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  Bolt, Fraser-Pryce among 10 for IAAF's top award

  October 02, 2013 16:56 IST

  Monaco: Jamaican star sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  both figure in the 10-men and 10-women shortlist for the 2013 World Athlete of the Year Award, the world governing body of the sport announced."The IAAF

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  Rival heads of Pakistan body to meet IOC officials

  October 01, 2013 20:27 IST

  Islamabad: The rival heads of Pakistan's Olympic body will meet with IOC officials in Switzerland this week in a bid to resolve the dispute.Two retired army generals—Mohammad Akram Sahi and Arif Hasan—claim to head the

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  Australia's National Rugby League: Cronk wins player of the year

  October 01, 2013 18:48 IST

  Sydney: Melbourne Storm fullback Cooper Cronk has won the Dally M Medal as player of the year in the National Rugby League.Cronk finished the seasonlong voting by media with 28 points, two more than fellow

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  IOC chief receives Russian 'assurances' over gays

  September 30, 2013 11:56 IST

  Ancient Olympia, Greece: New IOC President Thomas Bach said Sunday he had received assurances from senior Russian officials and games organizers that an ongoing controversy over the country's treatment of gays will not affect athletes

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  Olympic flame for Sochi Games ready for relay

  September 30, 2013 11:11 IST

  Ancient Olympia, Greece:  Using the sun's rays, the Olympic flame lighting for the Winter Games in Sochi went off without a hitch in southern Greece Sunday, ahead of its journey across Russia's nine time zones

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  Aragon Grand Prix: Marquez sets track record for pole

  September 28, 2013 19:57 IST

  Alcaniz, Spain: Overall leader Marc Marquez set a track record on Saturday to claim pole position at the Aragon MotoGP.Defending champion Jorge Lorenzo starts Sunday's race from second, followed by Marquez's Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa,

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  Nikhat marches into finals of Youth Boxing Championships

  September 28, 2013 17:50 IST

  Albena (Bulgaria):  Reigning Junior World Champion Nikhat Zareen (54kg) continued her winning streak at the AIBA Women's Youth World Boxing Championships as she powered through to the final round of the championship.After her stupendous performance

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  IOC satisfied Olympic charter will be respected for Sochi Winter Games

  September 28, 2013 13:42 IST

  Sochi, Russia: The International Olympic Committee doesn't have the authority to intervene in Russia's law banning gay propaganda and is convinced there will be no discrimination against athletes or spectators at the Winter Games in

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  Vidit Gujrathi wins bronze in World Junior Chess

  September 27, 2013 6:31 IST

  Kocaeli (Turkey): Former Under-14 world champion and Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi won the bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship after settling for a quick draw with winner Yu Yangyi of China in the 13th

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  Height doesn't matter to excel in basketball, say NBA stars

  September 26, 2013 14:24 IST

  Mumbai:  Near-seven-foot tall NBA stars Horace Grant and Peja Stojakovic today dismissed the notion that short players cannot excel in basketball, and emphasized that what mattered more was passion and willingness to learn.     "It doesn't

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  Formula One Grand Prix in Greater Noida Oct 25

  September 25, 2013 11:03 IST

  Lucknow: The Formula One motor race would be held at the Buddha International Circuit in Greater Noida between Oct 25-27, officials said Wednesday.The state government cleared the proposal of the JP Sports International Limited late

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  Sindhu gets her Arjuna Award

  September 24, 2013 22:10 IST

  New Delhi: India's rising shuttler P.V. Sindhu, who recently won the World Championship bronze medal, was conferred with the Arjuna Award by sports minister Jitendra Singh here on Tuesday.The minister presented Sindhu a statuette, citation

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  Rare images of Jwala Gutta, a flame that set the Badminton arena on fire

  May 30, 2014 7:37 IST

  New Delhi: Jwala Gutta is a left-handed Indian badminton player of mixed Indian and Chinese descent who has won the National Badminton Championships thirteen times till 2010. Jwala was born on 7 September 1983 in

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  Sandeep creates history, wins bronze in Greco Roman

