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Asian Games 2022: Sports Ministry panel approves sailors' proposal to train overseas
•The proposals from the four Olympians will cost more than Rs 2.75 crore, according to a statement issued by the Sports Ministry on Tuesday.
Mission Olympic Cell meets for the first time since Tokyo 2020, adds another 20 athletes to TOPS list
•Seven Olympic and six Paralympic disciplines were identified for support under TOPS at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry.
Baichung Bhutia, Anju Bobby added to Mission Olympic Cell as India eyes 2024 Olympics
•The other new members added to the committee are former national team hockey captains Sardar Singh and Viren Rasquinha, shooting great Anjali Bhagwat, shuttler Trupti Murgundi and paddler Monali
Tokyo Olympics 2020: SAI allows Neeraj Chopra, Vinesh Phogat to continue training in Europe ahead of Games
•India's other Olympic-bound wrestler Bajrang Punia, who is training in Russia, too was allowed to avail the services of U-23 World Champion Mirza Skhulukhia as a sparring partner.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Rowers Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh skip exposure tour to Portugal over tough quarantine rules
•The Tokyo-bound rowers deciding against travelling as they did not want to lose crucial practice time because of the quarantine rule.
World number 5 para badminton player Sukant Kadam disappointed with exclusion from TOPS
•Kadam, a 2018 Asian Para Games bronze medallist, took to twitter to express his disappointment to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on the Mission Olympic Cell's decision.
TOPS sanctions extension of Olympic-bound Bajrang Punia's US camp by one month
•Punia, who qualified for the Tokyo Games in the men's freestyle 65kg category, has been training at Cliff Kean Wrestling Club in Michigan since 4 December.
TOPS core list of track and field athletes includes discus thrower Seema Punia, who last competed in 2018
Amit Kamath •Arpinder Singh's name was excluded from the TOPS core group after a performance review by the Mission Olympic Cell on Thursday. However, discus thrower Seema Punia, who last competed in 2018, is still a part of the core group, raising questions about the review process.
Arpinder Singh on TOPS list exclusion: 'How can I prove myself when there have been no events since March?'
Amit Kamath •Jakarta Asian Games gold medallist Arpinder Singh questions move to drop him from the Target Olympic Podium Scheme list in a year where there has been scant competitions.
Bajrang Punia's one-month training camp in USA approved by SAI's Mission Olympic Cell
•Mission Olympic Cell is a body set up by the Sports Authority of India to select athletes who are to get assistance under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme.