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Urgent, stringent steps needed to ensure safety of India’s women athletes
Sport is about sportsmanship and fair play. However not everyone involved with sports, as a player, official or coach, upholds the high principles of sport. Women players have to contend with many…
- Sports
Asian Games: India schedule for Day 10
Hangzhou: Following is the schedule of Team India for Wednesday, October 4: ATHLETICS: 4:30 am: 35km Race Walk Mixed Team – Manju Rani, Ram Baboo 16:30 pm: Men’s High Jump Final –…
- Sports
22 new athletes added to India’s list of Asian Games participants
New Delhi: The sports ministry on Thursday shared a revised list of Indian contingent for the upcoming Asian Games, adding 22 new sportspersons and naming 25 replacements, which include athletes, coaches, and…
- Health
Testosterone-replacement therapy not for athletes, bodybuilders: Study
New York: Testosterone-replacement therapy is safe only for men with hypogonadism, also known as low testosterone, and not for athletes, bodybuilders, according to a major study on 5,246 men. Called as the…
- India
Release funds for Indian athletes for Special Olympics: Delhi HC to Centre
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has allowed the Centre to release funds to enable the participation of the Indian team in the upcoming Special Olympics World Games, 2023, modifying a 2022 order…
- India
Wrestlers’ protest take political colour, farmer leaders also support athletes
New Delhi: Several politicians, including former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and ‘khap’ leaders on Tuesday met with the protesting wrestlers and extended their support to them. Hooda, Udit Raj, another Congress…
- Sports
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat to interact with women athletes on Wednesday
New Delhi: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat will interact with women athletes and give them a pep talk here on Wednesday, according to an official statement issued here. Phogat became the first Indian woman…
- Sports
Indian govt will pay athletes in full for international competitions: Sports Ministry
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has sanctioned foreign exposure trips for athletes across the sports of wrestling, weightlifting and shooting at full cost to the Government of India. “The Govt has approved…
- India
Kashmiri athlete carries India’s flag at Beijing Olympics; It is snub to right-wingers
As the winter Olympic Games got off to a spectacular start in Beijing, India’s Arif Mohammed Khan from Kashmir proudly carried the Indian flag into the huge Birds Nest stadium. It was highly…