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  Shooter Gagan Narang Conferred Khel Ratna

  August 29, 2011 20:15 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 29: Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who notched up four gold medals at last year's Commonwealth Games, was today conferred the country's highest sporting honour – the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award –

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  Arjuna Award Is An Inspiration To Do Better: Chhetri

  August 29, 2011 20:09 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 29: Star Indian striker Sunil Chhetri says winning the prestigious Arjuna Award will spur him to do better in future.“It's an inspiration to do better as I am now in the same

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  Pankaj Advani Falters At Final Hurdle In World Billiards

  August 29, 2011 11:41 IST

  New Delhi, August 29:   Indian cueist Pankaj Advani faltered in the finals once again as England's Mike Russell successfully defended his Point format title in the IBSF World Billiards Championship being played in Carlow, Ireland.

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  Bolt False Starts; Fellow Jamaican Blake Wins

  August 28, 2011 20:16 IST

  Daegu, August 28:  Yohan Blake grabbed the chance of a lifetime when he stormed to the 100 metres world title on Sunday after fellow-Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt sensationally committed a false start and was disqualified.Blake,

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  Bolt For A Triple Of Triple Golds

  August 24, 2011 14:05 IST

  Daegu (South Korea), August 24:   Usain Bolt will be going for a triple of golden triples when he settles into the starting blocks Saturday on the opening day of the athletics world championships.Another sprint sweep

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  Those Who Know Woods' Game: He's Down, Not Out

  August 15, 2011 17:09 IST

  Johns Creek, Georgia, Aug 15: The kid standing behind 15-year-old Tiger Woods on the tee at Torrey Pines was two years older and already a hotshot himself on Southern California's rough-and-tumble amateur golf circuit the

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  Shweta Chaudhary Joins Heena And Annu Raj At The Top

  August 07, 2011 20:47 IST

  Pune, Aug 7: Shweta Chaudhary, eager to bag a quota place for next year's London Olympics, upstaged Games berth earner Rahi Sarnobat by finishing above the latter in the qualifying rounds of the 10m air

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  Gagan Narang Says, His Nerve Control Will Be Put To Ultimate Test

  August 03, 2011 14:44 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 3 : Ace Indian rifleman Gagan Narang claims he can control his nerves better than anyone else but this mental toughness will be put to the "ultimate test" when he heads to

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  Usain Bolt Blazes To Victory In Stockholm

  July 31, 2011 11:33 IST

  Stockholm, July 31: Usain Bolt defied blustery conditions on Friday to record his first victory in three attempts on Swedish soil with victory over the 200 metres in the Stockholm Diamond League meeting. The Jamaican

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  World Swimming: Lochte leads 400 Individual Medley

  July 31, 2011 10:01 IST

  Shanghai, July 31:  Ryan Lochte easily advanced with the fastest time in the preliminaries of the 400-meter individual medley at the world championships, putting the American in position to win his fifth gold medal.Lochte led

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  World Swimming: Phelps Takes 3rd Gold

  July 30, 2011 17:31 IST

  Shanghai, July30:  Without Milorad Cavic to challenge him—or Ryan Lochte—Michael Phelps registered a comfortable win in the 100-meter butterfly at the swimming world championships Saturday.Phelps used his usual strategy for his third gold of the

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  World Swimming: Jeannette, Allaksandra Share Gold

  July 29, 2011 19:22 IST

  Shanghai, July 29: The world swimming championships has had its second dead heat for a gold medal, with Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark and Aliaksandra Herasimenia both finishing in a time of 53.45 seconds in the

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  Swimming: Cielo, Adrian, Bovell Lead With Same Time In 50 Meter Freestyle

  July 29, 2011 11:35 IST

  Shanghai, Jul 29 : Cesar Cielo of Brazil, American Nathan Adrian and George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago posted the same time of 22.03 seconds to lead 50-meter freestyle qualifying at the world swimming championships

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  Magnussen Wins Men's 100 Freestyle At World Swimming

  July 28, 2011 17:25 IST

  Shanghai,July 28:  Australian 20-year-old James Magnussen has won the men's 100-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships, his first major international meet.Magnussen, nicknamed “The Missile,” by Australian media, took the lead from Cesar Cielo after

