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  Red Bull unveils car for 2014 season

  January 28, 2014 16:37 IST

  Jerez, Spain: Red Bull has unveiled the car it hopes Sebastian Vettel will steer to a fifth consecutive Formula One world championship, adapting to a major switch to six-cylinder engines.   Four-time defending world champion Vettel

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  No flag is no problem for India's Winter Olympian

  January 28, 2014 16:08 IST

  New Delhi: India's top competitor at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi says not being able to compete under the national flag because of a political dispute will not harm his performance.   "In my heart

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  Lusofonia Games closing ceremony to pack 'sporting' punch

  January 27, 2014 18:09 IST

  Panaji: The closing ceremony of the ongoing Lusofonia Games here, which was to be held at Athletic stadium in Bambolim on January 29, has been shifted to Jawaharlal Nehru stadium at Fatorda on public demand.   

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  Lusofonia Games : Angola wins gold and silver in men's race

  January 27, 2014 18:02 IST

  Panaji: Angola's Alexandre and Francisco Wehunga won the gold and silver medals respectively in the 10km men's road race.     Alexandre and Wehunga clinched the medals with a timing of 30:20.19s and 30:21.59s, respectively.     Cabo Verde's

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  Sochi set to welcome the world amid storm clouds

  January 27, 2014 15:19 IST

  Seven years ago, Vladimir Putin traveled all the way to Guatemala to woo Olympic leaders with his grandiose vision: hosting the Winter Games in Russia's little-known Black Sea summer resort of Sochi.   Putin's personal pitch

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  QNet case: Ferreira appears before EOW

  January 27, 2014 14:59 IST

  Mumbai: Former world billiards champion Michael Ferreira today appeared before the Mumbai Police in connection with the alleged Rs 425 crore scam involving multi-level marketing firm QNet following a court directive.Ferreira, who was away in

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  I dedicate my win to parents and coach: Saina Nehwal

  January 26, 2014 18:48 IST

  Lucknow: Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal Sunday dedicated her first title in 15 months - the India Grand Prix Gold - to her parents and chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand.The World No.9, who had

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  Padma Shri Boniface Prabhu hopes to compete at 2016 Rio Paralympics

  January 26, 2014 18:38 IST

  Bangalore: After being chosen for the prestigious Padma Shri award, wheelchair tennis star Boniface Prabhu on Sunday hoped to get clearance from the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) to compete in the 2016 Rio Paralympics.“I

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  India GP Gold: Saina Nehwal beats Sindhu in final

  January 26, 2014 18:24 IST

  Lucknow: Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal beat compatriot and second seed P.V. Sindhu in straight games to take the women's singles crown of the $120,000 India Grand Prix Gold at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor

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  Trinidad and Tobago's Dean Lendore clocks new world indoor 400m mark

  January 26, 2014 18:25 IST

  Bridgetown (Barbados): Caribbean athletes made a promising start to the 2014 track and field season including a world leading indoor time by Deon Lendore of Trinidad and Tobago.Lendore, Wayne Davis Jnr, Janeil Bellille were victorious

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  Meet top athletes' WAGs who dared to bare for magazines- Part I

  January 27, 2014 6:56 IST

  New Delhi: Sportspersons enthrall us but when their wives and girlfriends sizzle in photoshoots, it's a different ball game altogether.These women ooze with vitality and glamour. Let's take a look at the 10 hottest WAGs ever

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  Ramachandran to be next IOA president

  January 25, 2014 19:50 IST

  New Delhi: N. Ramachandran, Rajeev Mehta and Anil Khanna will be elected unopposed as president, secretary general and treasurer respectively of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) at the Feb 9 elections.The elections may finally pave

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  Saina reach finals of Syed Modi

  January 25, 2014 18:11 IST

  Lucknow: London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal reached her first finals in 15 months after the Indian ace packed off sixth seed Chinese Xuan Deng in a thrilling three-game women's singles match of the Syed

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  Sindhu progresses to India GP Gold semis

