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  Squash champion Dipika wins match against Axis Bank in court.

  March 24, 2014 23:52 IST

  Chennai:   Arjuna awardee squash champion Dipika Pallikal Monday won her long-drawn legal match against Axis Bank in a consumer court here.Holding Axis Bank responsible for deficient service, the consumer court ordered the bank to pay

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  Pistorius trial: Cell phone texts show tensions.

  March 24, 2014 19:51 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa: Phone messages between Oscar Pistorius and the girlfriend he shot dead indicate that she was sometimes afraid of him.The couple had also argued about what she alleged was the athlete's short temper

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  Anand in command and a likely contender for Carlsen

  March 24, 2014 12:37 IST

  Khanty Mansiysk (Russia): Written off by critics and experts, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand has come back with a big bang and is the most likely contender to challenge Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the

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  Jaypee pins Indian GP hopes on next government

  March 23, 2014 18:07 IST

  Greater Noida: Sameer Gaur, CEO of Indian Grand Prix promoters Jaypee Sports International, has said the Formula 1's return to the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in 2015 will depend on how the next central government

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  Miranda Kerr strips for a swimsuit shoot in freezing cold condition

  March 24, 2014 7:07 IST

  Miranda Kerr may seem like just a pretty face, but she has shown the world she is ready to suffer for her art.The 30-year-old model stripped off for a fashion shoot by a Swiss lake,

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  Meet hot Nicole Scherzinger, Love of F1 champion Lewis Hamilton

  October 22, 2014 11:00 IST

  New Delhi: Lewis Hamilton  who is dominating the F1 season in 2014 . He has won three races these season with the recently being the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai.  Lewis Hamilton will  happy with

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  2016 Rio Olympic Games: Crucial meeting next week over funding.

  March 22, 2014 6:59 IST

  RIO DE JANEIRO :  The head an IOC inspection committee says the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics face some "challenging deadlines" and that a meeting with top government officials next week will be "crucial" in

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  Jeev in running for Player of the Decade award

  March 21, 2014 15:54 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: India's top golfer Jeev Milkha Singh is in the running for the maiden Player of the Decade award (2004-2013) of the Asian Tour at its Awards Night in Jakarta on April 22.Besides Singh,

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  Delhi HC allows weightlifter Monika Devi to participate in championship

  March 20, 2014 23:29 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday allowed woman weightlifter L. Monika Devi to participate in Nation Senior Women Weightlifting Championship 2014, scheduled to be held in Nagpur from March 28.Justice Manmohan, however, said that

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  Top posts in sports bodies should have only sportspersons: Delhi HC

  March 20, 2014 22:26 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday said it may recommend to the Law Commission to consider the option of having only sportspersons in top posts in sports organisations in the country.The court said most

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  With stellar record, Sindhu confident against Shixian

  March 20, 2014 17:54 IST

  New Delhi: World top-10 shuttler Pusarla Venkata Sindhu will take an impressive 3-0 head-to-head against former World No.1 Shixian Wang of China when they meet in the $250,000 India Open Super Series opener at the

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  Shuttler Kashyap rises to World No.24

  March 20, 2014 15:54 IST

  New Delhi: India's Parupalli Kashyap arrested his slide in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings released Thursday, by rising a place to No.24 in men's singles.Kashyap, who reached a career high of World No.6 last

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  Know Samina Khayal Baig, first Pakistani woman to climb Everest

  December 04, 2014 10:35 IST

  New Delhi: On Wednesday Samina Baig and her brother Mirza Ali scaled Mount Carstensz Pyramid, the highest peak in Indonesia.      After a six-hour-long climb, the siblings hoisted the Pakistani flag on top of the mountain on

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  Dipika Pallikal enters World Squash pre-quarters.

