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WADA threatens to expel Jamaica on doping issue
August 23, 2013 11:21 ISTMontreal: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has threatened to expel Jamaica from the next Olympics and other major competitions if it refuses to address shortcomings highlighted by a senior ex-employee.WADA director general David Howman Wednesday
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Centre finally confirms Sodhi for Khel Ratna
August 22, 2013 23:53 ISTNew Delhi: Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh found time from his busy schedule and cleared the national sports awards file Thursday without making any changes in the list finalised by the committee headed by former
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No Khel Ratna for Krishna Poonia
August 22, 2013 23:04 ISTNew Delhi: Putting an end to all speculations, the Sports Ministry today stuck to its original list of winners for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards thereby dashing discus thrower Krishna Poonia's hopes of getting
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IBL: Hotshots beat Masters, top IBL table
August 23, 2013 12:34 ISTPune: The Hyderabad Hotshots defeated the Mumbai Masters 3-2 in the Indian Badminton League (IBL) tie to top the points table at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here Thursday.By winning the tie, the Hotshots
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Youth Games: Indian athletes have won 10 medals so far
August 22, 2013 20:02 ISTNanjing (China): Indian athletes, who are participating as Independent Olympic Athletes, have won two gold, four silver and four bronze medals so far in the second Asian Youth games. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is
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Cuban hurdler Ortega defects from national team
August 22, 2013 22:35 ISTHavana: Cuba's 110 metres hurdler Orlando Ortega, who finished sixth in the London Olympics, defected from the national team during the recently concluded World Athletics Championships in Moscow."Attitudes like his have nothing to do with
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Golfer Bhullar to defend Macau Open
August 22, 2013 17:24 ISTMacau: India's Gaganjeet Bhullar Thursday said he will return here in October to defend his Macau Open title which he won in emphatic style last year.Leading from start-to-finish, the young star triumphed on 16-under-par 268
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IBL:Pia replaces Sapsiree in Awadhe Warriors
August 22, 2013 21:52 ISTNew Delhi: Top doubles shuttler Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth of Indonesia has replaced Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand in Awadhe Warriors for the remainder of the Indian Badminton League (IBL).The World No.6 women's doubles shuttler was in
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Squash - Indian teams in squash semis
August 22, 2013 7:22 ISTNanjing (China): Indian boys and girls teams reached the semi-finals of the team event in the Asian Youth Games squash competition in contrasting styles, here Wednesday.The Indian boys defeated Jordan 3-0 and Pakistan, who entered
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IBL: Jwala takes a dig at Saina for taking on Hidayat
August 22, 2013 16:56 ISTNew Delhi: Top Indian doubles player Jwala Gutta took a dig at Saina Nehwal for differing with Indonesian great Taufik Hidayat on the auction of players in the Indian Badminton League (IBL).Former Olympic and World
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IBL: Uday Pawar surprised over Saina's criticism of Hidayat
August 21, 2013 18:54 ISTMumbai: Former international Uday Pawar was urprised by shuttle queen Saina Nehwal's criticism of Taufik Hidayat's views over the Indian Badminton League auction process and said the retired Indonesian great's perspective needed to be respected,
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Put national interest first, Sports Minister tells administrators
August 21, 2013 15:58 ISTNew Delhi: Urging the Indian Olympic Association to sort out its differences with the IOC through negotiations, Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today asked the administrators to put national interest first to ensure that the ban
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Eight Chinese athletes test positive ahead of national games
August 21, 2013 15:10 ISTBeijing: China's anti-doping authorities Wednesday said eight athletes had tested positive in the second quarter of the year.So far there have been 12 doping cases this year, equal to that of last year, reports Xinhua.China's
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Russian female runners: Kisses not a protest
August 21, 2013 12:21 ISTMoscow: Quick kisses exchanged by four Russian female sprinters, exuberant after winning a relay race at the world championships in Moscow, have set off a flurry of speculation that they were protesting Russia's new controversial
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IBL: Lee, Baun power Mumbai Masters to 4-1 win over Delhi Smashers
