New Delhi, June 13 (Ians) Former track and field athlete Gurbachan Singh Randhawa on Tuesday resigned as the chairman of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) selection committee after holding the post for 18 years.
In a letter to AFI president Adille Sumariwalla, Randhawa, who was the first track and field athlete to receive the Arjuna Award in 1961, said that due to the challenges posed by advancing age, it has become difficult for him to dedicate his full commitment to the job.
“I have resigned as the Chairman of the Athletics Federation of India Selection Committee after serving in the position for 18 years. My advancing age makes it difficult for me to give the job my 100 per cent. I think it is the right time for me to hand over the reins to a younger person at a time when Indian Athletics is at a very exciting stage of its evolution,” Randhawa said in a statement.
In a letter to AFI president Adille Sumariwalla, Randhawa, who was the first track and field athlete to receive the Arjuna Award in 1961, said that due to the challenges posed by advancing age, it has become difficult for him to dedicate his full commitment to the job.
“I have resigned as the Chairman of the Athletics Federation of India Selection Committee after serving in the position for 18 years. My advancing age makes it difficult for me to give the job my 100 per cent. I think it is the right time for me to hand over the reins to a younger person at a time when Indian Athletics is at a very exciting stage of its evolution,” Randhawa said in a statement.
- 6/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Chandigarh, April 27 (Ians) Asian boxing champion Kaur Singh, who fought an exhibition match with legendary Muhammad Ali, died in a hospital in Haryana’s Kurukshetra on Thursday. He was 74 and was undergoing treatment for multiple health problems.
After retiring from the Indian Army, he had been living at his native village Khanal Khurd in Punjab’s Sangrur district.
Singh bagged six gold medals in international competitions, including the 1982 Asian Games.
One of his memorable matches was the four-round exhibition match that he fought with boxing legend Muhammad Ali on January 27, 1980, in Delhi.
Singh had won the heavyweight boxing gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.
This month the Punjab government announced plans to publish life stories of four great players in the school curriculum. And Kaur Singh is one of them.
The others are three-time hockey Olympian Balbir Singh Sr, legendary athlete Milkha Singh and India’s first...
After retiring from the Indian Army, he had been living at his native village Khanal Khurd in Punjab’s Sangrur district.
Singh bagged six gold medals in international competitions, including the 1982 Asian Games.
One of his memorable matches was the four-round exhibition match that he fought with boxing legend Muhammad Ali on January 27, 1980, in Delhi.
Singh had won the heavyweight boxing gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.
This month the Punjab government announced plans to publish life stories of four great players in the school curriculum. And Kaur Singh is one of them.
The others are three-time hockey Olympian Balbir Singh Sr, legendary athlete Milkha Singh and India’s first...
- 4/27/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Chandigarh, April 16 (Ians) To motivate and encourage students to excel in field of sports, the life stories of four great players of Punjab will be taught to them, said School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains here on Sunday.
The four are three-time hockey Olympian Balbir Singh Sr, legendary athlete Milkha Singh, famous as ‘Flying Sikh’, Asian champion boxer Kaur Singh and India’s first Arjuna Awardee and Olympian athlete Gurbachan Singh Randhawa. They have been included in the textbooks of physical education of Class 9 and 10.
Bains said in consonance with the commitment of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to boost the sports culture in the state and to make Punjab a leader in sports arena, the School Education Department has made the biographies of great sons of soil part of the syllabus.
“Our great players proved their skills in every field, especially in sports, and these biographies will motivate younger generations...
The four are three-time hockey Olympian Balbir Singh Sr, legendary athlete Milkha Singh, famous as ‘Flying Sikh’, Asian champion boxer Kaur Singh and India’s first Arjuna Awardee and Olympian athlete Gurbachan Singh Randhawa. They have been included in the textbooks of physical education of Class 9 and 10.
Bains said in consonance with the commitment of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to boost the sports culture in the state and to make Punjab a leader in sports arena, the School Education Department has made the biographies of great sons of soil part of the syllabus.
“Our great players proved their skills in every field, especially in sports, and these biographies will motivate younger generations...
- 4/16/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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