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UEFA Didn't Do a Great Job on Man City Case: Bayern Chairman; Malaysia Will Host Asian Champions League Matches and More (Football Round-Up)
28 Jul 2020
Short Passes (Football News Round-up): Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said UEFA 'didn't do a great job' on the Manchester City financial fairplay case | Malaysia to host Asian Champions…
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FIFPro Report Says Public Perception of Footballers Incorrect; AIFF to Hold National Camp in Odisha In September and More (Football Round-up)
17 Jul 2020
Short Passes (Football News Round-up): Public has the wrong idea of footballers, says FIFPro | AIFF plans to hold a national camp in September before the WC qualifier against Qatar | Football fans…
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Premier League Clubs to Boycott Firms That Incite Hatred; Olympian Syed Shahid Hakim Tests Positive For COVID-19 and More (Football Round-up)
16 Jul 2020
Short Passes (Football News Round-up): Premier League Clubs move to boycott advertising with firms that 'fuel hatred' | Former India footballer Syed Shahid Hakim, who played in the 1960 Olympics,…
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Rowing Federation To Investigate And Introspect After 22 Rowers Fail Dope Test
24 Jun 2020
22 rowers, all under eighteen years of age, who had been included in a training camp in Hyderabad after the Khelo India Youth Games last year have tested positive for the banned substance probenecid…
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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…