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Indian men''s doubles pair of Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri would be supported during their campaign in the Rio Olympics badminton by Pune-based sports NGO, Lakshya, it was announced today.

English please. Totallympics rules

Live coverage of Taiwan Open Athletics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ_8MIOahNw

Another one in the middle distance track .. Lily Das http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/Young-athlete-Lily-Das-eyes-2020-Olympics/articleshow/52321748.cms

Table Tennis Indian entries for Slovenia Open Singles Soumyajit Ghosh Manika Batra Pooja Sahasrabudhe Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Sanil Shetty Sarthak Gandhi Ankita Das Doubles Manika Batra - Ida Jazbec ( Croatia ) Sanil Shetty - Sarthak Gandhi Ankita Das - Pooja Sahasrabudhe Gnanasekaran Sathiyan

Todays 4 X 100 m women team composition for India which broke 18 year old national record The Indian team ran with Merlin starting the race with Jyoti running the second followed by the Srabani with Dutee running the anchor leg.

13 years of age. young talent but promising. Covered by a lot of media.

In recent past , Odisha has become the factory for producing India's short distance sprinters like Srabani Nanda , Dutee Chand and Amiya Kumar Mallick. According to Odia media, Sukhi Baskey is an upcoming talent from Odisha and is the next big thing in Indian sprint circuit.

Very good performance. Need to improve for a gaining a place in Rio. 43.71 secs is currently the magic figure to attain

AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships , Astana Draw for Indian players Women's Light Fly ( 45- 48 kg ) Sarjubala Shamjetsabam ( 2nd Seed ) - Got bye in the 1st round Women's Fly ( 51 kg ) Mary Kom Himangte - 1st round vs Juliana Soderstrom of Sweden Women's Bantam ( 54 kg ) Zareen Nikhat - 1st round vs Bianca El- Mir of Australia Women's Feather ( 57 kg ) Sonia Lather - 1st round match vs Gundegmaa Myagmar of Mongolia Women's Light ( 60 kg ) Laishram Devi - 1st round match vs Ala Yarshevic of Belarus Women's Light Welter ( 64 kg ) Pavitra ( 2nd Seed ) - Got bye in the 1st round Women's Welter ( 69 kg ) Meena Rani - 1st round match vs Nadine Apetz of Germany Women's Middle ( 75 kg ) Pooja Rani - Got bye in the 1st round ; 2nd round match vs Mariya Borutsa of Ukraine Women's Light Heavy ( 81 kg ) Saweety (2nd seed ) - Got bye in the 1st round ; 2nd round match vs Victoriya Kebikava of Belarus Women's Heavy ( 81 kg + ) Seema Poonia - 1st round match vs Aynur Rzayeva of Azerbaijan

Uber Cup Sindhu/Ponappa lost 15-21 /21-19 /21-16 Japan beat India 3-2

Yeah . The first set was game changer for Saina. She won consecutive 6 points to wrap up the match.

Did the Indian boxers get favourable draws in the AIBA boxing qualifiers?

According to Sports Minister , the athletes are based in the same time zone as Rio to acclimatize.

Table Tennis Soumyajit Ghosh doesnt want to play in a lot of events before the Rio Olympics. He is training hard in Sweden under coach Peter Karlsson. He will be only participating in the Slovenia Open before Rio Olympics.

Football The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has zeroed in on Guwahati as the host of the Indian national team's home leg of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification play-off round against Laos. The Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium (Sarusajai) in Guwahati will see that fixture kick-off on Tuesday June 7, 7 p.m.

Nitender Singh Rawat who has already qualified for Rio distant running category will participate in the TCS 10 k marathon and try to improve his timing http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/TCS-World-10K-set-to-host-Olympic-qualifiers/articleshow/52272860.cms

Ridiculous decision

Football Tanzania beat India 3-1 in the under -16 AIFF youth cup

Some upcoming Indians in action in athletics IAAF World Challenge Beijing , May 18 Women 4 X 100 m relay Dutee Chand , Srabani Nanda, Jyothi Hiriyur Manjunath, Merlin Kurian Joseph, Sini Sahadevan and Himashree Roy. Taiwan Open Athletics Championships , Taiyouan City , Taipei , May 19-20 Om Prakash Karhana ( Shotput ) Arjun ( Shotput ) ... he switched from discuss throw Ankit Sharma ( Long Jump )

Vijender Singh's WBO title bout in India has been postponed from June to July, 2016. Does that mean there is a small chance that he can participate in Olympic Qualifying event during June?

Sushil Kumar's name is absent in Wrestling Federation of India's preparatory camp list

Yeah I got the update from a news article . The last paragraph of the following article to be precise. http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sport/40-athletes-ready-to-shift-base-to-poland-for-3-months/233673.html

I am not sure. But I found it in a news article http://www.firstpost.com/sports/i-may-get-trapped-again-dutee-chand-still-fears-her-resurrected-career-getting-ruined-2777342.html

Do you support the decision of sending 2nd string team? What was the problem for sending the olympic bound team for gaining valuable exposure and experience?