Japan imposes stricter regulations on India's Olympic squad, IOA says it's 'unfair'
June 19, 2021 15:29 ISTIOA president Narinder Batra and secretary general Rajeev Mehta, in a joint statement, questioned the new regulations.
IOA president Narinder Batra and secretary general Rajeev Mehta, in a joint statement, questioned the new regulations.
Even in his 70s, Milkha, who passed away at the age of 91 in Chandigarh on Friday night, would often turn up and encourage athletes at Chandigarh's Sector 7 Sports Complex, a hub of athletics in the city.
The 91-year-old died at Chandigarh's PGIMER hospital on Friday night after battling the infection for a month. Milkha was first hospitalised at Mohali's Fortis hospital on May 23 as a precautionary measure.
Milkha was expected to soar the highest at the 1960 Rome Olympics but missed the podium by 0.1 seconds, an unforgettable heartache that he carried for the rest of his life.
The 91-year-old Padma Shri awardee lost his month-long battle with COVID-19 late Friday night at a Chandigarh hospital.
The 91-year-old Milkha Singh died on Friday night after a month-long battle with COVID-19. He had lost his former national volleyball captain wife Nirmal Kaur to the same ailment.
Milkha died at Chandigarh's PGIMER hospital, less than a week after he lost his wife Nirmal Kaur, a former national volleyball captain, to the same ailment.
Before his 91-year-old body lost to COVID-19 on Friday after fighting it for a month, Milkha won the kind of battles that not many would have survived, forget about living long enough to tell the world about them.
Milkha died on Friday at a Chandigarh hospital after a month-long battle with COVID-19.
The Padma Shri awardee was 91 and is survived by his golfer son Jeev Milkha Singh and three daughters.
Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh has passed away after a prolonged battle with COVID-19.
The legendary former Indian sprinter is being monitored closely by a team of doctors.
The team will be based in Assisi till July 10 before coming back to the country and eventually heading off to Tokyo at least a week ahead of the Games.
Fans from abroad were banned several months ago, and organizers are to announce early next week if some local fans should be allowed.
The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC), a review committee of SAI, on Friday allowed the duo to continue training overseas till the Tokyo Games by sanctioning their respective proposals.
Nine Indian boxers, including women, have achieved quota places for the July 23-August 8 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The 91-year-old, who tested negative for COVID-19 on Wednesday and was shifted to the general ICU, is being closely monitored by a team of doctors.
As per the agreement, JSW Group, which also owns Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC, has pledged a sponsor amount of Rs 1 crore to the IOA.
Amit Rohidas, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay are the 10 players who will make their Olympic debut in Tokyo.
The statement further read that according to the terms and conditions of the sponsorship deal, MPL will pay a total of Rs 8 crore to IOA.
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