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  Max Verstappen, the youngest ever Formula One driver

  August 24, 2014 7:39 IST

  Spa, Belgium: Max Verstappen will find himself in a unique position next year: fitting school exams around his debut as the youngest ever Formula One driver.   When the 2015 F1 championship starts in Australia in

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  Sushil Kumar appointed Sports Brand Ambassador of Delhi

  August 22, 2014 21:53 IST

  New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung today announced the decision to appoint wrestler Sushil Kumar as the Sports Brand Ambassador of Delhi Government.  He also doubled sports budget for the capital to Rs 44 lakh.Jung

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  Kyle Larson quickly exits car after it catches fire in crash with wall

  August 22, 2014 19:13 IST

  BROOKLYN, MICHIGAN: With flames visible at the front and back of his car, Sprint Cup rookie Kyle Larson had to get out quickly after crashing into the wall near the midway point race at Michigan

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  Dhruv Sitwala, Siddharth Parikh fire big breaks in Billiards Premier League

  August 22, 2014 10:08 IST

  Mumbai: World team championship silver medallist Dhruv Sitwala and Australian Open bronze winner Siddharth Parikh fired a flurry of century breaks for their respective teams in the inaugural Videocon Billiards Premier League here.     Sitwala, a

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  Ecclestone dashes hopes of Indian Grand Prix's return in 2015

  August 21, 2014 19:09 IST

  New Delhi: Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone today asserted that the troubled Indian Grand Prix has run out of time for a 2015 return and its organisers must settle the contractual obligations for a possible

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  Sports meet in Kenya cancelled over Ebola fears

  August 21, 2014 9:38 IST

  Nairobi: The International Netball Federation (INF) cancelled an international meeting in Nairobi owing to deadly Ebola virus attack that has visited parts of Africa, Xinhua reported Wednesday.Kenya Netball Federation Secretary Lilian Anupi said Wednesday the

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  Cueist Joshi defeats Shandilya in thrilling decider in Billiards Premier League

  August 21, 2014 7:52 IST

  Mumbai:  Devendra Joshi overcame Ashok Shandilya in a pulsating decider to lead Race for Gold to a thrilling 3-2 win over SPG Billiards Punters in the inaugural Videocon Billiards Premier League.After Cyrus Mistry forced the

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  'Shame on you Kapil Dev,' an irate Hockey India blasts the cricket icon

  August 21, 2014 9:21 IST

  New Delhi: Disgruntled Hockey India (HI) secretary Narinder Batra launched a tirade against cricket legend Kapil Dev, who headed the Arjuna Awards selection committee, calling him an opportunist and said the World Cup-winning captain settled

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  Gowda, Arpinder, Luka in Asian Games athletics team

  August 20, 2014 21:47 IST

  New Delhi: Strong medal prospects Arpinder Singh, Vikas Gowda and Tintu Luka were today named in a 56-member Indian athletics team, which included 30 women, for next month's Asian Games in South Korea.110m hurdler Siddhanth

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  Seven CWG medallists in Weightlifting squad for Asian Games

  August 20, 2014 21:40 IST

  New Delhi: Seven medallists from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games have made it to the 10-member Indian squad for the upcoming Asiad in Incheon, where they would look to build on their new-found clean image having

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  I will return my all medals if I don't get Arjuna award : Paramjeet Samota

  August 20, 2014 14:30 IST

  New Delhi: The  two time gold medalist in commonwealth games and  bronze medalist in Asian games Paramjeet Samota  has threatened to returns all his medals if he is not reconsidered for Arjuna Award.Pramjeet Samota said

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  'Oh sex..? as much as possible before a fight,' says Ronda Rousey, the hot boxer

  August 21, 2014 7:44 IST

  New Delhi: UFC/Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey likes to have as much sex as possible before fights. Though some say that women weaken the legs by having sex  a night before the competition but

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  No changes to Arjuna Awards recommendation list

  August 20, 2014 9:19 IST

  New Delhi:  The controversial recommendation of boxer Jai Bhagwan and squash player Anaka Alankamony for the prestigious Arjuna Awards stands after the Kapil Dev-led selection committee met again and decided not to make any changes

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  16-year-old Max Verstappen to become youngest ever F1 driver

