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Ministry Musings: BCCI Wants To Adopt Olympic Sports; Government Mulling Approval To OCI Athletes

The BCCI is "keen on adopting two to three Olympic disciplines" in the sports ministry's ambitious plan to have corporate-backed individual Centres of Excellence, the work for which will begin this year. This was conveyed by the cash-rich cricket body in a meeting with sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on Thursday. The gathering also featured "representatives from 58 corporate houses". "Mr Rajeev Shukla, who represented the BCCI in this meeting, said that the Board is willing to adopt two to three Olympic disciplines and would leave it on the ministry to decide what those disciplines would be," a source in the sports ministry said.

Neeraj Chopra Blunt About Relationship With Arshad Nadeem Amid India-Pakistan Border Tension: "Not..."

Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem are two of the brightest javelin throwers in the world. Both are Olympic gold medallists and their duel at the Paris Olympics was widely followed across the world. On the eve of the Diamond League in Doha, the two-time Olympic medallist, and reigning world champion, sought to set the record straight when asked about his equation with Arshad, who won the gold medal in the Paris Games last year after the Indian finished at the top of the podium in the Tokyo edition in 2021.

"Don't Have Strong Relationship" With Arshad Nadeem: Neeraj Chopra Clears Stance After India-Pakistan Tension

Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem are two of the brightest javelin throwers in the world. Both are Olympic gold medallists and their duel at the Paris Olympics was widely followed across the world. On the eve of the Diamond League in Doha, the two-time Olympic medallist, and reigning world champion, sought to set the record straight when asked about his equation with Arshad, who won the gold medal in the Paris Games last year after the Indian finished at the top of the podium in the Tokyo edition in 2021.

Kendrick Perkins' Anti-Jokic Crusade Undermines ESPN's Entire NBA Playoff Coverage

For a network that will soon pay $2.6 billion a year for rights to the NBA, one would think ESPN wouldn't let one emotionally-triggered commentator undermine its entire coverage of the league. Yet that's exactly what ESPN is doing by continuing to use Kendrick Perkins as its lead NBA analyst.

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Ministry Musings: BCCI Wants To Adopt Olympic Sports; Government Mulling Approval To OCI Athletes

Neeraj Chopra Blunt About Relationship With Arshad Nadeem Amid India-Pakistan Border Tension: "Not..."

"Don't Have Strong Relationship" With Arshad Nadeem: Neeraj Chopra Clears Stance After India-Pakistan Tension

Kendrick Perkins' Anti-Jokic Crusade Undermines ESPN's Entire NBA Playoff Coverage

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