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Help IS on the way for households preparing for huge energy bills this winter, a Tory minister has insisted. The energy price cap will rise again - sending the average household bill rocketing to £3,549 from October - regulator Ofgem announced on Friday (August 26).
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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur termed FIFA's lifting of India's suspension as a "victory for all football fans" in the country after the global body had banned the country due to "undue influence from third parties. Thakur's ministry did play an active role in co-ordinating with FIFA as the Supreme Court of India ended the tenure of Committee of Administrators (COA), which was primary requirement to lift the ban. "Delighted to share the Bureau of the FIFA Council decided today to lift the suspension of the AIFF with immediate effect. The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 scheduled to take place on 11-30 October 2022 will be held in India as planned! A victory for all football fans!" sports minister Thakur tweeted.
RIYADH: Saudi Sports Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, who is also president of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation, thanked King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for their support of the ISSF at the closing ceremony of the COVID-delayed Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 in the Turkish city of Konya on Thursday.
Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh, in his younger days, was a talented footballer. He was 18 years old when he was spotted by Border Security Force (BSF) officials during a football match in Manipur capital Imphal. He joined the BSF team and was part of the side that won the Durand Cup. He quit the BSF team a year later in 1982, but played football for 10 more years in the Manipur state team.
Athletes for Team Nigeria take part in the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, central England, on July 28, 2022. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)
The 59-year-old Sonowal, currently holding the portfolio of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in the Union Council of Ministers and a former Union sports minister, has approached the Assam Football Association regarding a possible nomination for the AIFF polls. But, nothing is official as of now as he is weighing the pros and cons. He is also yet to get the go ahead from his party, the BJP, according to sources.
More than 90 current and retired Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes are repeating calls to federal sport minister Pascale St-Onge to help clean up what they say is a toxic climate in their sport.