  September 23, 2013 12:37 IST

  Budapest: Grappler Sandeep Tulsi Yadav created history by winning India's first-ever medal in the Greco-Roman category of the Senior World WrestlingChampionships after beating Serbia's Aleksandar Maksimovic in the 66kg division here today.     Sandeep overwhelmed the

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  Deepika Kumari misses gold medal in World Cup archery final

  September 22, 2013 22:32 IST

  Kolkata: A gold medal in the prestigious World Cup Final eluded Deepika Kumari once again as she settled for her third successive silver after being pipped by Korean Olympic champion Ok-Hee Yun, in Paris today.According

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  Singapore Grand Prix: Sutil brings Force India a point

  September 22, 2013 21:23 IST

  Singapore: Force India driver Adrian Sutil brought home a point at the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix after teammate Paul di Resta crashed out at the Marina Bay Street Circuit here on Sunday.The race was

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  Red Bull's Vettel takes pole for Singapore Grand Prix

  September 22, 2013 7:30 IST

  Singapore:  German driver Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing team got a best lap time of 1 minute and 42.841 seconds to take the pole for the Singapore Grand Prix Saturday.This is Vettel's fifth pole

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  Golfer Smriti Mehra shines in Srinagar

  September 22, 2013 7:32 IST

  Srinagar:  Veteran Delhi golfer Smriti Mehra pulled off a sensational win in the 10th leg of the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour here.Smriti won the final round in a nail biting three-way play off on

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  Volleyball to try out experimental rules

  September 21, 2013 19:27 IST

  Lausanne: The game of volleyball is all set to test two experimental rules during the under 23 world championships for men and women next month in Brazil and Mexico.The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) will test

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  Chinese, Ukrainian women triumph in Wrestling World Championships

  September 21, 2013 12:24 IST

  Budapest:  China's Zhang Fengliu won the 72kg women's freestyle at the 2013 Wrestling World Championships Friday in Budapest, while Ukraine's Alina Stadnik-Makhynia won the women's 67kg event, to end the freestyle championships.Zhang beat Olympic champion

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  Japan Open: Indian shuttlers exit

  September 20, 2013 15:26 IST

  Tokyo: The Indian challenge at the $200,000 Japan Open Super Series ended here Friday after shuttlers Ajay Jayaram, K. Srikanth and H.S. Prannoy lost their respective men's singles quarterfinals at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.Fifth seeded

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  No Arjuna Award for Renjith Maheshwary, says ministry

  September 20, 2013 11:46 IST

  New Delhi:  India's triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary suffered a massive set-back Thursday as the sports ministry decided not to give him the Arjuna Award after detailed investigations revealed that the athlete had indeed failed a

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  Bolt could race until 2017

  September 20, 2013 11:23 IST

  Rio De Janeiro:  Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has left open the possibility of continuing his career beyond the Rio 2106 Olympic Games.The six-time Olympic gold medallist earlier this month said the 2016 Games would

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  Gold medalist shooter misbehaves with hotel staff, suspended

  September 20, 2013 10:01 IST

  New Delhi: A 17-year old was recently suspended by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for misbehaving with a hotel staff member during Indian squad's training session in Italy.The gold medalist junior shotgun shooter

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  Sindhu exits, others advance at Japan Open

  September 19, 2013 19:40 IST

  Tokyo:  World No.12 shuttler P.V. Sindhu of India lost her second round tie while compatriots H.S. Prannoy, K. Srikanth and Ajay Jayaram advanced to the quarterfinals of the $200,000 Japan Open Super Series here Thursday.Sindhu

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  Former heavyweight champion Norton dies

  September 19, 2013 14:50 IST

  Las Vegas:  Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who shocked the boxing world in 1973 when he became the second man to beat Muhammad Ali in a fight, died Wednesday at a local care facility. He

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  Narsingh Yadav misses bronze at World Wrestling event

  September 19, 2013 12:33 IST

  Budapest: India's Narsingh Yadav missed out on a bronze medal after going down 1-6 to Ali Shabanau of Belarus in the repechage final of the 74kg category at the World Wrestling Championships here today.     The

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  Haryana hikes prize money for medal winners

  September 18, 2013 22:16 IST

  Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Wednesday doubled the prize money for players who win medals in the World Cup and world championships and also raised the prize money for Bhim and Arjuna awardees from the