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  How India laid the foundation for its first Mondo track in Delhi? SAI secretary reveals | Exclusive

  Other Sports | August 29, 2025 21:38 IST

  On National Sports Day, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated India’s first-ever Mondo track at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, a project long in the making and seen as a milestone for the country’s sporting future.

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  Govt asks BCCI, SAI to take measures to prevent surrogate tobacco ads by sportspersons

  India | August 01, 2024 23:49 IST

  Various surveys have found that the age of initiation for tobacco consumption in India is as low as seven years, Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Atul Goel, said in a letter to BCCI and SAI.

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  SAI approves extension of athletics national camp till March 31

  Other Sports | January 04, 2022 20:37 IST

  The sports governing body approved the extension of athletics camps across five different locations in the country.

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  Sports Minister Anurag Thakur calls Olympics medal winners 'New Heroes of a 'New India'

  News | August 09, 2021 20:08 IST

  From Neeraj Chopra, Bajrang Punia, Lovlina to others, all our athletes represent a new India. They are 'New Heroes of a 'New India'... We will ensure that all possible (sports) facilities are arranged from our end: Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur

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  The women's hockey team cut a cake as part of celebration at Hotel Ashoka in Delhi

  News | August 09, 2021 19:57 IST

  The women's hockey team cut a cake in celebration at Hotel Ashoka in Delhi. The team qualified for Olympics semi-finals for the first time and finished fourth at Tokyo 2020.

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  Indian athletes to undergo modules for Olympic protocols

  Other Sports | June 25, 2021 21:18 IST

  The interactive programme is designed to help athletes and support staff understand Covid-19 protocols, Japanese culture and anti-doping rules.

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  SAI sacks Greco-Roman foreign coach Temo Kazarashvili for non-performance

  Other Sports | June 11, 2021 15:07 IST

  India had hired Kazarashvili in February 2019 to train country's Greco Roman wrestlers at the national camp in Sonepat till Olympics.

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  Govt to provide medical and accident insurance to more than 13,000 athletes and coaches

  Other Sports | May 20, 2021 13:25 IST

  The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Thursday said that with this decision, the coverage would increase to more than 13,000 athletes, coaches and support staff.

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  SAI suspends coach for alleged sexual assault on minor

  Other Sports | April 22, 2021 20:09 IST

  The accused, who is above 50 years of age and is an athletics coach, is currently lodged in Tihar Jail under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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  SAI seeks report over flouting of Covid-19 norms at wrestling nationals

  Other Sports | January 24, 2021 13:08 IST

  It was reported that social distancing norms and other procedures put in place by the sports ministry were flouted at the indoor arena of the Noida Stadium.

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  Government sanctions 40-day Hungary training camp for Vinesh Phogat and her team

  Other Sports | December 25, 2020 12:50 IST

  The camp will take place from December 28 to January 24 at the Vasas Sports Club in Budapest, Hungary and from January 24 to February 5 at the Olympic Training Centre in Szczryk in Poland.

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  Arpinder Singh unhappy with TOPS exclusion

  Other Sports | December 01, 2020 12:36 IST

  The triple jumper says dropping him without any events to show his performance during lockdown was demoralising.

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  Archer Kapil tests positive for COVID-19 at national camp in Pune

  Other Sports | November 30, 2020 11:22 IST

  The archer is asymptomatic and being monitored by a medical team, said Sports Authority of India.

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  Dutee Chand, Shivpal Singh among eight athletes included in TOPS core group

  Cricket | November 29, 2020 14:42 IST

  Triple Jumper Arpinder Singh was excluded from the TOPS scheme while 400m runners MR Poovamma, Nirmal Noah Tom, Alex Anthony included in the scheme along with javelin thrower Annu Rani.

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  Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 5 lakh for family of deceased footballer Manitombi Singh

  Football | November 06, 2020 19:32 IST

  Defender Manitombi Singh, who died in August at the age of 39 in Imphal after long illness, was the only earning member of his family and is survived by parents, wife and an eight-year-old son.

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  UP Police has arrested 3 for duping athletes through false Khelo India ad: SAI

  Other Sports | November 06, 2020 19:19 IST

  The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday said that the Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested three persons, including a former kabaddi player, for fleecing athletes through a false advertisement for Khelo India Games.

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  National TT camp gets underway; Sharath Kamal, Anusha to join on Thursday

  Other Sports | October 28, 2020 15:34 IST

  With the focus firmly on qualifying for 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the Indian table tennis players on Wednesday resumed their training after almost seven months at the national camp in Sonepat.

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  Para-archer Ankit discharged from hospital after testing COVID-19 positive, in home isolation

  Cricket | October 23, 2020 20:02 IST

  Ankit was admitted to the Bhagwan Dass Hospital on October 14 after testing positive for the dreaded virus during a national camp at the SAI Northern Regional Centre.

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  SAI approves two-month shooting camp for core Olympic probables from October 15

  Other Sports | October 08, 2020 16:16 IST

  The national camp had been postponed twice in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) with no option but to wait for the situation to improve.

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  Sports minister Kiren Rijiju sanctions Rs 5 lakh each to two needy sportspersons

  Other Sports | October 06, 2020 20:11 IST

  The Sports Ministry announced financial help of Rs 5 lakh each to boxer Sunil Chauhan and his brother Neeraj, who is an archer, considering the hardships they were facing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.