  March 20, 2014 8:33 IST

  Penang (Malaysia):   India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal entered the pre-quarterfinals of the Women's World Squash Championship beating English qualifier Lisa Aitken 3-0 here Wednesday.The 11-2, 11-6, 11-5 win over Aitken came as a relief

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  Struggling Jwala-Ashwini aim for improvement at India Open

  March 19, 2014 17:34 IST

  New Delhi: India's top doubles shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa wants to leave behind her dismal performance at the Swiss Open and All-England and is confident of a better show with partner Jwala Gutta at the $250,000

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  Tiger Woods pulls out of Bay Hill because of back pain.

  March 19, 2014 8:21 IST

  ORLANDO, Florida :Tiger Woods withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Tuesday because of persistent pain in his back, creating even more uncertainty for golf's No. 1 player with the Masters only three weeks away.And

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  Sushil Kumar eyes maiden Asian Games gold

  March 18, 2014 19:09 IST

  New Delhi: Double Olympic medal-winning wrestler Sushil Kumar Tuesday said he was hoping to overcome the disappointment of missing the 2010 Guangzhou Games by winning a medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games starting Sep

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  Saina seeded eighth at India Open

  March 18, 2014 15:59 IST

  New Delhi: World No.8 shuttler Saina Nehwal is the only Indian to have been seeded at the $250,000 India Open Super Series to be held at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here April 1-6.Saina has

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  Walking the ramp easier than boxing: Vijender Singh

  March 18, 2014 13:08 IST

  Mumbai: Boxing champion Vijender Singh, who is ready to make his Bollywood debut and who walked the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) summer-resort 2014 here, finds it easier to model than box in

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  Anand won't be able to recapture world crown: Short

  March 18, 2014 11:20 IST

  Kolkata: Renowned English Grand Master Nigel Short Monday prophesied that India's Viswanathan Anand, who lost the world championship title last year, would not be able to recapture the honours as top class chess was a

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  Olympics runner Oscar Pistorious trial: he loved guns, firearms expert tells court.

  March 17, 2014 20:52 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa : Months before he killed his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius said he drew his gun and went into "combat mode" after hearing the noise of a possible intruder at home, which turned out

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  Engine failure prove to be costly for Lewis Hamilton in Melbourne.

  March 16, 2014 18:45 IST

  MELBOURNE, Australia:  It was a bittersweet moment for Lewis Hamilton as he watched Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg take the checkered flag at Formula One's Australian Grand Prix after the former world champion was forced to

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  Mercedes' Nico Rosberg wins F1 Australian GP

  March 16, 2014 16:33 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg comfortably won the Formula One season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday after pole sitter Lewis Hamilton and world champion Sebastian Vettel retired early with mechanical failures.   Vettel's Red Bull

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  P.V Sindhu ,P Kashyap out from Swiss Open semis.

  March 15, 2014 23:36 IST

  Basel: The Indian campaign came to an end at the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold as shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap lost their respective semifinal matches at the St. Jakobshalle here Saturday.Seventh seeded

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  Winless in 2014, Pallikal aims for turnaround at World Open

  March 15, 2014 18:15 IST

  New Delhi: India's No.1 squash player Dipika Pallikal has not won a main draw match this year but says there won't be a better platform to turn things around than the World Open in Penang,

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  Hamilton takes pole at Australian GP, Vettel 12th

  March 15, 2014 15:37 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Formula One's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in a rainy qualifying session Saturday, while four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel will start the race from 12th after

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  Backstrom to get silver medal despite drug test

  March 15, 2014 13:17 IST

  London: Swedish hockey star Nicklas Backstrom will receive an Olympic silver medal even though he was suspended from the final in Sochi after a positive drug test.   The International Olympic Committee ruled Friday that Backstrom

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  Sindhu saunters past World No.2 to reach Swiss Open semis

  March 15, 2014 11:59 IST

  Basel (Switzerland): Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu tamed World No.2 Shixian Wang in straight games to enter the women's singles semifinals at the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at St. Jakobshalle here.Parupalli Kashyap too made