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When Asian Games paved the way for Anayoottu

Ritual was started to help elephants paraded at 1982 Games’ opening ceremony regain health

The Hindu

'I am playing my best table tennis at 40': Sharath Kamal decodes India's medal chances at CWG 2022

NEW DELHI: "My biggest recall of India at the Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games (CWG) is that guy with the hair band playing table tennis." The 19-year-old teenager who said this during a conversation with the author couldn't remember the name of the player, but could almost portray the…

The Times of India

The third innings goes from place-holder to match-decider

At an Asian Games table tennis event long ago, a Korean coach explained to me the importance of the

The Hindu

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Won't get marriage certificate but might get married after Paris Olympics: Dutee Chand reveals plans for CWG 2022 & beyond

NEW DELHI: Dutee Chand was just 18 when she came across a battle she never thought she would have to fight. She was India's U-18 100m champion then, in absolute love with what she was doing, and more importantly, for who she was. But a medical test turned her life…

The Times of India

Avinash Sable | The serial record-breaker with a monk’s calmness

Steeplechaser Avinash Sable has experienced the highs and braved the lows, transforming into a runner with a single-minded focus on performance. He may not be the poster boy of Indian athletics yet, but he is one of the country’s few genuine medal prospects on the world stage

The Hindu

Asiad medallist MR Poovamma handed 3-month ban by NADA for dope flunk

NEW DELHI: Senior India quarter-miler and Asian games medallist MR Poovamma has been handed a three-month ban by the National Anti-Doping Agency for failing a dope test last year.

The Times of India

In a first, Indian rugby player banned for doping; lawyer says will appeal verdict

NEW DELHI: In probably the first case of doping in Indian rugby, a national-level female player, Antima Kumari from Bihar, who was shortlisted for the now-postponed Asian Games in Hangzhou, has been banned for two years by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after traces of prohibited specified substance 'Tamoxifen' was…

The Times of India

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Archery World Cup: Jyothi returns with a bang, finishes second in qualification round

PARIS: Making a comeback to the national side after more than seven months, star compound archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam on Tuesday emerged as the best among Indians with a second place finish in qualification round of the World Cup Stage 3 here.

The Times of India

Running legend Hari Chand passes away at 69

CHANDIGARH: One of the unsung heroes of Indian athletes, 1978 Bangkok Asian Games double gold medallist Hari Chand breathed his last in Jalandhar late on Sunday night. He was 69.

The Times of India

Long distance great Hari Chand passes away

He bagged the 5000 and 10000m golds at the Bangkok Asian Games

The Hindu

Running individual 400m is not yet over for Hima, hints at doing that again in postponed Asian Games

The 22-year-old 'Dhing Express' last ran a major 400m race during the Asian Championships in Doha in April 2019.

The Hindu

Thai teen athletes emerge as SEA's best

Clinching a total of seven gold medals in athletics among the two, national teen stars Puripol Boonson and Thai-Australian Joshua Robert Atkinson made Thailand proud of their record-breaking feat at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, recently.

Bangkok Post

Deaflympics gold has spurred me to win medals at Asiad, 2024 Olympics: Diksha Dagar

NEW DELHI: Bolstered by her unprecedented gold-medal winning run at the 24th Summer Deaflympics, Indian golfer Diksha Dagar has now trained her eyes on returning with medals from the postponed Asian Games and the 2024 Olympics.

The Times of India

AHF not worried about Olympic qualifications

The Asian body is prepared to hold an independent qualifying event if Asian Games are not held by September 2023

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AHF to conduct Olympic qualifiers independently if Asiad not held by September 2023

NEW DELHI: The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) on Wednesday said it will conduct the Olympic qualifiers independently if the postponed Hangzhou Asian Games is not held by September next year.

Bangkok Post

Thailand wins SEA Games bronze after swim controversy

Olympic swimming hero Joseph Schooling had a first gold of this year's Southeast Asian Games dramatically snatched away when Singapore's sprint relay team were disqualified.

Caixin Global

China Pulls Out of Hosting 2023 Asian Cup Due to Covid

Shock announcement comes after Beijing postponed the 2022 Asian Games as lockdowns continue to restrict the movements of hundreds of millions of people across the country

The Hindu

Government notifies top sporting events

All Olympics Games, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games have been declared as events of national importance

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Uttar Pradesh Cabinet to include Olympics, Asian Games medal winners in 9 departments

The State Cabinet gave its consent to hold the session of the U.P. Legislature from May 23

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One more year: On the postponement of Hangzhou Asian Games

As the Asiad is put off, athletes have to rework preparations and priorities

The Times of India

Rajesh Bhandari appointed boxing Task Force secretary for postponed Asian Games

NEW DELHI: Boxing Federation of India (BFI) vice president Rajesh Bhandari has been appointed as the secretary of the Task Force which will conduct the sport during the postponed Hangzhou Asian Games.

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Covid Curbs Push China Off Global Sporting Map

China's ambitions to be a global sporting hub took a heavy blow as the postponement of this year's Asian Games further isolated a country already cut off by its hardline zero-Covid strategy. The ruling Communist Party burnished its global image with an array of dazzling spectacles such as Beijing's 2008…

The Times of India

It's good Santiago Nieva is out of Indian boxing: Vikas Krishan

NEW DELHI: A day after TOI broke the story about Santiago Nieva's sudden resignation as the Indian boxing's high-performance director (HPD), Commonwealth and Asian Games gold medallist Vikas Krishan reflected on the Swede's tenure with the men's boxing team and said the country's pugilists would benefit from his exit ahead…

The Times of India

What is going to be the likely slot for postponed Asian Games next year? Maybe September 2023

NEW DELHI: The slotting of the postponed Hangzhou Asian Games is a matter of speculation but the decision-making is likely to be influenced by athletics' choc-a-bloc international calendar, weather and that it must not clash with another Continental showpiece.

The Times of India

Asian Games postponement: Federations tweak plans, set to field best teams for CWG, world events

NEW DELHI: The Asian Games postponement has come as a huge disappointment for few athletes but it has also taken away the dilemma of National Sports Federations (NSFs), which were forced to finalise separate teams for Asiad, Birmingham Commonwealth Games and the world events.

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