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Streamlined Khelo India Winter Games Will Help Athletes: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur
The curtains went up on the second and final chapter of the Khelo India Winter Games 2024 with snowflakes sweeping the iconic Gulmarg Club on Wednesday evening. The Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Nisith Pramanik and the Lt. Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha, inaugurated the meet. The first part of the Winter Games were held in Ladakh for the first time from Feb 2-6.
Gulveer Singh Loses 3000m Gold In Asian Indoor Championships Due To 'Lane Infringement'
India's Gulveer Singh lost his men's 3000m gold medal in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran after he was disqualified for 'lane infringement'. Gulveer had clocked 8 minutes 07.48 seconds to finish on top of the podium in the 3000m final, a non Olympic athletics event, late on Monday. He was later disqualified for lane infringement and a late night 'appeal' by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) was also rejected.
Indian Men's, Women's Team Crash Out Of World Table Tennis Championships
Both the Indian men's and women's teams ended their challenge at the ongoing World Team Table Tennis Championships after defeats to South Korea and Chinese Taipei respectively on Wednesday. Moving to the quarterfinals would have ensured an Olympics 2024 quota for both Indian teams, but the dreams of earning a direct qualification through this tournament is over. However, India can still fulfill its Paris 2024 dream depending on their world ranking at the month-end. The men's team was defeated by South Korea 3-0.
Canadian rugby 7s squads look to put disappointing results behind them in Vancouver
After a disappointing showing at the Perth stop of the HSBC SVNS Series, both the Canadian men's and women's rugby sevens squads are looking for better results in Vancouver.
How Canada did at 2 big world championships
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Brandon McNulty leads UAE Team Emirates to clean sweep in Stage 2 time trial
UAE Team Emirates made a sensational clean sweep of the podium in the UAE Tour’s Stage 2 individual time trial at Hudayriyat Island on Tuesday.
Indian Men, Women Progress To Knock-Out Phase Of World TT C'ships
The Indian men's and women's sides registered contrasting wins in their final group games to progress to the knock-out phase of the Word Table Tennis Team Championships on Tuesday. While the Indian women's team pulled off a thrilling come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Spain, the men's side brushed aside New Zealand 3-0. The Indian women's team, the stronger side on paper, were pushed against the wall but found a way to scrape past the Spaniards after Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra lost the first two singles of the tie. After Ayhika Mukherjee kept India in the contest with a win in the third singles, Manika and Sreeja returned to get the job done in the fourth and fifth singles.