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Abhinav Bindra qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics
May 28, 2015 22:15 ISTMunich: India's only individual Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra on Thursday won his country its fourth Rio Olympics quota slot, with a sixth place finish in the final of the 10m Air Rifle event at
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Viswanathan Anand's mother passes away
May 27, 2015 22:56 ISTChennai: Chess wizard Viswanathan Anand's mother Sushila Viswanathan has passed away in her sleep here. She was 79. Her last rites will be performed tomorrow at 10 am at Besant Nagar crematorium here.She leaves behind her
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Saina, Srikanth, Jwala-Ashwini advance at Australian open
May 27, 2015 21:28 ISTSydney: India's ace shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and the women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa made a winning start to their campaigns at the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries by entering the
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SAI to handle para-athletics matters for now
May 26, 2015 18:29 ISTNew Delhi: The sports ministry on Tuesday announced that the (SAI) will take charge of "all the matters related to para-athletes, including selection of athletes for various sporting events".This is because the International Paralympic Committtee
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Saina Nehwal set to defend Australian Open title
May 25, 2015 19:42 ISTSydney: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is all set to defend her women's singles title when she takes to the court at the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries, which commences here on Tuesday.World No.1 Saina has
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Nico Rosberg wins Monaco GP after crash hampers Hamilton
May 24, 2015 22:29 ISTMonaco: Nico Rosberg won the Monaco Grand Prix for the third straight year after a late crash involving teenager Max Verstappen undid Lewis Hamilton's bid for a fourth win of the season.Hamilton looked set to
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WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson sets selfie world record - 105 in 3 mins
May 24, 2015 22:08 ISTLos Angeles: The historic feat went down at the premiere of his new action-disaster film "San Andreas" in London, where he finally got a chance to flex his arm strength by capturing 105 selfies in
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Saina-Sindhu clash likely at Indonesia Open
May 24, 2015 17:21 ISTJakarta: World No.1 shuttler Saina Nehwal has been seeded second and faces a likely clash against compatriot P.V. Sindhu in only the second round of the women's singles at the $800,000 Indonesia Open Superseries Premier
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Indians sign off with 3 gold at World Jr Women's boxing
May 23, 2015 15:04 ISTTaipei: Indian boxers rounded off a thoroughly commendable performance at the AIBA Women's Junior World Championships, clinching three gold and two silver medals on the final day of the event here today. Savita (50kg), Mandeep Sandhu
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Seven medals assured for India in Doha boxing tourney
May 22, 2015 20:32 ISTNew Delhi: Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (49kg) advanced to the final, while six others entered the semis as Indian boxers shone bright in the Doha International Tournament, a test event for the World
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Allow participation under national flag, India urges IPC
May 22, 2015 19:45 ISTNew Delhi: The sports ministry on Friday urged the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to allow Indians to participate in competitions under their national flag.The ministry also urged the IPC that those who are not included
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Indian boxers will suffer if BI wrangling doesn't end: AIBA
May 22, 2015 19:35 ISTNew Delhi: Livid with the administrative wrangling in Boxing India (BI), the world body AIBA today warned that the country's pugilists will "suffer" ahead of this year's Olympic qualifiers if the warring factions do not
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Golf: Indian girls finish 12th
May 22, 2015 17:19 ISTHong Kong: India's three-member team comprising Gaurika Bishnoi, Ridhima Dilawari and Nishtha Madan dropped further three places to finish 12th on the final day of the 37th Queen Sirikit Cup Asia-Pacific Invitational ladies team
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Eight weightlifting coaches handed two-year suspension
May 22, 2015 17:11 ISTNew Delhi: The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has decided to impose a two-year ban on the coaches of all those weightlifters who tested positive for banned substances across different championships in the last few months.The
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Saina Nehwal regains No.1 spot
May 21, 2015 16:21 ISTNew Delhi: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has regained the No.1 spot in the latest women's singles rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday.Saina pipped reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China
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Defending champion Saina Nehwal seeded second in Australian Open
May 20, 2015 17:21 ISTSydney: Defending champion Saina Nehwal has been seeded second in the women's singles competition of the USD 750,000 Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament that will get underway here on Tuesday.Olympic bronze medallist, Saina had
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Indian Shuttler Saina seeded No.2 at Australian Open
May 21, 2015 14:33 ISTSydney: Star Indian shuttler and defending champion Saina Nehwal has been seeded No.2 in the women's singles event for the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries to be played here from May 26 to 31.World No.2 Saina
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Indian para-athletes to take part in international events
May 19, 2015 18:51 ISTNew Delhi: In a big boost to India's para-athletes, the International Paralympic Committee today gave them permission to compete at international competitions under the IPC flag in spite of the ban slapped on the national
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Usain Bolt sprinting to secure legacy
May 19, 2015 18:09 ISTKingston (Jamaica): Jamaica's six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt says his main focus for the remainder of his sprinting career is to secure a legacy as the greatest athlete of all times.Bolt's disclosure comes ahead
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Number of gymnasts reduced to four in team competition at Olympics
May 16, 2015 7:26 ISTMelbourne: The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said Saturday it had approved "with an overwhelming majority" a new format that will see the number of gymnasts in the team competition be reduced from five gymnasts to
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Gagan Narang wins World Cup bronze, secures quota for Rio Olympics
May 15, 2015 21:37 ISTNew Delhi: Gagan Narang today won the bronze medal in the 50m Rifle Prone Event of the ISSF World Cup at Fort Benning in USA, earning himself a quota place for the 2016 Rio Olympics.Narang,
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Archana Kamath, Selena Selvakumar win; India settle for two team bronze medals
May 15, 2015 18:54 ISTBangkok: Archana Kamath and Selena Selvakumar topped their respective groups to advance in the cadet section of the Thailand Open junior and sub-junior table tennis tournament here today.Archana scored two wins beating Natkamon Kamkorn of
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Rio 2016 eyes Paralympic ticket record
May 15, 2015 9:37 ISTRio de Janerio: Some 3.3 million tickets will go on sale for the Rio 2016 Paralympics in September, organisers said.Rio 2016 ticketing director Donovan Ferreti said on Thursday the aim was to break the Paralympic
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Jisna sets new national youth record in 400m race in Doha
May 11, 2015 20:10 ISTDoha: India's Jisna Mathew set a new national youth record while winning a silver in girls' 400m race on the third day of the Asian Youth Athletics Championships here. Jisna, a trainee under legendary P T
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TOP Scheme shows how sport treated unequally in India: Pankaj Advani
May 11, 2015 16:58 ISTNew Delhi: Twelve-time world champion cueist Pankaj Advani feels the government-run TOP Scheme for India's Olympic medal hopefuls clearly shows how sport is treated unequally in the country.Advani, who has brought many laurels to the
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McLaren's woes continue as brake failure ends Alonso's race
May 10, 2015 23:18 ISTGranollers, Spain: Fernando Alonso entered the Spanish Grand Prix hopeful of a top-10 finish to give McLaren its first points this season, only to complete less than half the race as a brake failure sent
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Rosberg finally earns 1st win of F1 season at Spanish GP
May 10, 2015 23:02 ISTGranollers, Spain: Nico Rosberg finally got his championship campaign going on Sunday with a commanding win from pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix.Now the German hopes he can gain further ground on Mercedes teammate
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Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell runs fastest 100m this year
May 10, 2015 16:53 ISTKingston: Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has run the fastest 100-metre in the world this year, clocking 9.84 seconds at the Jamaica International Invitational. The former world record holder, who served a drugs ban last year, beat
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