  January 24, 2014 19:19 IST

  New Delhi: Second seeded shuttler P.V. Sindhu of India won her match to progress to the women's singles semi-finals of the $120,000 India Grand Prix Gold at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Friday.Last

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  10 Olympics moments that shook the world

  January 25, 2014 7:05 IST

  New Delhi: The Olympic Games is a celebration of athleticism, sporting prowess and goodwill but there have been a number of incidents over the years that have gone beyond mere sport. From politics and ideology

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  Saina, Sindhu progress, defending champion Kashyap out

  January 23, 2014 19:51 IST

  Lucknow: Top seeds Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu breezed into the women's singles quarter-finals while the top four men's seeds had to bite the dust in Round 3 of the $120,000 India Grand Prix Gold

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  Pistorius lawyers still negotiating settlement

  January 23, 2014 19:08 IST

  Cape Town, South Africa: Oscar Pistorius' lawyers have been negotiating an out-of court settlement for nearly six months with representatives of the parents of slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, which a legal expert says could be

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  Shuttler Srikanth wants to win more Grand Prix in 2014

  January 23, 2014 19:02 IST

  Lucknow: Kidambi Srikanth has developed a reputation for being the giant killer on the badminton circuit after defeating several top players in the past one year.The 20-year-old lived up to that epithet when he beat

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  Saina reaches quarters of India GP Gold

  January 23, 2014 16:41 IST

  Lucknow: Top seed Saina Nehwal sailed through her second round tie to enter the women's singles quarter-finals of the $120,000 India Grand Prix Gold at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Thursday.The World No.9

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  Saina Nehwal slips to ninth in world badminton rankings

  January 23, 2014 14:13 IST

  Lucknow: A second round loss at the Malaysia Open Super Series Premier last week saw India's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal drop a place to No.9 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released

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  UCI may cut Lance Armstrong ban in return for details

  January 23, 2014 10:49 IST

  Adelaide, Australia: The new president of cycling's world body says Lance Armstrong's lifetime ban for doping cold be reduced if he provides information which assists other doping investigations.   Brian Cookson became UCI president in September

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  Lusofonia Games: Shamini Kumaresen wins gold in table tennis event

  January 23, 2014 9:00 IST

  Panaji: Shamini Kumaresen won gold medal for India in the individual table tennis event at Lusofonia Games beating her colleague Madhumita Patkar in six sets.     Kumaresan defeated Patkar by 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 5-11, 11-7 and

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  Narain Karthikeyan closing in on Japan's Super Formula drive

  January 22, 2014 19:47 IST

  New Delhi: India's top driver Narain Karthikeyan is close to securing a drive in the Japan-based Super Formula single-seater racing series. He first competed in the one-make championship in 2001 when it was called Formula

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  Saina, Kashyap progress to pre-quarters at India GP Gold

  January 22, 2014 19:28 IST

  Lucknow: Top seeds Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the $120,000 India Grand Prix Gold after earning easy wins at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Wednesday.While Saina notched up

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  QNet scam: Ferreira asked to appear before police by Jan 27

  January 22, 2014 17:29 IST

  Mumbai: Former world Billiards champion Michael Ferreira was today directed by a sessions court to appear before Mumbai police by January 27 in connection with the Rs 425-crore scam allegedly executed by a multi-level marketing

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  Sochi still scrambling to sell Olympic tickets

  January 21, 2014 17:33 IST

  London: What if they held an Olympics and nobody came?   The situation isn't that bleak, of course, for the Sochi Games. Yet, with less than three weeks to go until the opening ceremony, hundreds of

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  Sochi forces hunt for 3 potential suicide bombers

  January 21, 2014 17:24 IST

  Sochi, Russia: Russian security officials are hunting down three potential female suicide bombers, one of whom is believed to be in Sochi, where the Winter Olympics will begin next month.   Police leaflets seen by an

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  Cueist Sitwala for Scottish Open

  January 21, 2014 15:06 IST

  Mumbai: Two-time world billiards runner-up Dhruv Sitwala is to feature in the 2014 Scottish Open that will be held in Glasgow on January 25 and 26.     Sitwala, runner-up in the 2008 edition of the event,