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  Asian Games: Indian women thrashed 10-0 by South Korea

  September 18, 2014 12:12 IST

  Incheon (South Korea):  The Indian women's team went down 0-10 to a superior South Korea in their second Group A match of the women's football competition in the Asian Games here Wednesday.Korea led five-nil at

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  Asian Games: Yogeshwar India's best bet to end long wait for gold in wrestling

  September 18, 2014 8:44 IST

  New Delhi:  With the untimely pull out of two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, all eyes will be on London Games bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt as India will be hoping to break a 28-year-long wait for

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  Asian Games: SAI launches inquiry even as gymnastics coach flies to Incheon

  September 18, 2014 8:17 IST

  New Delhi:  The Sports Authority of India (SAI) Wednesday launched an inquiry into the allegations of sexual harassment even as the accused, gymnastics coach Manoj Rana and gymnast Chandan Pathak, flew for Incheon for the

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  Boxer Manoj wins court battle against govt, to get Arjuna Award

  September 17, 2014 13:47 IST

  New Delhi:  Forced to take the legal route after being denied the honour initially, Indian boxer Manoj Kumar will be bestowed the Arjuna Award as the Sports Ministry has finally accepted his nomination.Manoj, a 2010

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  Asian Games: Pakistan determined to win gold in hockey

  September 17, 2014 11:33 IST

  Incheon, South Korea:  Captain Mohammad Imran doesn't consider a lack of international competition recently to be any barrier to Pakistan's Asian Games title defense.   Imran tells The Associated Press on Wednesday his team has trained

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  Asian Games: Torch arrives in Incheon, countdown almost over

  September 17, 2014 10:21 IST

  Incheon, South Korea:  The Asian Games torch is arriving in host city Incheon on Wednesday, which means the countdown is almost complete.The torch will be stored overnight before being carried on the final legs of

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  Judge in Pistorius trial faces criticism

  September 16, 2014 14:16 IST

  Johannesburg : Several legal groups in South Africa say they are concerned about harsh criticism of the judge who found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, but not guilty of the more serious charge of

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  AIBA recognizes Boxing India ahead of Asian Games

  September 16, 2014 12:28 IST

  Incheon, South Korea :  Indian boxers will be allowed to participate at the Asian Games after the sport's amateur world governing body gave provisional recognition to a new national federation, but there is still no

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  Some things to know about India at the Asian Games

  September 26, 2014 8:48 IST

  Incheon, South Korea:  The cricket-crazy country of India has been improving in Olympic sports due to more exposure in international competition. Though it still has only one individual Olympic gold medal winner -- shooter Abhinav

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  Dhanraj criticises move to have one goalkeeper in Asian Games

  September 16, 2014 7:04 IST

  Mumbai:  Former India hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay is upset with the selection of only one goalkeeper in the Indian team due to take part in the Incheon Asian Games starting, Friday.     "It's a very bad

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  Viswanathan Anand beats Ruslan Ponomariov in Bilbao opener

  September 15, 2014 11:44 IST

  Bilbao(Spain): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand started his campaign at the Bilbao Final Masters with a crushing win over former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in Bilbao, Spain.Playing his last tournament ahead of

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  San Marino GP: Valentino Rossi wins as Marc Marquez falls

  September 15, 2014 11:22 IST

  Misano Adriatico, Italy: Valentino Rossi won the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday, at his home track, after MotoGP world championship leader Marc Marquez fell and finished 15th.   Rossi clocked a time of 44 minutes,

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  Asian Games: Indian women maul Maldives 15-0 in football

  September 14, 2014 21:09 IST

  INCHEON: The Indian women's football team shrugged off some unsavoury incidents in the run-up to the Asian Games as they mauled Maldives 15-0 to open their campaign in style on Sunday.Winger Sasmita Malik and midfielder

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  Shuttler Prannoy clinches Indonesian Masters title

  September 14, 2014 16:19 IST

  Palembang (Indonesia): Indian badminton touched another high Sunday when youngster H.S. Prannoy clinched the men's singles title of the $125,000 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold here Sunday.The fifth seeded Indian won his first GP Gold

