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Elite Indian Wrestlers Object to Reopening of National Team Training Camps
21 May 2020
According to reports, the wrestlers are apprehensive about reopening of national camps at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centres in Sonepat and Patiala since their sport can’t be completely…
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Communication Lockdown In SAI After Cook Dies And Tests Positive For Covid-19
20 May 2020
The cook who had left the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Bengaluru centre prior to the lockdown, had returned to discuss reopening the facility. He passed away due to a cardiac arrest and was later…
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Guidelines for Athletes Get Stricter as Training Gets Thumbs Up
19 May 2020
Sports Authority of India (SAI) is in the process of getting the national camps restarted in Bengaluru and Patiala, where athletes have been in lockdown for the past two months.
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Sania Mirza: Women Still Have it Tough to Pursue Sport as a Career in India
08 May 2020
Though Sania Mirza admits things are better in India now than it was when she started her tennis career 20-odd years back, the three-time Grand Slam winner insists cultural shackles weigh down a girl…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
Lockdown Tales from Hockey: Neha Goyal Dribbles Around Life’s Questions
02 May 2020
A virus has halted everything, even the Olympics, the greatest sporting constant. Stuck now at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bengaluru — the Indian hockey teams’ training base — Neha…
Aaryanshi Mohan
Limba Ram’s Condition Worsens; Authorities Intervene to Restart Life-Saving Injections
27 Apr 2020
Limba Ram, the Indian Archer who missed the bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics by a narrow margin, suffers from a neuro-degenerative disease (multiple system atrophy). As his condition…
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SAI And TOPS Hope To Equip Athletes In Lockdown; NSFs May Face Cut in CSR Funding
27 Apr 2020
With the ongoing coronavirus national lockdown, Sports Authority of India (SAI) along with Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) have decided to provide athletes with necessary equipment at their…
Saanika Kala
Indian Women’s Hockey Team Pulls Together To Raise Funds For Migrant Families
18 Apr 2020
The Indian women's hockey team players, currently in lockdown at Sports Authority of India (SAI) Bengaluru, will start an online fitness challenge which will double up as an exercise to generate…
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Increased Doping Cases In Olympic Year Raises Concerns for India
21 Mar 2020
Rise in the number of positive dope cases, that too in disciplines where medals are expected, could turn out to be a big setback as well as embarrassment for the Indian contingent if and when the…
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Isolations, Cancelled Leaves and Soap: How the Sport World is Dealing with the Coronavirus
17 Mar 2020
The BCCI has postponed multiple cricketing events over the past few days. India’s women players have been asked to return to camp to avoid catching the virus, as their coach cancels his flight to…