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  Vijay, Heena clinch gold medals in shooting nationals

  December 30, 2012 21:02 IST

  New Delhi,Dec 30: London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar on Sunday clinched the gold medal in the men's rapid fire pistol event at the 56th National Shooting Championship in New Delhi.While Vijay shot 572 and

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  World's top international sports stories in 2012

  January 01, 2013 8:12 IST

  Beijing, Dec 29: Top international sports news stories of the year:Lionel Messi won the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or, the prestigious award for the world's outstanding footballer, for the third straight time on Jan. 9. He

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  Guron wins gold; Heena, Annuraj vye for top prize in pistol

  December 29, 2012 19:06 IST

  New Delhi,Dec 29: P P S Guron of Chattisgarh won the men's skeet gold medal while Olympians Heena Sidhu and Annuraj Singh were gunning for the top prize in the women's air pistol event on

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  Korobov stays in lead; Sasikiran beats Gupta

  December 26, 2012 21:54 IST

  New Delhi,Dec 26: Grandmaster Anton Korobov of Ukraine maintained a slender half-point lead after drawing with nearest competitor Evgeny Alekseev of Russia in the sixth round of the AICF-AAI Chess Cup 2012 here at AAI

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  Luger Keshavan wins gold in Asian Championship

  December 23, 2012 17:27 IST

  Nagano (Japan), Dec 23: India's top luge athlete Shiva Keshavan reclaimed the gold medal for the second time in succession by setting a new Asian record of 49.590 seconds in the Asian Championship.The race was

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  Sindhu in maiden Grand Prix final

  December 22, 2012 18:24 IST

  Lucknow, Dec 22: India's rising badminton star P.V. Sindhu reached her maiden final of a Grand Prix Gold beating Thailand's Sapsiree Taerattanachai in straight games in the women's singles semifinal of the K.L.Garg-Syed Modi International

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  Court orders framing of charges against Kalmadi, 10 others

  December 21, 2012 16:35 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 21: A Delhi court Friday ordered framing of charges against former Commonwealth Games (CWG) organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and ten others for forgery, cheating and conspiracy in a corruption case related

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  David Beckham's family is world's most stylish

  December 21, 2012 10:20 IST

  London, Dec 21:Star couple David and Victoria Beckham and their four children have been crowned the world's most stylish celebrity family by an online poll.The superstar clan - Brooklyn, 13, Romeo, 10, Cruz, seven, and

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  Gopichand hearing postponed

  December 20, 2012 19:17 IST

  Lucknow, Dec 20: The hearing of Pullela Gopichand, the national badminton coach, in the Prajakta Sawant case has been postponed to next year.The Bombay High Court Dec 10 had rapped Gopichand for running a private

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  Framing of charges against Kalmadi on Friday

  December 20, 2012 19:56 IST

  New Delhi,Dec 20: A Delhi court will pronounce on Friday its order on framing of charges against former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) Chairman Suresh Kalmadi and 10 others in a games-related graft case.Special CBI

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  Saina retains third spot in world rankings

  December 20, 2012 19:18 IST

  Lucknow, Dec 20: India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal retained third position in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) women's singles rankings released Thursday.Saina missed out on a chance of equalling her best ever ranking of No.2

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  Dipika loses in World Open pre-quarters

  December 20, 2012 0:09 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 19: India's Dipika Pallikal went down fighting against world No.2 Raneem El Weleily of Egypt in the pre-quarterfinals of the World Open squash event in Grand Cayman island in the Caribbean.World No.10

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  Did Saina Nehwal lose deliberately in Syed Modi International India Grand Prix?

