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Asian Games 2023
ASIAN GAMES 2023 NEWS
MMA set to make Asian Games debut in 2026; Cricket retained, confirms Olympic Council of Asia
April 30, 2025 9:01 am
The Asian Games 2026 are scheduled to be held in Japan's Aichi and Nagoya prefectures from September 19 to October 4, with around 15,000 athletes expected to compete.
UPSC Prelims 2024 Special: Revision Checklist for important Sports tidbits
June 16, 2024 9:31 am
What you may think is a trivial section for UPSC can appear as a shocker in your Civil Services prelims exam. One such example is Sports Current Affairs which has been a part of the question paper in the past three years. Here's a quick checklist of important sports events held during 2023-24. Are they included in your revision notes? Let's take a look and solve MCQs at the end.
Kolkata's Anush Agarwalla got sympathy after missing Tokyo qualification; after Paris quota, he's revelling in attracting jealousy
February 21, 2024 11:42 pm
Asiad gold medallists builds on his Hangzhou success to delve into uncharted territory
Avinash Sable: Once a mason in Beed, now a Golden steeplechaser
January 01, 2024 9:07 pm
Avinash Sable, 29, worked as a mason in drought-prone Mandwa, a village in Beed district, after an academy in Aurangabad weeded him out as coaches there didn't think he had a future as a distance runner.
Bareilly girl Khushbu takes up Malaysian sport, wins medal, gets Army job
January 01, 2024 9:02 pm
Khushbu wants more girls from Bareilly to take up the sport, and she believes that there will be more like her from the city who will represent India.
Painful shift to new home brought joy to Arjun Singh
January 01, 2024 9:03 pm
Arjun’s uncle Ajit Singh was a canoeist and he enrolled his nephew into an academy when he was only ten.
Until they joined Army, sports was not on the minds of these winners
January 01, 2024 9:04 pm
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, the 27-year-old Arvind combined with Arjun Lal Jat to bring home a silver medal in the lightweight double sculls event.
For many like Harmilan Kaur Bains, representing India runs in the family
January 01, 2024 9:04 pm
When Harmilan won gold in both the 800 metres and the 1500 metres at the Khelo India University Games in 2020, she had told her father not to travel to Bhubaneshwar because she wanted peace of mind before the races.
Petrol pump attendant from Ballabhgarh with no sporting background raised champion athlete
January 01, 2024 9:04 pm
Part-owner of some farmland, and employee at a nearby petrol pump, Jagbir's family neither had the money nor the cultural exposure to raise a top-level international athlete.
School drop-outs and pro contracts: For cricketers, big bucks an incentive and potential pitfall
January 01, 2024 9:09 pm
From Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Yashasvi Jaiswal – who like Varma were part of the U-19 team and made it to the senior level in no time are yet to become graduates.
ASIAN GAMES 2023 PHOTOS
A glittering opening ceremony kicks off the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou
September 23, 2023 7:28 pm
Athletes across the 45 participant countries marked the grand opening of the 18th Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.
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