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  Paralympian Devendra gives India historic gold

  July 22, 2013 16:56 IST

  New Delhi, July 22: Paralympian Devendra Jhajharia scripted history for India as he gave the country its maiden gold medal in the World Paralympic Championships in the javelin throw (F-47 category) in Lyon, France.According to

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  IBL: Hyderabad bags Saina for $120,000, Mumbai pays $135,000 for Lee Chong Wei

  August 07, 2013 11:52 IST

  New Delhi, July 22: India's top shuttler and Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal was sold to Hyderabad Hostshots for a whopping $120,000 while World No.1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia got the highest bid of

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  Tour De France: Tour winner finished? Far Froome it

  July 22, 2013 8:21 IST

  Paris, Jul 22: One down for Tour de France winner Chris Froome, how many more to go?Having crushed the opposition at the 100th Tour, the British rider is looking ahead. And the French may need

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  Italian Superbike racer dies in fatal crash

  July 22, 2013 7:52 IST

  Moscow, July 22: Italian Superbike racer Andrea Antonelli died after a crash at the World Championship's Moscow round on Sunday, local police said.The event was held in the Volokolamsk district of Moscow region in torrential

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  Asian TT: India win four gold medals

  July 21, 2013 22:41 IST

  New Delhi, July 21: Indian paddlers claimed all four team gold medals to cap off a successful second day of the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at the IG Indoor Stadium here Sunday.Sri Lanka

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  Britain's Christopher Froome effectively wins Tour de France

  July 21, 2013 16:35 IST

  Annecy-Semnoz, France, July 21: Christopher Froome has two hands firmly on the Tour de France trophy. All that remains is for the British rider to raise it above his head before cheering crowds in Paris

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  Anderson, Mellouli win first golds at swimming worlds

  July 21, 2013 11:11 IST

  Barcelona, July 21: Haley Danita Anderson of the US and Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia won the first gold medals of the World Swimming Championships here as they won the women's and men's five km open

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  Saina, Chong Wei get top base price for IBL auction

  August 09, 2013 12:58 IST

  New Delhi, July 20: India's women's badminton ace Saina Nehwal and World No.1 men's shuttler Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia have been given the top base price of $50,000 for the upcoming Indian Badminton League

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  Deepika Kumari exits archery World Cup

  July 19, 2013 19:58 IST

  Kolkata, July 19: It was a disappointing day for the Indians at the Archery World Cup Stage 3, as ace archer Deepika Kumari made a quarterfinal exit, while others failed to progress beyond pre-quarterfinal stage

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  Over 800 doping tests to be done at FINA worlds

  July 19, 2013 17:35 IST

  Madrid, July 19: More than 800 doping tests will be conducted during the swimming world championships slated for July 19 to Aug 4 in Barcelona, world governing body of the sport FINA said.According to Cornel

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  Amazing to drive F1 car: Calado

  July 19, 2013 17:25 IST

  Silverstone (England), July 19: British racing driver James Calado, who is testing Pirelli tyres here at the Young Driver Test, said it was amazing to drive a Formula 1 car.Calado, who drove Force India's VJM06

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  Indian girls knocked out of World squash

  July 19, 2013 17:06 IST

  Wroclaw (Poland), July 19: The Indian challenge in the women's singles of the World Junior Squash championships ended with Sachika Ingale, Harshit Kaur Jawanda and Lakshya Ragavendran losing to higher-ranked opponents.Ingale had no answer to

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  Swimming world championship opens in post-Michael Phelps era

  July 18, 2013 19:48 IST

  Barcelona, July 18:The biennial swimming world championships begins on Saturday, and for the first time in more than a decade Michael Phelps won't be competing.Instead, the spotlight should fall on athletes like Sun Yang and

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  Chris Froome's team releases private data

  July 18, 2013 19:22 IST

  L'ALPE D'HUEZ, July 18: The team of Tour de France leader Chris Froome has released his performance data from six races, including this Tour, to a French newspaper as it seeks to dispel any suspicions

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  Appoint contract-based coaches who can give results: Milkha

