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  Murali Sreeshankar ruled out of Paris Olympics 2024 due to knee injury

  Other Sports | April 19, 2024 0:51 IST

  "I suffered a knee injury during training on Tuesday, and all the tests and consultations later, it's been decided that I would need surgery, ruling me out of the one single thing I've chased relentlessly all these years," Murali wrote in his Instagram Post on Thursday.

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  Athletics: Harmilan Bains in search for sponsors ahead of 2022 Asian Games

  Other Sports | September 27, 2021 12:06 IST

  Following a successful season that saw Harmilan Kaur Bains rewrite the 1500m national record last week, the Jalandhar athlete is now aiming for success in the 2022 Asian and Commonwealth Games.

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  Shaili Singh aims to leap into bigger leagues with 2022 World Championships in mind

  Other Sports | August 25, 2021 10:27 IST

  In an exclusive conversation with Indiatvnews.com upon her return from Nairobi with a World U-20 Athletics Championships silver medal, Shaili Singh says she will change the colour of her medal next time.

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  Long jumper Shaili Singh misses gold by 1cm, wins silver in U-20 Worlds

  Other Sports | August 22, 2021 21:57 IST

  The 17-year-old Indian's personal best effort of 6.59m was not enough for a gold as she was pipped to the post by Sweden's reigning European junior champion Maja Askag.

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  Anju's protege Shaili Singh tops qualification, makes long jump final in U-20 World C'ships

  Other Sports | August 20, 2021 17:34 IST

  The 17-year-old Shaili, considered one of the brightest upcoming stars in Indian athletics, achieved her best of the day in her third and final jump.

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  Free healthcare services for life announced for Indian athletes at Tokyo Olympics

  Health | August 18, 2021 14:02 IST

  A multi-speciality healthcare provider has announced free healthcare services to all 127 Indian athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The athletes may avail any surgical treatment from about 50 surgeries free of cost for life.

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  Will Tokyo Olympics end India’s 120-year long wait for first athletics medal?

  Other Sports | March 02, 2021 13:10 IST

  While javelin star Neeraj Chopra is the brightest prospect for India's first medal in the track and field events, sprinter Hima Das's dash into the Olympics requires a reality check.

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  3 finalists, 2 Olympics quotas in mixed campaign for India

  Other Sports | October 06, 2019 16:31 IST

  In men's javelin throw Shivpal Singh failed to reach the final with a best throw of 78.97m that left him 24th in the qualification round.

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  Indian 4x400m mixed relay team finishes 7th in World Championships

  Other Sports | September 30, 2019 8:32 IST

  It was just a tad slower than the 3:15.71 clocked by the Indian team while winning gold in the Asian Games last year.

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  Asian Games 2018: Indian athletes put up best-ever show since 1951

  Other Sports | August 31, 2018 14:19 IST

  India have a tally of 7 gold, 10 silver and 2 bronze medals from athletics at this year's Asiad. 

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  Indian athletes probed over alleged doping ahead of 2018 Commonwealth Games

  Other Sports | March 31, 2018 19:03 IST

  A staff member at the Commonwealth Games Village in Gold Coast discovered syringes near the accommodation of Indian athletes.

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  Poor governance in sports reason for failure of athletes: Govt

  Politics | August 10, 2017 13:54 IST

  Government on Thursday acknowledged that the performance by Indian sportspersons was below potential and poor governance in sports, lack of professionalism and the absence of strong domestic competition were the key reasons for it

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  India needs more grassroots level programmes for athletes, says Abhinav Bindra

  Other Sports | November 30, 2016 14:36 IST

  Sharing his vision on how Indian athletes can up their game, former shooter Abhinav Bindra has called for improvement in sports infrastructure at the grassroots level. Speaking at a promotional event in Mumbai on Tuesday,

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  Watch: Minister Hansraj Gangaram makes controversial remark over BMWs gifted to Rio stars

  Politics | October 26, 2016 14:39 IST

  Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir sparked a controversy on Tuesday with his remarks in which he targeted the businessmen who gifted BMW cars to India’s Rio Olympic stars.

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  Rio 2016: Invited for dinner, Indian athletes return empty stomach from Indian Embassy

  Other Sports | August 17, 2016 9:20 IST

  A group of Indian athletes who were invited for Independence Day function at the Indian Embassy were only fed peanuts after being forced to skip their dinner.

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  Slamming critics, Virat Kohli salutes Indian athletes in Rio Olympics

  Cricket | August 14, 2016 12:25 IST

  Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli urged people to have optimistic approach and support the Indian athletes participating in Rio Olympics, saying that the athletes have given their heart and soul to be there despite not

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  India is ‘phenomenally proud’ of its athletes in Rio: PM Modi’s response to Tendulkar

  Politics | August 14, 2016 7:22 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday praised on India’s contingent in Rio Olympics, saying that the country is ‘phenomenally proud’ of them and their hard work that got them there.

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  How celebs ripped into Shobhaa De for her ‘Rio Jao, Khaali haath wapas aao’ remark

  Other Sports | August 09, 2016 15:34 IST

  Famous writer and socialite Shobhaa De invited controversy on Monday when she took a dig at the Indian athletes participating at the Rio Olympics on Twitter.

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  Meet India’s top medal-winning hopefuls at the 2016 Rio Olympics

  Other Sports | May 12, 2016 22:28 IST

  here is a look at some of India’s best bets for winning a medal in the world’s biggest sporting event.

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  More Indian athletes in Rio Olympics than in 2012, tally at 86 and growing

  Other Sports | May 04, 2016 19:28 IST

  The number of Indian athletes qualifying for Rio Olympics 2016 touched 86 on Tuesday, when an unprecedented seven shuttlers confirmed their qualification.