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AITA nominates Ankita, Prajnesh for Arjuna; Balram, Piperno for Dhyanchand
AITA nominates Ankita, Prajnesh for Arjuna; Balram, Piperno for Dhyanchand
Ankita Raina Prajnesh Gunneswaran
NEW DELHI, Jun 29: Asian Games bronze medallists Ankita Raina and Prajnesh Gunneswaran have been nominated for the prestigious Arjuna award by the national tennis federation, which has also sent names of Balram Singh and Enrico Piperno for the Dhyanchand honour.
Ankita and Prajnesh both won singles bronze medals at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang.
Ankita is now country’s best-ranked singles (182) and doubles (95) player and is set to make his Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games next month.
May 1, 2021
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Annan Boodram
It has become rather perplexing that, in spite of the gelling of the West Indies cricket team, the nations of the Caribbean refuse to use this model for all sports. This issue has been mooted from time to time in various Caribbean media starting almost two decades ago but has never been addressed by Caribbean governments, sporting bodies and CARICOM. In the 2016 Olympics, the English-speaking Caribbean tallied 17 medals. In 2012 that number was 43.