  July 18, 2013 19:26 IST

  New Delhi, July 18:The biopic on him may be running as fast at the box office as he would in his heydays, but India's legendary athlete Milkha Singh is far from being pleased with the

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  Quality grid for Coimbatore Rally

  July 18, 2013 15:54 IST

  Coimbatore, July 18: It is as close to a dream line-up as it gets as the third round of the FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship commences here on Saturday with a 32-four-wheeler grid that will

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  Das-Deepika eye bronze in Archery World Cup after semis loss

  July 18, 2013 14:56 IST

  Kolkata, Jul 18: Indian pair of Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari faltered against American Olympic medalists Brady Ellison and Khatuna Lorig in the mixed section semifinals of the Archery World Cup Stage 3 being held

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  Three Indian girls advance in world squash meet

  July 18, 2013 14:08 IST

  Wroclaw (Poland), July 18: Sachika Ingale, Harshit Kaur Jawanda and Lakshya Ragavendran advanced to the third round of the girls singles in the World Junior Squash Championships here that saw the end of the Indian

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  Gavaskar, Nagarjuna buy Mumbai franchise of IBL

  August 07, 2013 11:51 IST

  Mumbai, July 18: Legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, Southern star Nagarjuna and Hyderabad-based businessman V. Chamundeshwarnath have bagged the Mumbai franchise for the $1 million Indian Badminton League (IBL). The franchise will be known as

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  Burman family acquires IBL's Pune franchise

  July 17, 2013 20:33 IST

  New Delhi, July 17 : The $1 million Indian Badminton League (IBL) Wednesday announced that its Pune franchise - Pune Pistons - was successfully bid for and bagged by the Burman family, promoters of Dabur

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  Qatar to host 2015 boxing world championships

  July 17, 2013 17:37 IST

  Lausanne, Switzerland, July 17: Qatar will host the 2015 world boxing championships, beating a bid from Bangkok.C.K. Wu, the president of governing body AIBA, said “It is very exciting for AIBA to explore new horizons

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  Tour de France: Rui Costa wins 16th stage

  July 17, 2013 11:33 IST

  Gap (France), July 17: Portuguese cyclist Rui Costa took his second stage win, after his victory in the 16th stage of the Tour de France by going through several medium-difficulty climbs.Race leader Chris Froome and

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  Russia ready to host world athletics event

  July 16, 2013 17:24 IST

  Moscow, Jul 16: With 25 days to go until the athletics world championships in Moscow, the organizers said Tuesday that all sports facilities are ready and tickets are selling.A new track was laid at the

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  Force India to evaluate GP2 driver Calado

  July 16, 2013 18:35 IST

  Silverstone, July 16: The Force India Formula 1 team will evaluate British GP2 racer James Calado at the Young Driver Test in Silverstone July 17-19.Calado has already driven the VJM06 during straight-line aero testing, but

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  Two Arunachal archers to represent India at Asian Grand Prix

  July 16, 2013 16:26 IST

  Itanagar, Jul 16: Two Archers from Arunachal Pradesh will represent the country at second Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship to be held at Ullanbaatoar, Mongolia from July 26 to August 2.“Sorang Yumi and Maselo Mihu

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  Powell, other Jamaican athletes deny doping

  July 15, 2013 21:25 IST

  Montego Bay (Jamaica), July 15: Three of Jamaica's top athletes including Asafa Powell have denied taking banned substances after the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) confirmed that five of the country's athletes have tested positive for

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  Rich haul for Indian boxers in Serbia

  July 15, 2013 22:02 IST

  New Delhi, July 15:It turned out to be a field day for India's young pugilists as they punched their way to an unprecedented nine medals, including four gold, in the Golden Glove of Vojvodina -

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  Girisha, nine others to participate in Athletics World Championships

  July 15, 2013 20:19 IST

  New Delhi, July 15: London Paralympics silver medallist H.N. Girisha has been named in the 10-member Indian contingent which will participate in the IPC Athletics World Championships from July 19 to 28 at Lyon, France.All