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  PM Modi wishes athletes for 35th National Games

  January 31, 2015 12:46 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave his best wishes to all athletes participating in the 35th National Games 2015 in Kerala."My best wishes to all athletes participating in the 35th National Games

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  South Korean sports officials meet over Park's doping hearing

  January 30, 2015 11:31 IST

  Seoul: A team of South Korean sports officials met Friday to discuss preparations for an upcoming doping hearing for Park Tae-hwan, a beleaguered swimmer who recently tested positive for testosterone.Representatives from the Korean Olympic Committee,

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  Injured Vijender pulls out of National Games

  January 30, 2015 11:27 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh has pulled out of the 35th National Games starting tomorrow after failing to recover from a nagging nose injury."I have not been able to recover from the nose injury

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  National Games set to take off but starpower missing

  January 30, 2015 11:15 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Multiple delays, continued teething troubles and the absence of big stars has robbed it of significant sheen but the 35th National Games would nonetheless be a huge platform for new talent to make a

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  Rio 2016 Olympic torch relay to visit every state in Brazil

  January 30, 2015 10:38 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: The Rio 2016 Olympic torch relay will visit each one of Brazil's 26 states, carried 20,000 km by 10,000 torchbearers, reaching 90 percent of the Brazilian population, organisers said of the first

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  Parupalli Kashyap rises to World No. 12

  January 30, 2015 9:43 IST

  New Delhi: Boosted by the title win at the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships Sunday, Parupalli Kashyap rose three places to be ranked No.12 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released Thursday.Two other

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  Boxing India decides to boycott National Games

  January 30, 2015 9:46 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: The boxing competition at the National Games starting on Saturday was thrown into jeopardy Thursday after Boxing India (BI) directed all state units to boycott the event owing to the IOA's refusal to grant

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  Asian squash: Mixed luck for Indian junior teams

  January 29, 2015 19:12 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: After a mixed bag of results on Thursday, Indian boys and girls were just one win away from the semi-finals in the Asian junior team squash championship being held here.Indian boys cruised to

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  German Olympic committee wants to reopen Pechstein case

  January 29, 2015 17:11 IST

  Germany: The German Olympic Committee wants to reopen the doping case of five-time Olympic speedskating champion Claudia Pechstein, saying she was wrongly banned.A commission appointed by the Olympic committee has concluded that medical evidence on

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  Force India to skip Jerez test

  January 29, 2015 12:01 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to put more work on their new car, Sahara Force India have decided to skip the opening test session of the new Formula One season in Jerez from Sunday.The Silverstone-based

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  Swimmer Park hires foreign attorney ahead of hearing

  January 29, 2015 11:07 IST

  Seoul: South Korean swimming star Park Tae-hwan Thursday hired a foreign attorney in preparation for his international doping hearing.Park's hearing will be held Feb 27 in Lausanne. A Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) official said that

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  Mary Kom meets PM, invites him for academy's inauguration

  January 28, 2015 18:24 IST

  New Delhi: Celebrated Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here today and invited him for the inauguration of her academy in Manipur in April.Mary Kom, the reigning Asian

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  Hearing for Park's doping case set for Feb 27

  January 28, 2015 13:53 IST

  Seoul: FINA, swimming's world governing body has scheduled a hearing on star South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan's doping case Feb 27, the Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) said Wednesday.Park's doping scandal was revealed Monday. Former Olympic

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  Milkha happy to have been mentioned by Obama as national icon

  January 27, 2015 19:06 IST

  New Delhi: A pleasantly surprised Milkha Singh today said that United States President Barack Obama mentioning him as one of the national icons was all the more satisfying as it came from an inspiring personality

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  Thankful to Obama for acknowledging me: Mary Kom

  January 27, 2015 16:07 IST

  New Delhi: Pleasantly surprised after Barack Obama took her name while talking about Indian achievers, celebrated Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom today said it felt proud to be acknowledged by the US President.Addressing

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  Would cheat again but I am a changed man: Armstrong

  January 27, 2015 15:18 IST

  London: Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has said he should be forgiven after suffering a lot of public humiliation for doping and lying, but defended his conduct, insisting he would do it again.Armstrong was stripped of

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  Critics rote me off, says Parupalli Kashyap

  January 27, 2015 14:24 IST

  New Delhi: After launching the new season with an emphatic title win at the just-concluded Syed Modi International tournament, India's top shuttler Parupalli Kashyap said he needed this victory to silence his critics.The 2012 champion,

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  Swimmer Park faces hearing after positive dope test

  January 27, 2015 13:52 IST

  Seoul: South Korean Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan is facing a hearing by FINA, the sport's world governing body, over his positive doping test.The news of Park's positive test emerged Monday, and his Seoul-based agency

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  Padma Shri came as a pleasant surprise: Mithali Raj

  January 26, 2015 15:43 IST

  New Delhi: Surprised at being selected for the Padma Shri, Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj says she was not expecting the prestigious honour with some men's team superstars also in the race."Honestly when

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  Padma Bhushan for Satpal, Padma Shri for Sardara, Mithali

  January 25, 2015 21:32 IST

  New Delhi: Satpal Singh, the former wrestler and coach of double Olympics medallist Sushil Kumar, was the lone person in the field of sports selected for the Padma Bhushan, the country's third highest civilian award

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  Saina retains crown, Kashyap wins men's singles Syed Modi title

  January 25, 2015 20:32 IST

  Lucknow: Saina Nehwal staged a scintillating comeback to defeat reigning world champion Carolina Marin and retain the women's singles title, while Parupalli Kashyap beat K Srikanth in an all-India final to win men's singles crown

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  Saina wins Syed Modi title, beats World Champion

  January 25, 2015 17:29 IST

  Lucknow: Saina Nehwal staged a scintillating comeback to beat reigning world champion Carolina Marin and retain the women's singles title at the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here Sunday.World No. 3 Saina scraped

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  Syed Modi Masters: Saina, Srikanth in finals

  January 24, 2015 16:20 IST

  Lucknow: Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth reached the finals of the women's and men's singles competitions, respectively of the $120,000 Syed Modi International India Masters at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium

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  Syed Modi Masters: Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth, Kashyap in semis

  January 24, 2015 6:36 IST

  Lucknow: Shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap reached the semi-finals of the $120,000 Syed Modi International India Masters at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Friday.World No.3 and top seed

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  National Snooker: Pankaj Advani, Varun Madan set up title clash

  January 24, 2015 6:21 IST

  Kolkata: Twelve-time World Champion ace cueist Pankaj Advani of PSPB relied on his temperament to earn a hard-fought victory in the ninth and deciding frame over Dharminder Lilly of Punjab in the semi-finals of the

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  Don't want to be in Padma awards controversies: Narang

  January 23, 2015 14:19 IST

  Bengaluru: Seeking to steer clear of the furore that was triggered by Saina Nehwal's open displeasure at being ignored for the Padma awards, ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang said he would prefer to wait for

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  Saina reaches World No 3, Sindhu back in top 10

  January 22, 2015 21:23 IST

  New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu rose to the third and ninth spots respectively but K Srikanth slipped to world number five in the latest BWF rankings issued today.Saina, who

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  Advani tops leader board; Arantxa, Meenal set up summit clash

  January 22, 2015 6:36 IST

  Kolkata: Twelve-time World Champion Pankaj Advani carried on his sublime form to the snooker championship, topping the league tables after winning all his matches in the National Snooker Championship Wednesday with effortless ease.He glided past