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  Pankaj Advani bags 13th world title after winning World 6-Red Snooker Championship

  August 12, 2015 11:06 IST

  Karachi:  India's poster boy of cue sports Pankaj Advani on Tuesday clinched his 13th world title after winning the World 6-Red Snooker Championship in a convincing manner. Defending champion Advani outplayed Chinese Yan Bingtao 6-2, stamping

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  IAAF: 28 athletes with positive tests for doping in 2005, 2007 world meets

  August 11, 2015 23:27 IST

  London: Facing a barrage of criticism over its handling of drug-test results, the IAAF announced Tuesday that 28 athletes had been caught in retests of their doping samples from the 2005 and 2007 world championships.The

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  Prakash Nanjappa wins India's sixth shooting quota for rio olympics

  August 11, 2015 17:00 IST

  New Delhi:  India's Prakash Nanjappa has earned a quota place for the 2016 Rio Olympics after finishing eighth in the finals of 50-metre men's pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Gabala, Azerbaijan.The 39-year-old

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  If India boycotts Commonwealth meet, it's their choice: Pakistan

  August 11, 2015 14:18 IST

  Islamabad: If India boycotts the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) here because the Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker was not invited, it is India's problem, a Pakistani official has said.But come what may, Pakistan won't budge

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  P.V Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth advance in World badminton

  August 11, 2015 13:47 IST

  Jakarta: Top Indian shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth earned contrasting wins in their respective categories to advance at the World Championships being held at the 9000-seater Istora Senayan here on Tuesday.Coming back from a

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  India top Asian Youth Chess Championship with 17 medals

  August 11, 2015 10:40 IST

  Suwon: India impressed with a rich haul of 17 medals to be declared overall winners in the Asian Youth Chess Championship.Bagging 5 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze out of the available 36 medals, Indian juniors

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  Gagan Narang in first air rifle final of world event since London

  August 11, 2015 8:57 IST

  New Delhi:  Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang missed out on a podium finish after reaching his first final of men's air rifle event in a global event since winning the London Olympics bronze medal, at

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  U Mumbai beat Bengal Warriors to return to top of table

  August 10, 2015 8:16 IST

  New Delhi : Raiders Anup Kumar and Bhupender Singh helped U Mumba easily beat Bengal Warriors 31-17 in their Pro Kabaddi League match today.Making the most of his first outing, Pradeep Kumar contributed four points

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  Saina Nehwal, K. Srikanth spearhead the Indian challenge

  August 10, 2015 6:37 IST

  Jakarta: Saina Nehwal and K. Srikanth will be at the forefront as a strong Indian badminton contingent looks to create a flutter at the World Championships, starting here on Monday.It is for the first time that

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  Michael Phelps sets tone for Rio race with blistering 200m butterfly win

  August 08, 2015 14:51 IST

  San Antonio: Michael Phelps showed he's still a formidable force as the Rio Olympics approach, clocking a stunning 1min 52.94sec to win the 200m butterfly at the US swimming championships.“This next year is going to be

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  Eight Indian female wrestlers for Jr World Championship

  August 07, 2015 14:26 IST

  New Delhi:  The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday announced an eight-member women's team for the Junior World Championships to be held in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, from August 10 to 15.The team was

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  Pro Kabaddi League: Bengaluru Bulls beat Bengal Warriors 33-22

  August 07, 2015 8:29 IST

  Ajay Thakur and Manjeet Chhillar's stellar performance enabled Bengaluru Bulls rout Bengal Warriors 33-22 in a Star Sports Pro Kabaddi encounter at the Gachibowli Stadium on Thursday.The team from the ‘Garden City' consolidated their third

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  India's rich medals tally at Special Olympics

  August 06, 2015 10:57 IST

  Kolkata: The Indian contingent at the Special Olympics had a great outing pocketing 173 medals in the Los Angeles games that concluded recently.The athletes, who competed under the banner of Special Olympics Bharat, bagged 47

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  Natalia Molchanova: Missing for two days, freediving champion feared dead

  August 05, 2015 23:23 IST

  Madrid: World champion Russian free diver Natalia Molchanova, who has been missing for two days, is feared dead as all efforts to find her failed. She disappeared while recreationally diving off the coast of Spain

