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Govt to provide medical, accident insurance to 13,000 athletes and coaches

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said the well-being of athletes, coaches and support staff are his ministry's priority and the decision is in line with that objective

Never break Covid-19 protocols of other countries: Rijiju to athletes

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday cautioned Indian sportspersons against breaking Covi-19 protocols of foreign countries while travelling for training or competition.

Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik and Olympic qualified sailors included in TOPS

Six athletes which include two wrestlers and four sailors have been included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) core group.This is as per the policy decision taken at the 56th meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell held on April 7, where it was decided that all Olympic-qualified athletes will be supported through TOPS."Women's 57 kg wrestler Anshu Malik and women's 62 kg wrestler Sonam Malik have been included in the TOPS core group after attaining their Tokyo Olympic quotas at the Asian Wrestling Olympic qualifier," an official statement read.Both the athletes were previously a part of the TOPS development group. They are among six wrestlers to win quotas for the Tokyo Olympics.Joining them in TOPS would be the four sailors who attained qualification at the Mussanah Open Championships. Nethra Kumanan became the first ever Indian female sailor to qualify for the Olympics. Vishnu Saravanan qualified in the laser standard class event and the team of KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar ..

IOA working with AIIMS authorities to vaccinate Olympic-bound athletes

The Indian Olympic Association has asked the authorities to expedite the process to get the Olympic-bound athletes get vaccinated soon at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

26 athletes test positive for Covid at NIS Patiala, but none Tokyo-bound

Twenty six sportspersons and support staff across disciplines were found to be COVID-19 positive after around 380 campers were subjected to tests for the dreaded infection at the NIS in Patiala

Long jumper Murli Sreeshankar qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Long jumper Sreeshankar on Tuesday qualified for the Olympics by bettering his own national record with a leap of 8.26m on the second day of the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships

Gymnastics test for athletes outside Japan for Tokyo Olympics canceled

A gymnastics test event in Tokyo for the Olympics that would have included athletes from outside Japan was canceled on Tuesday.

IOA writes to health minister for vaccination of athletes on priority

The Indian Olympic Association has written to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, requesting him to consider vaccinating the Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes on a priority basis

Athletes praise govt for arranging virtual National Sports Awards ceremony

Receiving an award directly from the President is more satisfying but a few athletes are still cheerful that at least the government is conducting the National Sports Awards virtually

Govt to launch 'Target Olympic Podium Scheme' for junior athletes: Rijiju

Rijiju announced the decision during the 'Fit Hai To Hit Hai Fit India' webinar which was attended by HRD minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal, P V Sindhu and Sunil Chhetri

Sports Ministry to remove salary cap of Rs 2 lakh for Indian coaches

The announcement came after the ministry's decision on Thursday to extend the contracts of all foreign coaches till September 30 next year

Downsized, simplified: Japan prepares for a 'very different' Tokyo Olympics

Japanese public is being prepared for the reality of next year's postponed Olympics, where athletes are likely to face quarantines, spectators will be fewer, and the delay will cost taxpayers billions

Athletes, and not sports federations, dominate feedback on training roadmap

18 Olympic NSFs were asked to respond by May 20 but only seven -- archery, hockey, rowing, squash, volleyball, weightlifting and yachting -- gave feedback before the deadline

'Concrete decision' on resumption of athletes' training soon: Kiren Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju interacted with more than 40 athletes from various disciplines including Hima Das, Neeraj Chopra, Tajinder Toor, KT Irfan, Shivpal Singh, Poovamma, Jinson Johnson, and Md Anas

'Elite' athletes to resume training once nationwide lockdown lifted: Rijiju

The country has been in lockdown since March 24 and it is currently slated to be lifted on May 17

IOC says no 'ideal' solution for Olympics as athletes voice Covid19 worries

'The IOC is committed to finding a solution with the least negative impact for the athletes,' a spokesperson said

Is there life for us after Kobe Bryant, superstar athlete and global hero?

For 20 years, Kobe flew over rims and took an entire city with him, thrilling audiences with a dynamism so raw that you could actually feel it from the other side of your telly

The quiet brain of the athlete

The brains of fit young athletes dial down extraneous noise and attend to important sounds better than those of other young people

Tailored treatments could help athletes with eating disorders, says study

An eating disorder in an athlete can remain hidden or invisible, and that is where it wreaks havoc

Now, athletes can identify prohibited medicines with NPPA, NADA app

The two regulators signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the purpose