The Minister further said that there are certain people who are opposing the installation of the statue and they are the ones who don't want to see the country going ahead in sports.
'This is the beginning of good times for women's cricket.'
India's sports stars including badminton P V Sindhu was conferred the Padma Bhushan -- the country's third-highest civilian award, while women's football icon Bembem Devi, archer Tarundeep Rai and women's hockey captain Rani Rampal were conferred with the Padma Shri.
The 24-year-old, who will be hoping to claim a first Grand Slam title at this year's French Open, said he has been trying to play with the same mindset he had during his run to the 2021 Roland Garros final.
Craig Fulton that he is not someone who likes giving instructions to players from the sidelines,
China's Ding Liren was crowned on Sunday as the 17th world chess champion in a tense match against Russian-born Ian Nepomniachtchi in Astana, Kazakhstan, in the last chapter of an odds-defying sequence of events.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Chelsea's interim manager Frank Lampard provided an update on the injured players, stating Reece James and Mason Mount will miss the rest of the season.
'Today, he has lived up to everyone's expectations and made India proud'
Novak Djokovic began his French Open campaign with a comfortable win.
Australian Nick Kyrgios admitted spitting in the direction of a spectator who he felt was heckling him during his Wimbledon first round match on Tuesday.
All the action from the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday...
Louis van Gaal accused his Manchester United players of being out-fought in a 3-0 defeat at Everton.
World chess Champion Viswanathan Anand is likely to lose his number one status by next month but the Indian is hardly bothered as he feels ranking is a motivational target rather than an end in itself.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
India will face Pakistan in their opening outing at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Wednesday
A personal tragedy led Boby Singh Dhami to pick up the hockey stick; and looking back, he believes everything happens for a reason.
Yorkshire added that it was not certain why and how the deletion happened and who was responsible for the act.
''I want to send my parents for Umrah because Ramazan is going on.'
'The bubble makes it really tiring week by week'
Neeraj Chopra launches outreach programme, interacts with students from 75 schools
When asked how confident he was that he would be competing at Wimbledon next year, Murray said: "I don't know."
'He builds confidence in players. He has the knack of motivating people.' 'A few good words from Ravi and that player will be an altogether different player in minutes.'
'For the first time a para-athlete has been chosen for the honour and I want to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has a vision for para-athletes and has taken care of their requirements.'
Antonio Watson won a thrilling World Championship 400 metres gold on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
New Zealand shooter kills two on eve of Women's Soccer World Cup
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Morocco relied on the usual mixture of North African style, combining committed defence with counter-attacks
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday.
After registering a runner-up finish in the Qatar Open, Andy Murray set himself a target of registering 800 career wins.
Leander Paes, one of the 12 individual Olympic medal winners that India has produced in its sporting history, says that surviving the Centennial Park bombing during the 1996 Atlanta Games.
'They want us to win in every match, like in cricket.' 'It's so tough to play every tournament and win.'
Miss World 2024 will be crowned in India soon. Long before Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mukhey and Diana Hayden, a beautiful woman from Bombay was crowned Miss World. In 1966. Reita Faria was India's first Miss World. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com met the 80 year old in Dublin recently, still as elegant, still as attractive as she was all those years ago.
A summary of Tuesday's action at the US Open.
'We are the same people who can quench a man's thirst and also kill him.'
Even though Carlos Alcaraz recently dethroned him from the top of the world rankings, Novak Djokovic is still considered the man to beat and still has the power to turn opponents into nervous wrecks.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
'We feel empowered to perform for India'
Chess will crown a new world champion when Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren begin their battle on Sunday.
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