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  India Open prize money increased to $250,000

  March 08, 2014 15:58 IST

  New Delhi: The total prize money of the country's premier badminton tournament -- India Open Super Series -- has been increased from $200,000 to $250,000 this year."It was the decision of the Badminton World Federation

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  Saina seeded 6th at Swiss Open

  March 08, 2014 15:15 IST

  Basel: Two-time winner Saina Nehwal of India has been seeded sixth at the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold which starts at St. Jakobshalle here Tuesday.The Olympic bronze medallist will try to regain the crown

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  Only a miracle can save Schumacher, say doctors

  March 08, 2014 13:05 IST

  The doctors treating F1 legend Michael Schumacher, have told his family that the chances of recovery are now so slim that only 'a miracle' can save him.Today the 45-year-old winner of seven grand prix titles

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  Saina loses in All England quarters.

  March 08, 2014 12:35 IST

   Birmingham: Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal exited the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships when she lost her women's singles quarter-final match against China's Shixian Wang at the National Indoor Arena here.The Indian seventh seed

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  Pistorius told me 'everything is fine': Security Gaurd

  March 08, 2014 11:06 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa : Oscar Pistorius told a concerned security guard on the phone that everything was "fine" after neighbors reported gunshots coming from the athlete's house the night he shot dead his girlfriend, according

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  Putin declares Sochi Winter Paralympics open

  March 08, 2014 10:57 IST

  SOCHI, Russia:  With a solitary Ukrainian athlete taking part in the opening ceremony, Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the Winter Paralympics in Sochi on Friday against the backdrop of his country's military action in Crimea.Ukraine

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  F1 Indian Grand Prix return highly unlikely: Vicky Chandhok

  March 07, 2014 21:02 IST

  New Delhi: Former Indian motorsports body chief Vicky Chandhok, who helped the Jaypee Group get Formula 1 to India, says the chances of the race returning to the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida are

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  Pistorius trial: Ex-girlfriend describes gunplay

  March 07, 2014 18:38 IST

  Pretoria, South Africa: A former girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius testified Friday at the double-amputee runner's murder trial that he always carried a firearm, sometimes shouted angrily at her and her friends, once shot his gun

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  Schumacher still 'in the wake-up phase,' : Report

  March 07, 2014 17:41 IST

  PARIS: Michael Schumacher's spokeswoman says he is "still in the wake-up phase" and that his medical situation is unchanged.More than two months after a ski crash left the Formula One champion hospitalized with severe head

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  F1's new rules leaves cars quieter, slower.

  March 07, 2014 17:14 IST

  Madrid: Formula One's latest changes mean the sexy purr of engines and the violent throttle of speed won't quite be what they used to be.The usual title talk has surrounded preseason testing as usual, but

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  Lotus already staring down long F1 season.

  March 07, 2014 17:02 IST

  London:The Formula One season hasn't even started and it's already looking like a long one for Lotus.This year is unlikely to bear resemblance to last season's impressive campaign when the British team opened with victory

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  Ukraine decides to compete in Paralympics n Sochi

  March 07, 2014 16:49 IST

  Sochi, Russia: Ukraine has decided against boycotting the Winter Paralympics in Sochi.   The head of Ukraine's Paralympic Committee says the country's athletes will stay and compete in Sochi despite Russia's military moves in Crimea.   The

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  Doctor testifies in Pistorius trial.

  March 07, 2014 15:42 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa : A doctor who said he saw Oscar Pistorius weeping over his dead or dying girlfriend after he shot her has resumed testimony in the murder trial of the double-amputee runner.Radiologist Johan

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  Saina Nehwal through to All-England quarter-finals.

  March 07, 2014 10:17 IST

  Birmingham :Saina Nehwal had a tough time entering the quarter-finals of the All-England badminton championships, overcoming American qualifier Beiwen Zhang 24-22, 18-21, 21-19.Saina needed an hour to quell the fierce opposition from Zhang, a former

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  Witness: Pistorius prayed over his shot girlfriend.