  August 19, 2014 11:39 IST

  LONDON :  Max Verstappen is set to become the youngest ever driver in Formula One after Toro Rosso announced that the 16-year-old Dutchman will join the team next season.   Verstappen has been racing in the

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  Lalita, Prajusha shine in Federation Cup

  August 18, 2014 23:10 IST

  Patiala:  The women's 3000m steeplechase turned out to be a tactical race with reigning Asian Games champion and national record-holder Sudha Singh (Uttar Pradesh) and marathon runner Lalita Babbar (Maharashtra) fighting it out for the

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  Common Wealth Games medallist Shreyashi hurt by cold shoulder from Bihar govt

  August 18, 2014 21:57 IST

  Patna:  Commonwealth Games silver medallist Shreyasi Singh today expressed pain over Bihar government's "dry approach" towards her achievement by not honouring her.     "It really hurts when the state government of my native place did not

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  Precautions for Ebola in place at Youth Olympics

  August 15, 2014 15:00 IST

  NANJING, China :  Athletes from the Ebola-affected region of Africa will be excluded from combat sports and aquatic events at the Youth Olympic Games which start Saturday.   The International Olympic Committee and local organizers in

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  China wins chess Olympiad gold, India wins bronze

  August 15, 2014 10:37 IST

  Chennai: On a day when China annexed the Olympiad chess gold medal, India captured the bronze crushing Uzbekistan 3.5-0.5. Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Padmini Rout won the gold medal on the fifth board while Grandmaster (GM)

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  Kellie Maloney, a boxing promoter man, is now a woman

  August 14, 2014 13:04 IST

  New Delhi: Kellie Maloney formerly known as the boxing promoter Frank, announced at the weekend that she was now a woman.And Maloney has praised the world of sport for the reaction to her shock sex

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  Mary Kom keen Boxing India elections are held at the earliest

  August 14, 2014 11:42 IST

  Mumbai: Olympic bronze medallist M C Mary Kom is keen that the elections to the newly-formed Boxing India take place at the earliest to ease the concerns of the pugilist like herself about their own

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  I feel disrespected by ad-hoc body's behavior, says Mary Kom

  August 12, 2014 22:12 IST

  NEW DELHI: Olympic bronze medalist M C Mary Kom is still smarting about the last-minute postponement of the Asian Games trials, alleging that the ad-hoc body members have "disrespected her achievements" by not bothering to

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  No Khel Ratna this year, 15 named for Arjuna Awards

  August 21, 2014 22:51 IST

  New Delhi: No sportsperson has been named for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna while 15, including cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, were today recommended for the Arjuna Award this year. The awardees will receive their awards

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  Sports ministry to implement welfare scheme for sportspersons

  August 12, 2014 18:28 IST

  New Delhi: The sports ministry is planning to start a welfare scheme for national sportspersons who have brought laurels for the country in the past but are now living in penury.Sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal informed

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  Meet Rory McIlroy, the next big thing in Golf

  August 13, 2014 18:02 IST

  LOUISVILLE, Kentucky: Anyone could see Rory McIlroy had the gifts to be the next big thing in golf. His victory in the PGA Championship was more about grit.   That might be more impressive than some

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  Zeeshan, Gurmail, Thakkar nominated for Dhyan Chand Award

  August 11, 2014 23:00 IST

  New Delhi: Davis Cup coach Zeeshan Ali, Olmypic hockey gold medallist Gurmail Singh and 1951 Asian Games diving champion K.P Thakkar were Monday nominated for the Dhyan Chand Award, India's highest sporting award for life

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  India-born centenarian Fauja Singh calls for peace marathon

  August 11, 2014 10:22 IST

  London:  103-year-old Fauja Singh, the world's oldest marathon runner, has asked people of all faiths to join a peace marathon in the UK saying people should be fighting injustice, poverty and hatred, not each other.London's

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  Women's archery recurve team wins gold, India bag 5 medals

  August 11, 2014 7:46 IST

  Kolkata:  Deepika Kumari-led women archers clinched the recurve team gold after routing Mexico 6-0 in thefinal as India returned with five medals in the Archery World Cup Stage IV in Wroclaw, Poland     Deepika herself won

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  Women's wrestling revolution in Haryana

  August 11, 2014 8:04 IST

  Balali (Haryana): The dusty village of Balali in Haryana, hardly barely 10 km from the national capital, was not too long ago up in arms when three sisters from the Phogat family took to wrestling,