A hands-on shopping experience of athleisure wear in Coimbatore

A hands-on shopping experience of athleisure wear in Coimbatore

A section of the flagship store in Coimbatore | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “The youth are set to begin the race of their life. We are here to give them wings to help them run faster,” says Sunil Jhunjhunwala, co-founder of TechnoSport, elated with the launch of their first flagship store in Coimbatore, a key city […]

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Olympic silver medallist Nijel Amos gets 3-year ban for doping

Olympic silver medallist Nijel Amos gets 3-year ban for doping

2012 Olympic silver medalist in the men’s 800 m, Nijel Amos. Photo Credit: NijelAmos/Twitter Nijel Amos, a 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the men’s 800 m, has been banned for three years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit said in a ruling published on May 3. The runner from Botswana tested positive for the banned […]

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A year on, OVEP taking small but significant steps in instilling the values of Olympism

A year on, OVEP taking small but significant steps in instilling the values of Olympism

When my two-decade-long sporting career came to a close with a fourth-place finish at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 — as I missed bronze by a whisker — what could have been a moment of crushing disappointment, was in fact one filled with immense gratitude. Rivals, teammates, coaches, people from all parts of the world […]

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Olympian Oscar Pistorius eligible for parole, could be free this week

Olympian Oscar Pistorius eligible for parole, could be free this week

File picture of Oscar Pistorius leaving the court in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius has applied for parole and could be released from prison 10 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp | Photo Credit: AP Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has applied for parole and is expected to attend a hearing on Friday that will decide […]

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Meet Visakhapatnam’s breakdancers who are nurturing the Olympic dream

Meet Visakhapatnam’s breakdancers who are nurturing the Olympic dream

Participants in a breaking class at Destiny Breakers Dance School in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: KR Deepak In a narrow lane winding into a residential colony in Visakhapatnam, a room throbs to the beats of hip-hop music. Here, a small team of dancers in the age group of eight to 20 flip, freeze and sway […]

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IOC warns Afghanistan over women’s sports and Olympics

IOC warns Afghanistan over women’s sports and Olympics

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach attends the opening of the Executive Board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, Dec. 5, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday warned that it could stop working with Afghanistan ahead of the next Olympics in 2024 if women are not allowed […]

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The madman and a collie: characters who lit the World Cup over the years

The madman and a collie: characters who lit the World Cup over the years

This is it, easily the biggest sporting spectacle on the planet. Cricket fans often quote Mike Marqusee’s iconic description of an India-Pakistan cricket match as ‘war minus the shooting’; in football, El Salvador and Honduras actually went to war after a bitterly contested World Cup qualifying tournament in 1969. Nothing quite matches the kind of […]

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Lovlina keen to add more power to her punches in the lead-up to the Asian Games

Lovlina keen to add more power to her punches in the lead-up to the Asian Games

The boxer feels that the gold in the 75kg category at the National Games will hold her in good stead in future international events The boxer feels that the gold in the 75kg category at the National Games will hold her in good stead in future international events Having secured the National Games gold as […]

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National Games, Archery | Sangeeta’s controlled performance helps her claim recurve women’s individual and team gold medals

National Games, Archery | Sangeeta’s controlled performance helps her claim recurve women’s individual and team gold medals

Sangeeta gave a controlled performance to claim recurve women’s individual and team gold medals in the National Games at the Sanskardham archery ground here on Thursday. In Archery 🏹 Recurve Individual Women’s, Sangeeta from Haryana won Gold, Jharkhand won Silver and Services won Bronze Medal.#NationalGames2022 | #36thNationalGamespic.twitter.com/Q3Eqz5EolL — DD Sports – National Games 2022 🇮🇳 […]

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Gujarat all set to host the National Games; PM to inaugurate it today

Gujarat all set to host the National Games; PM to inaugurate it today

The Gujarat Government has relied on its existing infrastructure in six cities — Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar and Rajkot — to make the mega event possible in 90 days The Gujarat Government has relied on its existing infrastructure in six cities — Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar and Rajkot — to make the mega […]

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