  March 06, 2014 18:35 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa : Oscar Pistorius shook slightly, his hands covering his ears as a neighbor described in court Thursday how the famous athlete knelt next to his dead or dying girlfriend, praying as he

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  Jaypee keen on having F1 in 2015, Ecclestone in 2016

  March 06, 2014 17:46 IST

  New Delhi: Jaypee Group, promoters of the Formula One Indian Grand Prix, are still keen on holding the 2015 race as scheduled despite Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone wanting it to be pushed to 2016.A

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  Saina clears first hurdle at All England Championship

  March 06, 2014 11:04 IST

  Birmingham: Saina Nehwal began her All England Badminton Championship campaign with a comfortable win over Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour here Wednesday. But India's top male players, Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth, lost their opening round matches.World

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  Know Danielle O'Hara who made racist comments against Shilpa Shetty

  July 30, 2014 6:46 IST

  Danielle O'Hara is an English glamour model, married to English football player  Jamie O'Hara. A former Miss England (2004) and Miss Great Britain (2006), she first rose to prominence when she was stripped of her

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  Indians lose in All England qualifiers

  March 05, 2014 12:52 IST

  Birmingham: Indian shuttlers failed to make an impact in the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships qualifiers at the National Indoor Arena here Tuesday.Mumbai's Anand Pawar was upset by Indonesian Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 18-21, 21-13,

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  Jwala-Ashwini fail to enter All England main draw

  March 05, 2014 11:19 IST

  Birmingham:  Women's doubles specialists Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa failed to make the main draw of the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena here Tuesday.It turned out to be a

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  Witness cries at Pistorius murder trial on 2nd day

  March 05, 2014 11:20 IST

  Pretoria, South Africa : The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial broke down in tears Tuesday, saying she still remembers the terrified screams of a woman on the night the double-amputee Olympic athlete

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  Tamil Nadu men in national basketball finals

  March 04, 2014 18:31 IST

   New Delhi :Pratham Singh and S. Venkatesh were once again amongst the points as Tamil Nadu edged Services 92-85 to move into the men's finals of the 64th National Basketball Championships here Tuesday.India international Pratham

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  India to remain out of world boxing fold: AIBA

  March 04, 2014 14:29 IST

  NEW DELHI  : The International Boxing Association (AIBA) says the Indian Boxing Federation's suspension will continue until honest officials are found to lead it.The world amateur boxing body's president Ching-Kuo Wu said in a statement

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  After drugs, money laundering taint hits Punjab kabaddi

  March 03, 2014 19:18 IST

  Chandigarh: First it was a dubious link to an international synthetic drugs racket and now another accusation has come - money laundering. Punjab's traditional sport of kabaddi would have been better off without either of

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  Pistorius pleads not guilty at start of trial

  March 03, 2014 18:16 IST

  Pretoria, South Africa: The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial testified Monday to hearing "blood-curdling" screams before the sound of four gunshots on the night the double-amputee Olympian killed his girlfriend.   Michell Burger,

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  Saina, Sindhu face tough draw at All England

  March 03, 2014 17:24 IST

  Birmingham: Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu face tough draws in the prestigious $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships that starts Tuesday at the National Indoor Arena here.World No.7 Saina is the only

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  Pistorius enters courtroom for start of trial.

  March 03, 2014 14:32 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa   Oscar Pistorius has entered a courtroom in South Africa for the start of his murder trial, walking past the mother of the woman he shot and killed a year ago.The double-amputee Olympic

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  Know the main players of Pistorius murder trial

  October 16, 2014 10:52 IST

  Pretoria, South Africa: A female judge will ultimately decide Oscar Pistorius' fate and pronounce him innocent or guilty of murder in his girlfriend's shooting death on Valentine's Day last year. South Africa has no trial