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Sports Ministry invites applications for National Sports Board positionsApplications are now open for the National Sports Board's Chairperson and two member positions, crucial for sports body recognition and com...- India to send 125-130 athletes to CWG; IOA won't interfere in selection matters: Raghuram IyerIndia is sending 125-130 athletes to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, competing in eight able-bodied and four para sports. This scaled-down ...
- Davis Cup skipper Rohit Rajpal to be India's chef de mission at Commonwealth Games in GlasgowRohit Rajpal will lead India's contingent at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Ravi Bengani is the Deputy Chef de Mission. Vandana Rao and Ra...
- Commonwealth Games 2030: Key venues such as SVP complex set for completion by 2029Ahmedabad's sports complexes for the 2030 Commonwealth Games are nearing completion. Key venues like the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports En...
- India bags four gold at Commonwealth Youth, Junior weightlifting meetIndian weightlifters achieved significant success in Apia, Samoa. They clinched four gold medals at the Commonwealth Youth and Junior Weigh...
- Mirabai carries Indian weightlifting as juniors rise but doping woes persist in 2025Indian weightlifting saw Mirabai Chanu win a World Championships silver medal. This was the sport's main achievement this year. Doping issu...
- A year of turbulence: Mirabai Chanu and Indian weightlifting's unfulfilled dreamsMirabai Chanu, India's weightlifting star, aimed for a second Olympic medal in Paris 2024. She secured her spot despite an injury. Chanu fi...
- ‘Extremely humbled & grateful.’ Mirabai Chanu wins silver at ‘22 World Weightlifting Championship despite wrist injuryThe former world champion had hurt her wrist during a training session in September.
- You've made India proud: B-Town lauds Mirabai Chanu's silver medal win in Tokyo OlympicsChanu became the first Indian weightlifter to win silver medal in Olympics.
- Every Indian rejoicing Mirabai Chanu's Olympic medal, says Home Minister Amit ShahMirabai Chanu won a silver medal in the 49 kg category, ending India's 21-year drought for an Olympic medal in weightlifting, to open the c...
- Mirabai Chanu: Indian weightlifting's lone ranger at TokyoThe lone Indian weightlifter to qualify for the Tokyo Games, Chanu will be eager to make amends for the disappointing show at the 2016 Rio ...
- Citing defects, weightlifting federation halts usage of China-made equipmentThe IWLF ordered four weightlifting sets, comprising barbells and weight plates, from Chinese company 'ZKC' last year. The body said that t...
- I am innocent, will challenge suspension: Sanjita ChanuSanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, was suspended by the International Weightlifting Fed...
- CWG gold medallist Sanjita Chanu fails dope testThe IWF did not give details, such as the dates, of the dope test sample collection, saying "it will not make any further comments on the c...
- Teenager Deepak becomes youngest Indian weightlifter to win medal at CWGThe 18-year-old from Haryana lifted a total of 295kg (136kg+159kg) to finish third after his nearest rival, Vaipava Loane, fouled his last ...
- Doping menace comes back to haunt Indian weightlifting in 2015The two women lifters -- Pramila Krisani and Minati Sethi -- were caught for doping at the Commonwealth Championships in Pune in October an...
- National lifting championship from December 24 sans five state unitsIWF earlier this year had imposed a year-long ban on four States -- Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Manipur -- for returning highest number of d...
- 21 Indian lifters test positive for banned substances, suspended provisionallyThe National Anti-Doping Agency has increased the ban period of first time dope offenders to maximum of four years from two, effective from...
- Not enough podiums, but lifters bury ghosts of dopingIndian lifters exceeded expectations at the quadrennial event, winning three gold, four silver and five bronze, an improvement of four meda...
- China issues visas to Arunachal karate teamThe Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, after a marathon discussion with the Indian authorities, has agreed to issue visas to Arunchalee karateka...
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