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  Telugu Titans and Jaipur Pink Panthers play thrilling draw in Pro Kabaddi League

  August 05, 2015 13:11 IST

  Bengaluru: Telugu Titans began their home leg with a thrilling draw against Pink Panthers in the Pro Kabaddi season two here on Tuesday. The scoreline read 39-39 in the end with teams sharing three points apiece. The

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  Babita Kumari, Bajrang book Wrestling World Championship

  August 05, 2015 7:57 IST

  New Delhi: Star grapplers Bajrang and Babita Kumari on Tuesday qualified for next month's World Wrestling Championship after emerging victorious in their respective weight categories in the final selection trials at the SAI Training Centre

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  PM Modi congratulates Special Olympics medal winners

  August 05, 2015 5:11 IST

  Mumbai:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated all participants and medal winners who made India proud by winning 173 medals at the Special Olympic World Summer Games 2015 in Los Angeles."Achievements of Indian contingent

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  Delhi's specially-abled athletes win 7 medals at Summer Games

  August 04, 2015 3:50 IST

  New Delhi:  A team of specially-abled athletes from state-run Asha Kiran Home has brought laurels to Delhi by winning seven medals, including three gold, at the World Summer Games 2015 in the United States.  According

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  Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics programme same as Sochi 2014

  August 03, 2015 12:17 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: The programme of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be the same as Sochi 2014, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its 128th session here announced."The sports are skiing, biathlon, curling, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton,

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  India win 3x3 South Asian basketball qualifying gold

  August 03, 2015 11:21 IST

  Colombo: In a spectacular day of basketball, the Indian team were crowned champions in the 3x3 South Asian Basketball Association (SABA) qualifiers at Gateway College here.Facing familiar opponents Colombo Sri Lanka Reds in the final

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  Pro Kabaddi League: Jaipur Pink Panthers register second win

  August 03, 2015 6:57 IST

  Patna: Displaying their might in the raiding department, title holders Jaipur Pink Panthers defeated a fighting Puneri Paltan 35-29 to register their second win in the season 2 of Pro Kabaddi League at the Pataliputra Stadium

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  Indian swimmers disappoint at World meet

  August 03, 2015 6:28 IST

  Kazan (Russia): Indian swimmers failed to qualify for the semi-finals and final of the three events they took part in the World Swimming Championships here on Sunday.Saurabh Sangvekar in men's 400m freestyle failed to qualify

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  Disturbing doping report will shake sport: World Anti-Doping Agency

  August 02, 2015 20:24 IST

  Kuala Lumpur:  World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief Craig Reedie has said new accusations of mass doping in athletics will "shake the foundation" of clean sport.Reedie said at an International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting here on

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  India lose to Russia, settle for World archery silver

  August 02, 2015 16:41 IST

  Copenhagen: The Indian women's recurve archery team of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi and Rimil Buriuly had to settle for the silver as they lost the World Championship final 4-5 to Russia in an edge-of-the-seat encounter

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  World Archery: India's Rajat Chauhan settles for silver

  August 01, 2015 22:31 IST

  Copenhagen: Indian archer Rajat Chauhan bagged a historic silver for India as he put up a tough fight but went down to Stephan Hansen of Denmark in the men's compound final at the World Championships

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  Indian golfer Ranveer Saini bags Gold in Special Olympics

  August 01, 2015 11:03 IST

  Los Angeles:  Golfer Ranveer Singh Saini created history by becoming the first Indian to win a Gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games here.The 14-year-old autistic golfer achieved the feat in GF Golf-Level 2

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  Beijing selected to host 2022 Winter Olympics

  July 31, 2015 15:49 IST

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:  Beijing has been selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city awarded both the winter and summer games.Beijing defeated Almaty, Kazakhstan, in a vote of the International Olympic Committee

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  Rio outlines massive olympic security plan

  July 31, 2015 12:13 IST

  Rio de Janerio: The Rio 2016 Olympics will boast Brazil's largest ever security operation with an 85,000-strong force to patrol event venues and the city's streets, government officials said.The plan will see 57,000 military troops