  December 20, 2012 0:00 IST

  Lucknow,Dec 19: In controversial circumstances, India's Olympic bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal “retired” on match point from the women's singles first round at the KL Garg-Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament at

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  Ten brightest and sad moments for Indian sports in 2012

  December 20, 2012 6:21 IST

  New Delhi: As 2012 draws to a close, a quick assessment on a memorable year for Indian sports. India for the first time won two silvers and four bronze medals at the Olympics, thanks to 

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  Saina to don Sahara logo

  December 18, 2012 23:55 IST

  Lucknow, Dec 18:  Sahara Group Tuesday named badminton star Saina Nehwal as its brand ambassador.As part of the association, Saina will don Sahara logo while playing in tournaments worldwide.On the association, the World No.3 said:

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  Top 10 TV sport babes

  January 11, 2014 6:58 IST

  New Delhi: They adorn our screens keeping us up to date with the latest news — but sometimes we just drift off into their eyes.That's right, this week's top 10 is the cream of sports

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  Indians shine in sports in 2012, Sachin Tendulkar disappoints

  December 18, 2012 6:20 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 17: India has rarely thrived at the Olympics and a reminder of their low expectations came when their unprecedented six-medal haul in London was hailed as a triumph. The Indian Olympic Association

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  2012: 'Old war horses' rule the roost in squash

  December 16, 2012 18:32 IST

  New Delhi,Dec 16: Dipika Pallikal broke into the world top 10, Saurav Ghosal celebrated the biggest PSA World Tour title win of his career and Joshna Chinappa claimed her maiden WISPA title at home as

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  India win men's world kabaddi final

  December 16, 2012 8:43 IST

  Ludhiana, Dec 15: For the third consecutive time, India won the men's final of the World Kabaddi Cup here Saturday by crushing arch-rivals Pakistan 59-22.It was a one-sided match and Indian players dominated the game

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  Saina runs out of steam against Li

  December 15, 2012 19:58 IST

  Shenzhen (China), Dec 15: India's World No.3 shuttler Saina Nehwal ran out of steam in the semifinal against top seed and reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China in the women's singles semifinal of the

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  Jeev Milkha Singh honoured with lifetime award in Brunei

  December 15, 2012 15:13 IST

  Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), Dec 15 :  Jeev Milkha Singh, the first Indian professional golfer to join the European Tour in 1998, celebrated his 41st birthday in advance as he was honoured with the Asia

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  Chowrasia shoots 67 despite closing double bogey, lies fourth

  December 13, 2012 17:54 IST

  Nusajaya(Malaysia),Dec 13: SSP Chowrasia played 17 great holes to get to seven-under before giving back two shots on the very last hole at the Iskandar Johor Open on Thursday.Chowrasia was still very much in frame

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  IOA's suspension by IOC will be solved soon: Hashmi

  December 13, 2012 15:50 IST

  Jamshedpur, Dec 13: Newly elected joint secretary of Indian Olympic Association S M Hashmi today expressed confidence that the issue of IOA's suspension by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be solved soon as the

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  Saina loses second consecutive match

  December 13, 2012 12:57 IST

  Shenzhen (China), Dec 13: World No.3 shuttler Saina Nehwal of India lost her second consecutive women's singles Group B match in the $500,000 BWF World Super Series Finals against Thai Ratchanok Intanon in straight games

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  World's 10 largest sports stadiums

  December 25, 2012 6:43 IST

  New Delhi: Stadiums and sports grounds have always played a major role in our society in terms of sports while on the other hand; they are also being used for huge occasional ceremonies or festivals

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  472 vehicles to compete in 2013 Dakar Rally

  December 12, 2012 14:00 IST

  Lima (Peru), Dec 12: A total of 472 vehicles will compete in the 2013 Dakar Rally, the rugged road race being hosted for the fifth consecutive year in South America.The race, watched by more than

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  Hold fresh poll for three key posts, ministry tells AFI

  December 11, 2012 19:03 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 11: The sports ministry Wednesday directed the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to conduct fresh elections for only three key posts of the president, secretary general and the treasurer.The ministry has given

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  Australian PGA set to move courses next year

  December 11, 2012 12:12 IST

  Coolum, Australia, Dec 11: The Australian PGA will move from its Sunshine Coast resort course location in south Queensland state after 11 years.Blame it, indirectly, on a new robotic dinosaur located between the ninth green