Fantastic to see players of all levels getting back on course: Tiger Woods
August 18, 2020 15:23 ISTWoods has expressed his happiness at seeing golfers getting back to action after a period of lull due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Woods has expressed his happiness at seeing golfers getting back to action after a period of lull due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
While Rohit has been recognised for his ever-rising accomplishments with the bat, Vinesh has been rewarded for her gold medals in the 2018 Commonwealth and Asian Games besides a bronze in the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships.
The Sports Authority India (SAI), without giving the name of the individual, said he has been shifted to a COVID-19 care centre as per protocol.
The decision was taken at the Asian Boxing Confederation's (ASBC) Executive Committee meeting held online on Monday.
Athletes not holding employment are facing constraints due to the pandemic, impacting them adversely. Under the initiative, each player will be provided a sum of Rs 10,000.
Meanwhile, Bajrang Punia and Pooja Dhanda have confirmed their participation.
The National Sports Day is celebrated on August 29, the birth anniversary of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand.
SAI said in a statement that Manpreet, Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar, Krishan Bahadur Pathak and Mandeep Singh have been placed under quarantine at its Bengaluru centre after they were discharged from the hospital.
Rana was nominated by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for the Dronacharya Award last year as well but was ignored, causing quite a flutter.
The National Boxing Camp is on at Patiala but Sarita is not part of it. At present, she is training at her home in Manipur.
According to SAI, the employee who tested positive on Sunday, did not come in contact with athletes and coaches residing inside the campus, which has been divided into red, orange and green zones because of the pandemic.
The Indian pugilist -- who is currently training in Bellary, Karnataka for Tokyo Games -- said he met with Pakistani boxers in South Asian Games last year and they, too, wanted the two nations to join hands again.
All the hockey players, including captain Manpreet Singh have recovered from COVID-19 and will be discharged from hospital on Monday evening.
At 44, Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the world champion for the sixth time, beating fellow Englishman Kyren Wilson in the final.
While the month-long camp for the male grapplers will be held at SAI Sonepat, the women will train at the nodal sports body's Lucknow centre.
The pair had tested positive for the deadly virus earlier in the week and were asymptomatic following which the Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad, where the camp was being held, was closed for sanitisation.
The campaign is a part of IOA's recent adoption of its new identity, marking 100 years of Indian athletes' participation at the Olympic Games.
Three Indian Olympic probable swimmers Virdhawal Khade, Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat will resume their training early next month in Dubai.
The 28-year-old Vikas, who won a middleweight gold and a bronze in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games respectively, forayed into professional boxing last year, winning both his bouts till now.
Bajrang said grapplers like him, who have already sealed their tickets for the Olympics, have a clear goal and mind-set -- prepare for the pinnacle of the sport in the best possible manner.
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