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  Ryan Lochte Sets World Record In 200 Individual Medley

  July 28, 2011 16:37 IST

  Shanghai, July 28: American Ryan Lochte has set the first world record since high-tech body suits were banned in swimming, breaking his own mark in winning the 200-meter individual medley at the world championships.Lochte finished

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  Germany's Steffen Drops Out Of Worlds

  July 28, 2011 11:46 IST

  Shanghai, July 28: Britta Steffen of Germany dropped out of the world championships after swimming the slowest qualifying time in the 100-meter freestyle on Thursday. The defending champion's time of 54.86 seconds was only good enough

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  My Life Under Threat: Whistleblower Doctor In Doping Scandal

  July 14, 2011 23:42 IST

  Patiala (Punjab), Jul 14: Sajib Kumar Nandi, a doctor who alleges systematic doping by players at the National Institute of Sports (NIS)-Patiala and accuses security men there of beating him up, Thursday said there was

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  Chennai To Host World Chess Championship Title

  July 13, 2011 16:17 IST

  Chennai, Jul 13: Holder Viswanathan Anand will clash with Boris Gelfand of Israel for the 2012 World Chess Championship title, which will be held in India for the first time.Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa

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  Cycling: Andre Greipel Wins 10th Stage Of Tour de France

  July 13, 2011 16:19 IST

  Carmaux, France, Jul 13: German sprinter Andre Greipel won Tuesday's 10th stage of the Tour de France, beating former teammate Mark Cavendish by a wheel's length in a dash to the line for his first

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  World Swimmers In Shanghai Worried Over Contaminated Meat

  July 12, 2011 16:04 IST

  Rome, Jul 12: As more than 2,000 swimmers, divers and water polo players converge on Shanghai this week for the world aquatic championships, teams are taking varying precautions against the threat of eating contaminated Chinese

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  World Archery: Indian Women Lose In Final, Settle For Silver

  July 11, 2011 18:35 IST

  Kolkata, July 11 :  The Indian trio of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro settled for a silver medal after losing the recurve event final to their Italian opponents in the Archery World

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  Doping: Ashwini, Priyanka's 'B' Samples Also Test Positive

  July 11, 2011 18:05 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 11 :  Dope tainted athlete Ashwini Akkunji's London Olympics dreams are virtually over as her ‘B' sample also tested positive for anabolic steroids and she now faces the prospect of a two-year

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  Maken Asks Chidambaram To Include Sports In Bharat Ratna

  July 11, 2011 14:42 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 11 :  Pleading the case of eminent sportspersons who have won laurels for the country at international level, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ajay Maken today sought the inclusion of sports as

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  Usain Bolt Beats Lemaitre In Paris 200 Metres

  July 09, 2011 14:20 IST

  Paris, July 09: Usain Bolt comfortably won the 200 metres at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Friday despite French rival Christophe Lemaitre running a season's best of 20.21 seconds.With the Aug. 27-Sept. 4 world

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  IOC Adopts 'No Needles' Policy For London Games

  July 09, 2011 9:51 IST

  Durban, South Africa , July 09: The IOC will enforce a “no needle” policy for the 2012 London Olympics that bars athletes from possessing syringes and other medical equipment that could be used for doping.IOC

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  B Samples Of 3 Indian Athletes Test Positive

  July 08, 2011 22:50 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 8: The B samples of three India athletes caught last week for using banned substances have tested positive, a top official of India's National Anti Doping Agency said on Friday."Sini Jose, Jauna

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  India's Mayookha Johny Wins Asian Women's Long Jump Gold

  July 07, 2011 20:14 IST

  Kobe, Japan, Jul 7: India's Mayookha Johny took a 6.56 metre leap to win the women's long jump gold in the  Asian athletic championships here today.Mayookha was  .04 metre ahead of Lu Minjia of China.

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  Retd Justice Mudgal To Probe Doping Scandal

  July 07, 2011 18:06 IST

  New Delhi, July 7: In the wake of one of the biggest dope scandals in the country, the government today appointed Justice (retd) Mukul Mudgal to enquire into all aspects of the fiasco.India's top eight