National Inter-State Athletics C'ships in June postponed as AFI decides to prepare new calendar

  March 29, 2020 16:28 IST

  The Athletics Federation of India said that a new competition calendar as well as fresh training programme for national campers will be prepared by the Planning Committee after discussions with coaches and foreign experts.

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  Double Asian Para Games champion Sharad Kumar donates Rs 1 lakh in fight against coronavirus

  March 29, 2020 15:59 IST

  Sharad Kumar has donated Rs 1 lakh to the Prime Minister's relief fund for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Italy's sports minister plans to extend ban on events

  March 29, 2020 15:21 IST

  Minister Vincenzo Spadafora told Italian daily La Repubblica that talks about restarting the Serie A soccer league on May 3 are “unrealistic.”

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  Staying healthy is important at the moment, not sports: Olympic marathon champion Kipchoge

  March 29, 2020 14:48 IST

  Kipchoge has retreated to his home in Eldoret, after his training camp in Kaptagat was closed down by the Kenyan government.

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  IOA assures full support as India battles COVID-19 pandemic

  March 29, 2020 13:50 IST

  The pandemic has so far claimed over 30000 lives across the world while infecting more than 6.5 lakh people, and the country's top Olympic body said they are always there to assist.

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  New York Knicks owner tests positive for coronavirus

  March 29, 2020 12:10 IST

  The NBA has been suspended for more than two weeks, after players tested positive for the virus. At the time, the Knicks were 21-45 in the season

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  Tokyo Games: Signs suggest summer dates for 2021 Olympics

  March 29, 2020 10:41 IST

  The postponed games were to have opened on July 24 and closed on Aug. 9. Mori suggested some decisions could be made as early as this week when the organizing committee's executive board meets.

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  Kiren Rijiju donates one-month salary for fight against COVID-19 pandemic

  March 29, 2020 9:29 IST

  The country is under a 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly virus that has claimed more than 30,000 lives globally.

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  Apart from Rs 1 crore from MPLAD funds, Rijiju donates one month salary to fight against coronavirus

  March 28, 2020 22:38 IST

  Kiren Rijiju donated his one month salary over and above Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directive to all BJP MPs to contribute Rs one crore from MPLAD funds in the country's fight against COVID-19 pandemic.  

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  Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju donates Rs 1 crore from MPLADS Fund to fight against coronavirus

  March 28, 2020 20:57 IST

  Sports personalities across all disciplines have come forward and donated as India looks to win a battle against the pandemic that has seen countries across the globe come to a standstill.

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  New dates for Olympics can be declared next week: Yoshiro Mori

  March 28, 2020 20:46 IST

  2020 Tokyo Olympics Organising Committee chief Yoshiro Mori said on Saturday that the new dates for the postponed Olympic Games could be decided by the end of next week.

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  Delhi Police doing commendable job in testing times: Manika Batra

  March 28, 2020 19:55 IST

  The Commonwealth Games gold medallist further said people are proud of the Delhi Police.

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  Batra says postponed Olympic qualifiers will happen, asks NSFs to share athletes' training plans

  March 28, 2020 17:20 IST

  The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President also asked the top brass of all the NSFs to share calendar of their athletes' preparations for the Tokyo Games.

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  Coronavirus impact: Diamond League suspends three track events scheduled in May

  March 28, 2020 10:56 IST

  The first six events of the year have been called off and only the Shanghai meet has been given a new date.

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  NBA stars Rudy Gobert and Donavan Mitchell recover from coronavirus

  March 28, 2020 9:39 IST

  Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive for the virus on March 11, which prompted the league to suspend its games indefinitely a day after.

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  Asian Games silver medalist Albert Rop banned for doping

  March 28, 2020 9:25 IST

  AIU has banned the athlete for a period of ineligibility of two years commencing on September 24, 2019.

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  Athletes can compete in 2021 Olympics if doping bans expire: WADA chief

  March 27, 2020 23:25 IST

  World Anti-Doping Agency President Witold Banka said that the athletes who are serving doping bans can participate in the postponed Tokyo Olympics

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  Indian shot putter Navin Chikara banned for four years for flunking dope test

  March 27, 2020 23:14 IST

  Chikara was banned for the presence and use of a prohibited substance and his four-year suspension starts from July 27, 2018, AIU said.

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  Baseball jerseys to be used for making masks, hospital gowns

  March 27, 2020 22:53 IST

  The masks are reportedly made from the same fabric used for the jerseys and the first prototypes feature the pinstripes that feature on the uniforms of the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies.