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  Saina, Prannoy, Srikanth enter quarterfinals of Thailand

  June 06, 2013 18:57 IST

  Bangkok, June 6: Defending champion Saina Nehwal, H.S. Prannoy and K. Srikanth on Thursday reached the quarterfinals of the Thailand Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament.Top seed Saina thrashed Indonesia's Febby Angguni 21-12 21-11 in just

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  Saina, Arundhati in Thailand Open pre-quarter

  June 05, 2013 19:14 IST

  Bangkok, June 5: Defending champion Saina Nehwal and rising star Arundhati Pantawane advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of Thailand Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament after notching up contrasting wins in women's singles competition on Wednesday.Saina didn't

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  World Cup kabaddi in November

  June 02, 2013 20:52 IST

  Chandigarh, June 2: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday said the fourth edition of World Cup kabaddi will be held in the second half of November this year, in which 25 nations

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  Indian lifters bag seven more medals

  May 30, 2013 21:07 IST

  New Delhi, May 30: Indian weightlifters continued to shine at the 15th Asian youth championships by bagging seven medals, including two golds, on the third day in Doha on Thursday.Sambo Lapung clinched two gold medals

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  Pune to host Asian Athletics Championships

  May 30, 2013 19:53 IST

  New Delhi, May 30: The 20th Asian Athletics Championships will be held in Pune from July 3-7, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said on Thursday.“Pune will host the Asian Athletics Championships from July 3

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  Wrestling shortlisted for 2020 Olympics, final decision in September

  May 29, 2013 22:29 IST

  St. Petersburg, Russia, May 29: The International Olympic Committee today shortlisted  wrestling, squash and a joint baseball-softball bid , out of which one sport will be selected for the 2020 Olympics in September. The IOC

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  Williams F1 appoint new CEO

  May 29, 2013 16:32 IST

  Grove (England), May 29: Williams on Wednesday announced that Mike O'Driscoll replaces Alex Burns as the CEO of the Formula 1 team with immediate effect.O'Driscoll, formerly managing director of Jaguar Cars (2007 — 2011) and

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  Sports Ministry seeks extensive modification in draft law

  May 28, 2013 20:40 IST

  New Delhi, May 28: The Sports Ministry is not satisfied with the first draft of the proposed law to curb sport-fixing and other corrupt practices in sports and intends to carry out “extensive modification” to

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  Wrestlers confident ahead of IOC meeting at St Petersburg

  May 28, 2013 17:14 IST

  New Delhi, May 28: With wrestling going in for major revamp in its archaic rules, the Indian grapplers are hopeful of the sport being shortlisted when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meets on Wednesday in

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  Yohan Blake targets three World Athletics golds

  May 28, 2013 16:23 IST

  Kingston (Jamaica), May 28: World 100 metres champion Yohan Blake says his main goal this season is to win three gold medals at the World Championships in Moscow August 10-18.The double Olympic sprint silver medallist

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  Rosberg captures crash-marred Monaco GP

  May 26, 2013 23:30 IST

  Monaco, May 26: Nico Rosberg kept his cool amid the chaos to win the crash-marred Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday and give Mercedes its first victory of the season, as well as emulate his father's

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  Badminton: China retain Sudirman Cup

  May 26, 2013 21:32 IST

  Kuala Lumpur, May 26: The Chinese badminton team successfully defended its Sudirman Cup title with a convincing 3-0 victory over South Korea in the final here Sunday, winning the competition for the fifth successive time.World

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  SAI paves way for India's participation in Deaflympics

  May 23, 2013 18:34 IST

  New Delhi, May 23: The Sports Authority of India's timely intervention has paved the way for the country's participation in the Deaflympics at Sofia, Bulgaria, after the athletes were left to fend for themselves following

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  Rifle association allowed unaffiliated body to vote

  May 23, 2013 16:41 IST

  New Delhi, May 23: In a blatant breach of IOA's Constitution, the National Rifle Association of India allowed members from an ad hoc committee in Jharkhand — which is neither affiliated to the state Olympic

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  Former kabaddi players demand inquiry into AKFI election

  May 22, 2013 17:40 IST

  New Delhi, May 22: Former India Kabaddi players have demanded a CBI inquiry into the entire functioning of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) and its president Janardhan Singh Gehlot.A former India player, Gurdeep

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  Boxing: Medals won but no exposure to competition without headguard

  May 21, 2013 18:14 IST

  New Delhi, May 21: A morale-boosting medal haul was secured but Indian boxers, who returned on Tuesday from tournaments in Russia and Cyprus, missed out on the vital experience of competing without headguards as neither

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  Nightmare over, boxer Vijender gets back to normal life

  May 20, 2013 17:04 IST

  New Delhi, May 20:  “The nightmare is finally over and I am back to a normal life”, said a relieved Vijender Singh as he broke his silence on the sensational drug scandal that severely hurt

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  India loses to Indonesia in Sudirman Cup

  May 20, 2013 16:13 IST

  Kuala Lumpur, May 20: India failed to make the quarterfinals of the Sudirman Cup mixed team badminton championship after suffering a 1-4 thrashing at the hands of Indonesia in its second group match in Kuala

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  Indian American Vivek Ranadive buys US basketball team

  May 18, 2013 9:30 IST

  Washington, May 18: Indian American software magnate Vivek Ranadive, who has become the first person of Indian descent to become the owner of a major US basketball  team, plans to build the Sacramento Kings into

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  Chautala agrees for IOA re-election

  May 16, 2013 21:18 IST

  New Delhi, May 16: Abhay Singh Chautala on Thursday welcomed the decision taken by the Indian officials and the IOC at a joint meeting in Lausanne and said the suspended IOA is ready to hold

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  Olympic suspension could end in next 2 months: Sports Minister

  May 21, 2013 13:47 IST

  New Delhi, May 16: India's Olympic suspension could be lifted in the next couple of months, claimed Sports Minister Jitendra Singh, insisting that the process to end the exile has already been set in motion

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  Spanish basketball star Gasol to miss European Championships

  May 15, 2013 18:53 IST

  Madrid, May 15: Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol confirmed Wednesday that he will not be able to form part of the Spanish squad which will defend its European title in Slovenia this September.The 32-year-old Gasol,

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  Bindra's name recommended for Bharat Ratna

  May 13, 2013 18:25 IST

  New Delhi, May 13: The only Indian to win an individual gold medal in Olympics, shooter Abhinav Bindra, has been recommended for the Bharat Ratna—the country's highest civilian honour—by the National Rifle Association of India

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  IOA delegates gear up for crucial IOC joint meeting

  May 13, 2013 17:33 IST

  New Delhi, May 13: Top IOA delegates were busy giving finishing touches to their action plan as they geared up for the crucial meeting with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne to draw a roadmap

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  IOA should think about sportspersons: Aditya Mehta

  May 10, 2013 19:51 IST

  Mumbai, May 10: Expressing optimism ahead of next week's meeting between the Indian Olympic Association and International Olympic Committee at Lausanne, snooker ace Aditya Mehta said the interest of Indian sportspersons should be kept in

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  Malhotra-led IOA to boycott IOC meeting

  May 09, 2013 15:00 IST

  New Delhi, May 9: Objecting to Narinder Batra and R.K. Anand's inclusion in the delegation, the Vijay Kumar Malhotra-led Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has decided to stay away from the May 15 meeting with the

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  Commonwealth TT: Indian men blanked by Singapore in final

  May 09, 2013 8:45 IST

  New Delhi, May 9: Indian paddlers could not match the speed of their Singapore rivals and were blanked 0-3 in the men's team final at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships here Wednesday.Sanil Shetty taking two

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  Indian Badminton League from Aug 14

  May 09, 2013 8:34 IST

  New Delhi, May 9: The much awaited lucrative Indian Badminton League (IBL), which offers a prize purse of $1 million, will be held across six major Indian cities Aug 14-31.The finals will be held in