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Hope meeting will inspire children in their journey as young athletes: Nee
Updated : 4 days, 8 hours ago IST
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra spent time speaking to the young children, signing autographs and recalling his Olympic Gold-winning feat. Perhaps the most special moment of the afternoon came when 30-odd children joined Chopra in reliving the National Anthem played at his Medal Ceremony at t
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Lakshya Sen crashes out of All England Open Badminton Championship
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Current World No. 19 Lakshya Sen, who had lost to Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the All England Open final last year, lost 21-13, 21-15 to world No. 18 Antonsen in the round of 16 of the BWF Super 1000 event.
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Will put an end to 90-metre question this year: Neeraj Chopra
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
"This year I will put an end to the 90-metre question. I have been asked this question many times and I think I will be able to end this question this year," said Neeraj Chopra at the Revsports Trailblazers platform.
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Double Olympic champion David Rudisha urges athletes to go all out at New
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Speaking at the pre-marathon press conference, Kenya's legendary middle-distance runner pointed out that this was the last opportunity and platform for India's top marathoners to win their berths for the Hangzhou Games in September
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Olympic champion Estelle Mossely among top boxers at IBA Women's World Box
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Boxing Federations of India (BFI) will be hosting the Women's World Boxing Championships for the third time, most ever by any country since the tournament's inception and a total of 350 plus boxers from 74 countries have registered so far for this biennial event
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WTT Star Contender Goa: Olympic Champions Ma, Chen to compete
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The 34-year-old Ma, widely regarded as the best to have ever played the game, is a two-time Olympic champion
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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins silver medal at World Championships
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mirabai lifted a total of 200kg (87kg snatch + 113kg clean & jerk), 2kg more than the Olympic champion from China Hou Zhihua (198kg) and 6kg behind another Chinese, Jiang Huihua (206kg: 93+113) who won the gold medal.
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BWF World Tour Finals: Prannoy clubbed with Olympic champion Axelsen, Nara
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The World No. 12, playing in his first year-end tournament, has been clubbed in Group A along with Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, Japan's Kodai Naraoka and China's Lu Guang Zu.
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Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra is the 'Friendship Ambassador' of Switzerla
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI/Mediawire): Switzerland Tourism has teamed up with Olympic Gold medallist Neeraj Chopra as its friendship ambassador to promote its notable tourist destinations to the burgeoning Indian travellers. As part of his new role, Chopra will share his experien
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More Sweat, More Glory: Times of India Sports Awards returns for its 5th E
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): India's stellar performance at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics is testament to the country's enormous sporting talent and to and recognise these sporting achievements, The Times of India is back with the 5th edition of its flagship proper
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Haile Gebrselassie named International Event Ambassador of Delhi Half Mara
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Haile Gebrselassie won the 10,000 m gold in successive Olympics (1996 & 2000) and eight World Championships Indoor and Outdoor track titles from the 1,500 m to the 10,000 m in a storied career.
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PM Modi congratulates Neeraj Chopra on becoming first Indian to win presti
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The PM shared a tweet to applaud the Olympic Champion on his consistent performance, winning two major tournaments.
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