August 21, 2013 16:40 ISTMumbai: World no 1 Lee Chong Wei and former women's no 1 Tine Baun powered Mumbai Masters to a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Krissh Delhi Smashers in the Indian Badminton League at the NSCI Stadium
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Intense lobbying by Poonia delays national sports awards
August 20, 2013 23:04 ISTNew Delhi: Intense lobbying for getting female discus thrower Krishna Poonia the Khel Ratna, the highest sports award, delayed the scheduled announcement of the national sports awards here on Tuesday.The ministry was supposed to make
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IBL: Lee, Baun help Mumbai take handy 2-0 lead over Delhi
August 21, 2013 16:07 ISTMumbai: World number one Lee Chong Wei lived up to his reputation by easing his way past Malaysian compatriot Daren Liew on his Indian Badminton League debut before All England women's champion Tine Baun followed
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More embarrassment for India as 3 more athletes disqualified
August 20, 2013 18:31 ISTNew Delhi: In yet another embarrassing goof-up, three Indian weightlifters were disqualified from thesecond Youth Asian Games in Nanjing because of overage, adding a new twist to the shocking administrative fiasco which has already seen
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SA minister wants toughest sentence for Pistorius
August 20, 2013 17:24 ISTPretoria: Murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius must be punished with the toughest sentence, South Africa's Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities Lulu Xingwana said."We are saying to the courts: we want to see the
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Paddler Abhishek settles for bronze in Asian Youth Games
August 20, 2013 11:07 ISTNanjing (China): Indian paddler Abhishek Yadav fought valiantly against world No. 1 and top-seeded Chinese Zhendong Fan before bowing out 2-4 (4-11, 13-11, 13-11, 4-11, 8-11, 7-11) in the semi-final of men's singles event at
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IBL: Saina comes from behind to down Schenk in thrilling encounter
August 20, 2013 21:51 ISTMumbai: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal rallied from a game down to get the better of German rival Juliane Schenk in a high quality Indian Badminton League (IBL) women's singles clash to help Hyderabad Hotshots
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Paralympian Sharath finishes 14th at Worlds
August 19, 2013 20:22 ISTMontreal: Paralympic swimmer Sharath Gayakwad finished 14th in the 50m freestyle finals (S8 category) at the IPC World Swimming Championships here.Sharath clocked 30.02 seconds on Sunday, the last day of the week-long championships.Russian Denis Tarasov
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IBL: Happy to be in top-2 says Kashyap
August 19, 2013 20:13 ISTLucknow: Banga Beats icon player Parupalli Kashyap said here Monday that he is happy his team is in second place of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) standings.The Beats defeated the Awadhe Warriors 4-1 and bagged
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'Blade Runner' Pistorius back in court
August 19, 2013 18:33 ISTPretoria: Paralympian Oscar Pistorius reappeared at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court Monday morning to hear murder charges against him.His court reappearance coincides with the 30th birthday of his girlfriend Reeva Stamkemp whom he shot dead at
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IBL: Banga Beats defeat Awadhe Warriors, Sindhu fails again
August 19, 2013 23:26 ISTLucknow: P Kashyap played through pain as he led Banga Beats to a comprehensive 4-1 win over Awadhe Warriors despite an injured ankle but P V Sindhu failed to pull it off for the home
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Jamaica wins women's 4x100 relay at worlds
August 19, 2013 16:45 ISTMoscow: Jamaica won the women's 4x100-meter relay Sunday at the world championships, giving Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce her third gold medal of the competition.Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert and Fraser-Pryce won in a championship record 41.29
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Bolt gets another golden triple with relay win
August 19, 2013 16:04 ISTMoscow: Usain Bolt is, yet again, perfect. And with three gold medals in Moscow, the Jamaican great became the most successful athlete in the 30-year history of the world championships.The 4x100-meter relay gold on Sunday
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SAI blames AFI for sending overage players to Nanjing Asian Youth games
August 19, 2013 14:18 ISTNew Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) Monday blamed the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) after 18 overage athletes were sent back home from the second Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China.SAI director general
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