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  Mary Kom will settle for nothing less than gold at Asian Games

  September 13, 2014 19:06 IST

  New Delhi: Five time World Boxing Champion Mary Kom is eyeing a gold medal at the upcoming Incheon Asian Games after settling for bronze four years ago."Our preparation has been good so far and we

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  Calcutta HC acquits Pinki Pramanik of all charges

  September 13, 2014 8:59 IST

  Kolkat:The Calcutta High Court Friday acquitted Asian Games gold medallist athlete Pinki Pramanik of all charges including rape and assault levelled against her by her live-in partner two years back.The verdict was given by a

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  Oscar Pistorius trial: Judge's verdict explained

  September 13, 2014 10:13 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa: Did Oscar Pistorius get away with murder? Judge Thokozile Masipa's decision to acquit Pistorius of murder has left many in South Africa asking that question. Masipa's decision hinged on a little-known Latin

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  Telangana CM felicitates ace shuttler Sindhu

  September 12, 2014 23:19 IST

  Hyderabad: Ace shuttler P V Sindhu, who won a bronze medal in the recently-concluded World Badminton Championship, was today felicitated by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.According to an official release, Rao hailed the 19-year-old's

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  South Africa prosecuting authority unhappy with Pistorius judgement

  September 12, 2014 23:10 IST

  Pretoria: South Africa's top prosecuting authority Friday expressed its disappointment on not being able to secure a conviction on the original charge of premeditated murder against paralympian Oscar Pistorius.Pistorius shot his girlfriend dead through a

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  Oscar Pistorius can compete again in Paralympics

  September 12, 2014 22:03 IST

  London: Oscar Pistorius will be free to compete again once he has served any punishment for killing his girlfriend, the International Paralympic Committee said Friday.   The South African double-amputee runner was found guilty of culpable

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  Judge: Pistorius is guilty of culpable homicide

  September 12, 2014 15:51 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa: A South African judge on Friday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, or negligent killing, in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and declared him not guilty of murder. Judge Thokozile

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  Targeting gold:Incheon Asian Games may be Bindra's last shot

  September 12, 2014 13:56 IST

  New Delhi :Abhinav Bindra has hit just about every career target within his range, with the one glaring exception now directly in his sights at Incheon.   A sporting resume containing Olympic, world and Commonwealth Games

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  Judge reads conclusions in Pistorius murder trial

  September 12, 2014 13:44 IST

  Pretoria, South Africa:  The South African judge in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has resumed explaining her reasoning behind her upcoming verdicts in the case against the double-amputee Olympian.   Judge Thokozile Masipa read her

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  President of Boxing India promises 'acche din' for Indian boxing

  September 12, 2014 13:12 IST

  New Delhi: Faced with the mammoth task of reviving the sagging fortunes of Indian boxing, newly-elected Boxing India President Sandeep Jajodia said the sport had been left "orphaned" in the last couple of years and

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  UPA erred by letting Kalmadi control CWG: ex-CAG

  September 12, 2014 7:47 IST

  New Delhi: Former comptroller and auditor general Vinod Rai Thursday said the then UPA government's decision to let party leader Suresh Kalmadi chair the organising committee of the Commonwealth Games, rather than a minister accountable

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  Asian Games: New boxing body elected but participation still doubtful

  September 11, 2014 22:36 IST

  Mumbai: Ending more than one-and-a-half year-old impasse in Indian boxing officialdom, a new body headed by industrialist Sandeep Jajodia was elected on Thursday for a four-year term in the elections conducted via a secret ballot

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  Meet Oscar Pistorius, the Usain Bolt of paralympics

  October 13, 2014 9:59 IST

  New Delhi: Being handicapped must be very depressing, but some are bold and strong enough to convert their weakness into strength. One big example is South African sprinter, Oscar Pistorius.Born on 22nd November 1986, he

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  Shooter Gagan Narang misses Olympic quota by a place

  September 11, 2014 19:49 IST

  Granada: Gagan Narang missed out on an Olympic quota by just one place as he finished sixth in the finals of 50-metre rifle prone while Prakash Nanjappa and Jitu Rai narrowly missed out on finals