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India will complete 75 years of Independence this year. Here is a series acknowledging 75 great sporting achievements by Indian athletes.  Sportstar will present one iconic sporting achievement each day, leading up to August 15, 2022. Khajan Singh Crpf September 25, 1986: Khajan Singh wins historic silver in swimming at the Asian Games Khajan Singh won a silver medal in the 200m butterfly at the Seoul Asian Games in 1986. His achievement broke a 35-year medal hiatus for the country. India’s previous Asiad best was in the inaugural edition of the Games in New Delhi when the country managed six medals. It was a self-imposed lockdown by Singh that propelled him to a podium finish in Seoul. “It was a lockdown indeed. This is for a national cause to fight COVID-19. What I experienced was my hard work in search of an Asian Games medal, a recognition for  swimming  which was so close to my heart,” Khajan told  Sportstar  as he relived one of the glorious moments in ...

Olympics silver medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya will train in Russian wrestling hub Vladikavkaz ahead of the World championships scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Serbia, next month. The 24-year-old will be accompanied by his coach Arun Kumar, sparring partner Sahil and physiotherapist Dr. Munish Kumar during the 29-day camp, entirely funded by the Union Sports Ministry under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), said a statement on Wednesday. Ravi, also a Worlds bronze medallist, was sanctioned a special training camp in Bulgaria besides competitive exposure in Bulgaria, Turkey and Mongolia prior to the Commonwealth Games. He landed a gold medal in 57kg at the Games. World U-20 Wrestling: Indians bag four bronzes Four Indian wrestlers, Abhishek Dhaka (57kg), Sujeet Kumar (65kg), Mulayam Yadav (70kg) and Niraj (97kg), have bagged bronze medals in men’s freestyle competitions at the World under-20 wrestling championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.  Mahendra Gaikwad (125kg) has ensured anoth...

Khajan Singh Tokas, born on 6 May 1962, is an Indian swimmer, who remained national swimming champion of India, and won a silver medal at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul. He was awarded an Arjuna Award by Government of India in 1984. Currently he serves as the Deputy Inspector General in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in India. Khajan Singh Tokas wants Indian swimmers to target medals at 2022 Asian games. The swimming great of the 1980s and Asian Games silver medallist – Khajan Singh Tokas , in an exclusive chat with Sportskeeda, Tokas said, “India should now target the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. There are eight to 10 swimmers in India who are doing an excellent job. By providing them the best training facilities, I am 100% sure that the Indian swimmers can do much better in the Asian Games”. Khajan Singh Tokas - CRPF Khajan Singh Tokas, who participated in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul also said that “The Tokyo Olympi...

KYIV: Ukraine’s health minister has accused Russian authorities of committing a crime against humanity by blocking access to affordable medicines in areas its forces have occupied since invading the country 5 1/2 months ago. In an interview with The Associated Press, Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko said Russian authorities repeatedly have blocked efforts to provide state-subsidized drugs to people in occupied cities, towns and villages. “Throughout the entire six months of war, Russia has not (allowed) proper humanitarian corridors so we could provide our own medicines to the patients that need them,” Liashko said, speaking at the Health Ministry in Kyiv late Friday. “We believe that these actions are being taken with intent by Russia, and we consider them to be crimes against humanity and war crimes that will be documented and will be recognized,” the minister said. The Ukrainian government has a program that provides medications to people with cancer and chronic health cond...

DUBAI: Arab nations have expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia on Saturday in the wake of the death of a suicide bomber in Jeddah. Abdullah Al-Shehri detonated a suicide vest when authorities attempted to arrest him in Jeddah, injuring a Pakistani resident and three security men. In a statement, the UAE condemned the blast, reiterating its stance against “all threats to the Kingdom’s security and stability.” The country’s ministry of foreign affairs commended the efficiency of the Saudi security forces during the operation and measures taken to maintain public safety, conveying wishes for a speedy recovery of those injured in the blast. To Know More : https://www.arabnews.com/node/2141791/saudi-arabia

Chinese indifference to Indian national security concerns were reiterated at the UN Security Council this month when it put a hold on listing Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)’s de facto leader Abdul Rauf Asghar Alvi, younger brother of global terrorist  Masood Azhar Alvi , on the 1267 Taliban and Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee list. In June this year, China again put a hold on technical grounds on list of Abdul Rahman Makki, head of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)’s political affairs department and chief fund raiser of Muridke based terror factory. Makki is brother-in-law of LeT’s chief and global terrorist  Hafiz Saeed  and the head of so-called foreign affairs department of the transnational terrorist group. Simply put, Makki gets dollar funding from West Asian countries in the name of propagating Islam and misuses that to weaponize radicalized Muslims to targeting primarily India, Indian interests in Afghanistan and the US. Among more than 40 terror gro...