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Top Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat won the Gold medal in the 53 kg category, at the Rome Ranking Series 2020 event, held recently. In the final bout for gold, she defeated the Ecuadorian wrester Luisa Elizabeth Valverde 4-0. In the journey towards the final match, Vinesh overpowered two top-rated and tough Chinese wrestlers. This is her first Gold medal in the year 2020.
Earlier, in the tournament, another Indian wrestler Anshu Malik won the silver medal in the 57 kg category.

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The Ministry of Youth affairs and Sports has recently reconstituted the advisory body, All India Council of Sports (AICS) and extended the tenure of the body to three years. V. K. Malhotra remains the President of the Council.
The number of members of the advisory body was reduced to 18 from the original count of 27. The new inductees to the council are wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, Paralympian Deepa Malik and Mountaineer Bachendri Pal among others. The names of notable sportspersons which were omitted include Bhaichung Bhutia, Sachin Tendulkar, Viswanathan Anand and P Gopichand.

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The former captain of Indian women’s hockey team Sunita Chandra passed away in her residence in Madhya Pradesh. The 76-year-old Hockey player had also received the prestigious Arjuna award.
She had played for the Indian women’s hockey team from 1956 to 1966 and also served as the captain of the team from 1963 to 1966. Several hockey players of the country and leaders mourned her demise. The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath hailed her achievements and expressed his condolences to her husband and sons.

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Indian weight-lifter Pardeep Singh was seen in news recently, as he won the men’s 102kg gold medal in the National weightlifting championships, recently held in Kolkata.
He improved his performance than what he did in the Asian championships in China, last year. Another leading lifter Vikas Thakur won gold medal in the men’s 96kg category. Both the lifters are in the promising list for the upcoming Asian championships in Kazakhstan. Mirabai Chanu and Jeremy Lalrinnunga were named as ‘Best Lifters’ of the championships.

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Chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand has received an honourable mention in the male category of the prestigious 2019 International Olympic Committee’s Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of the role he played in the development of the game in the country.

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Gulmarg is a popular skiing destination and a hill-station town located in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in the Pir Panjal Range in the western Himalayas.
The town is set to host the five-day national winter games event under Khelo India, from March 7. As many as 30 events are scheduled to be organised under five major activities namely snowboarding, snow skiing, cross country and snow show.

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Udayan Mane was recently seen in news, as the Pune-based Golfer recently won the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship. He defeated his fellow player Veer Ahlawat of Gurugram.
Udayan Mane has also clinched the last two PGTI events including the TATA Steel Tour Championship 2019 and Golconda Masters 2020. He became only the second player to win three consecutive events of the TATA Steel PGTI.

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Indian men’s Badminton team clinched the bronze medal in the Badminton Asia Team Championships, which was recently held in Manila, Philippines. This is the second time India is reaching the semi-final clash, as it earlier played in the semi-final round in 2016.
The tournament doesn’t include senior Indian players KIdambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy, while another star Sai Praneeth retired midway. But Lakshya Sen and Subhankar Dey won their respective matches to gain two points, while the Chirag Shetty and Lakshya Sen duo was beaten in the semi-final.

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The Asian Wrestling Championship has recently commenced in New Delhi. Indian wrestler Sunil Kumar became the first Indian in 27 years to win a gold medal in the Greco-Roman style, at the Asian Wrestling Championships. Sunil defeated Azat Salidinov of Kyrgyzstan 5-0 to clinch the title in 87 kg category. Last year, he won silver in the tournament.
In 1993, Pappu Yadav won gold in the Greco-Roman wrestling, which forbids the use of legs and holding below waists in the bout.

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The teams of Thailand and Malaysia have been banned from participating in weightlifting events at the Tokyo Olympics.
The sanctions panel of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has imposed disciplinary sanctions on the two countries regarding the same. The panel also suspended the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) for three years and the Malaysian Weightlifting Federation (MWF) for a year.