| Kiren Rijiju sanctions Rs 5 crore for Anju Bobby George's academy
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| Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 5 crore to athlete Anju Bobby George's Athletics Academy at Bengaluru.George is the only Indian to win a World Athletics Championships medal. She clinched a bronze medal in the long jump at Paris in 2003.Rijiju took to Twitter to write: "Happy to meet Anju Bobby George, the first-ever and the only Indian to win a World Athletics Championships medal (Long Jump Bronze medal) at Paris in 2003. Today, sanctioned Rs 5 crore for her Athletics Academy at Bangaluru.
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| Dam oustees observe 'Dhikkar Diwas', dump PM effigy in Narmada
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| Oustees of the Sardar Sarovar Dam, built on the Narmada river in Gujarat, and NBA activists staged a sit-in, observed "Dhikkar Diwas on Tuesday, the 69th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and dumped his effigy into the holy river here in Madhya Pradesh. The protesters, which included members of the Medha Patkar-led Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), squatted on the Khandwa-Baroda state highway-26 here, bringing the traffic to a standstill for hours. Some of them got their heads shaved as a mark of protest and demanded that the Sardar Sarovar Dam's (SSD) gates be opened immediately as the backwater of the reservoir has flooded their homes in Madhya Pradesh located in the catchment area of the mega dam. The protesters said they were observing "Dhikkar Diwas" (day of condemnation) to denounce the Gujarat government for organising a festival at the dam site in Narmada district to coincide with Modi's 69th birthday. The PM visited Kevadiya village in the adjoining state ..
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| China chooses panda as Winter Olympics mascot
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| China has chosen its most iconic animal -- the panda -- to be the official mascot of the Beijing Olympics in 2022, the Winter Games organising committee announced on Tuesday. The mascot, named "Bing Dwen Dwen," is a chubby giant panda wearing a suit of ice. The black and white bear has a "heart of gold and a love of all things winter sports," tweeted the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. For the Paralympic Winter Games, the mascot is a blushing red lantern named "Shuey Rhon Rhon." Beijing will be the first city to host both summer and winter Games, after winning the bid in 2015, beating out underdog Almaty. The Chinese capital held the summer Olympics in 2008 in what was then seen as China sealing its place on the world stage as an emerging superpower. Beijing will have to rely on widespread use of artificial snow for the Winter Games, and has said it will budget $1.5 billion for investment in Olympic villages, sports venues, and other ...
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| Anurag Thakur announces sports academy for Leh
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| Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday announced that a cricket and sports academy will be set up in Ladakh to ensure that talented athletes of the region get the required training to excel. According to a statement from his office, Thakur also joined Army personnel in Leh to carry out a cleanliness drive to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 69th birthday. He said people must become conscious and work together towards eliminating single-use plastic to combat the challenge posed by climate change. Making the announcement regarding starting a sports academy, Thakur, a former BCCI president, said he had always made efforts to allow sportspersons have a platform to develop themselves. "I firmly believe that sports help in building character and thus I propose to set up a cricket and sports academy in Leh to ensure that youth of the region gets equal opportunity and a platform to excel," he was quoted as saying in the statement. A number of Union ministers has visited the region after ..
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| Neymar's PSG Champions League suspension cut
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| Neymar's Champions League ban for insulting match officials on social media has been reduced from three games to two following an appeal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Tuesday. The world's most expensive player following his move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for 222 million euros in 2017 will miss the fixtures against Real Madrid on Wednesday and Galatasaray in two weeks' time due to the original ban from UEFA. However, he will now be free to face Belgian side Bruges on October 22. "The Sole Arbitrator partially upheld the appeal and reduced the suspension imposed by UEFA on Neymar Jr. to two (2) UEFA competition matches for which he would otherwise be eligible," CAS said in a statement. The Brazilian criticised the referee and his assistants after PSG's last-16 collapse against Manchester United in March which he watched from the stands due to injury. United were awarded a penalty deep into injury time after a protracted VAR decision, which Marcus ...
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| Vinesh beaten by defending champion Mukaida, to fight for bronze
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| Vinesh Phogat was pushed out of the title race by reigning champion Mayu Mukaida of Japan but one of India's biggest hopes remained in bronze medal hunt in the 53kg category at the World Wrestling Championship here on Tuesday. Mukaida later reached the final to help Vinesh stay in the medal hunt as well as Tokyo Olympics qualification. Two victories will ensure her place in Tokyo Olympics. She will now have to beat three wrestlers in the repechage- Yuliia Khavaldzhy Blahinya from Ukraine, world number one Sarah Ann Hildebrandt and then Maria Prevolaraki from Greece to win her first Worlds medal. It was second consecutive defeat for Vinesh against the Japanese this season after losing to the two-time world champion at the Asian Championship in China. Vinesh has CWG and Asian Games titles but is yet to win a medal at the Worlds. "Japan is a wrestling powerhouse. It takes some time to attack these girls. It's about one technique, one move one point that changes the bout. I tried, it did .
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