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M'rashtra govt awards Rs10l for Asian Games 2022 Esports athletes

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Apr 18, 2024 19:04

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NEW DELHI: The Directorate of Sports and Youth Services of the government of Maharashtra has awarded INR 10 lakhs to each Esports athlete of the state who represented India in the Asian Games 2022, held in Hangzhou.

This is the first time any state has included Esports alongside mainstream sports in prize money rewards for its state players in a major tournament. The recipients of the monetary reward include Darshan Bata, captain of the DOTA 2 team, along with his teammates Krish Gupta, Ketan Goyal, and Shubham Goli, as well as League of Legends athlete Samarth Trivedi.

Jun 24, 2021 19:06

Fast&Up title sponsor of Ntl Inter-State Senior Athletics C'ships

PATIALA: Leading Indian sports nutrition brand Fast&Up has joined hands with the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) as the title sponsor and energy partner for the 60th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships.

Jun 18, 2021 07:06

IOA scores MPL as lead sponsor Tokyo 2020, CWG, Asian Games

NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association on Thursday announced a sponsorship agreement with MPL Sports Foundation, the community initiative of esports platform Mobile Premier League (MPL), as the IOA's principal sponsor covering the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

May 06, 2021 16:05

Pfizer, BioNTech donate vaccines for Tokyo 2020-bound teams

LAUSANNE: As part of the plans to ensure safe and secure Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thursday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE to donate doses of the companies' COVID-19 vaccine to Games participants from National Olympic and Paralympic Committees around the world.

Mar 02, 2021 16:03

AESF to oversee technical conduct of Asian Games '22 esports events

HONG KONG: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) has confirmed the introduction of the new program, ‘Road to Asian Games’ for the upcoming 2022 Asian Games. In addition, the OCA has confirmed again the appointment of the AESF as the only Technical Delegate who will take charge of all the matters of technical conduct for esports events at the 2022 Asian Games.

Feb 26, 2021 16:02

2nd Khelo India Winter Games kicks off in Gulmarg

JAMMU: Athletes from 27 states and Union Territories are competing in the second Khelo India Winter Games, which kicked off in Gulmarg on Friday.

Feb 01, 2021 19:02

Budget 21-22: Allocation for sports slashed by Rs2.3bn

NEW DELHI: In the Union budget presented in Parliament on Monday for the financial year 2021-22, the Central government allocated Rs 2,596.14 crore (Rs 25.9614 billion) for sports, a reduction of Rs 230.78 crore (Rs 2.3078 billion) from what was allocated in the previous fiscal, IANS reports.

Jan 28, 2021 18:01

6th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games pushed to 2022

BANGKOK: The 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2021 (AIMAG) has been postponed to a proposed date in the window of March 2022, due to the current widespread resurgence of the COVID-19 virus in Thailand.

Jan 06, 2021 19:01

Meghayala to host National Games 2022: Rijiju

SHILLONG, Meghalaya: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, while inaugurated the new Synthetic Football Ground, Synthetic Athletic Track & Field and Girls hostel at SAI Training Centre, said that National Games 2022 will be held in Meghayala.

Dec 18, 2020 13:12

CAS halves Russia ban for doping to 2 yrs; now runs till Dec 2022

LAUSANNE: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), world sport's highest court, on Thursday reduced a ban imposed on Russia by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which had banished the country from the international stage for systematic doping, from four to two years.

Dec 07, 2020 18:12

Diamond League 2021 calendar returns to full 15-meet sched

MONACO: The Wanda Diamond League has released a provisional calendar for the 2021 season, which will see a return to a full schedule of 14 meetings culminating in a winner-takes-all season finale in Zürich. Now in its 12th annual cycle, track and field’s premier season-long competition will begin on 23rd May with the Meeting International Mohammed VI in Rabat, Morocco.

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