Olympics
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'Youth for Education' to be started in Delhi: CM Kejriwal
News | Mar 09, 2021, 06:40 PM ISTChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Delhi Budget said that a programme named 'Youth for Education' will be started.
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Delhi will bid for 2048 Olympics: CM Kejriwal
News | Mar 09, 2021, 05:49 PM ISTChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Delhi Budget informed that city will bid for 2048 Olympics. "A vision has been provided in the Budget (Delhi Budget) that 2048 Olympic Games should be held in Delhi.
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'Don't believe rumours, Olympics on track': Kiren Rijiju
Sports | Mar 08, 2021, 12:19 PM ISTUnion Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, during 'Fit India Walkathon' in Delhi on March 08, urged countrymen to not believe in rumours and assured that the Olympics are on track and dates are finalised.
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Shooter Abhishek Verma sets up makeshift shooting range at his home in Chandigarh
News | Jul 21, 2020, 09:07 AM ISTTwo times gold medalist in 10M pistol Shooting World Cup, Abhishek Verma came up with unique idea for practice and opened small shooting range in his home at Chandigarh.
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Olympic Task Force recommends steps to improve sports in India
Other Sports | Aug 12, 2017, 06:33 PM ISTThe task force urged sports authorities to visit the countryside and make all out attempts to spot talent in various primary schools and nurture them.
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Olympics, Deloitte report, domestic pay structure on COA list
Cricket | Aug 08, 2017, 06:29 PM ISTAlso on the agenda will be audit firm Deloitte's presentation on financial irregularities in state associations.
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Paris, LA to host 2024, 2028 Olympic Games
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2017, 05:30 PM ISTEarlier, both Los Angeles and Paris were originally competing to host the 2024 Olympics.
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Usain Bolt to run 100, 4×100 relay in final World Championships
Other Sports | Jul 20, 2017, 04:37 PM ISTThe 100m and 200m world record holder Bolt said in a press conference that he will only run in the 100 and 4×100 relay in his last world championship appearance.
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Sports Ministry names Bindra, Gopichand in Task Force to ready action plan for next 3 Olympics
Other Sports | Jan 30, 2017, 06:36 PM ISTIndia's lone Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra and national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand today found a place in an eight-member Task Force of the Sports Ministry to draw up an action plan for the next three
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‘Honouring the winners with medals is not enough,’ Akshay Kumar pushes for monetary rewards to Olympians
Bollywood | Aug 16, 2016, 11:54 AM ISTAkshay Kumar says that honouring winners of competitions like Olympics with just medals is not enough, and that providing them financial rewards is important and practical practice.
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In pictures: 10 lesser known facts about ‘Baltimore Bullet’ Michael Phelps
Sports | Aug 13, 2016, 04:51 PM ISTHere, we bring you 10 lesser known facts about the “Baltimore Bullet”:
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This is how a Rickshaw driver’s daughter Deepika Kumari made it to Rio Olympics
Other Sports | Aug 11, 2016, 10:01 AM ISTJharkhand archer Deepika Kumari, who won her 1/64 and 1/32 contests in convincing fashion to book a place in the pre-quarters of the individual archery event at Rio 2016, has unwavering focus and determination which
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Doping in sports and how WADA acts against it
Other Sports | Jul 25, 2016, 06:59 PM ISTHere’s a look at the history of doping in athletic games and the measures taken by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to curb it.
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Dipa Karmakar becomes first Indian to be certified 'World Class Gymnast'
Other Sports | Jul 06, 2016, 08:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Depa Karmakar has scripted history by becoming the first Indian to be named as 'World Class Gymnast' by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique or FIG. The confirmation for the 'World Class Gymnast'
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Flying Sikh: 5 times when Milkha Singh cried
Other Sports | Jul 04, 2016, 07:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a stroll down the memory lane, Milkha Singh, also dubbed as the Flying Sikh, said that he has shed tears on five occasions in his eventful life, and the most saddening moment
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Usain Bolt withdraws from 100m final at Jamaican Olympic trials
Football | Jul 02, 2016, 09:53 AM ISTKingston (Jamaica): Casting doubt on his Rio de Janeiro Olympics appearance next month, Usain Bolt has withdrawn from his country's National Senior Championships citing an unspecified injury, said Jamaican officials. The national meet serves as
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Shooters Bindra, Narang misfire in World Cup
Other Sports | Jun 24, 2016, 10:45 AM ISTNarang, who had missed the 10m event in the Munich World Cup last month due to a heel injury, fired 123.1 points while Bindra finished with a disappointing 102.3 to be at the penultimate spot in the final.
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Ahead of the Olympics, financial emergency declared in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro
Other Sports | Jun 18, 2016, 11:11 AM ISTBrasilia: With less than 50 days left for the Olympics, the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has declared a financial emergency. According to the Interim Governor Francisco Dornelles, the "serious economic crisis" threatens to
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Russian track and field athletes banned from Rio Olympics
Other Sports | Jun 18, 2016, 06:41 AM ISTVienna: World athletics governing body IAAF on Friday extended the ban on the doping-tainted Russian athletics federation, barring Russia's track and field athletes from competing for their country at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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Indian weightlifters earn two quota places for Rio Olympics
Other Sports | May 02, 2016, 05:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian weightlifters earned two quota places for Rio Olympics - one each in men's and women's sections - at the recently-concluded Senior Asian Championships at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Indian women lifters collected 100 points