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  Sania Mirza Gets Bronze In Women's Singles Semifinals

  November 21, 2010 17:18 IST

  GUANGZHOU: India's Sania Mirza had to content with a bronze after her 7-6(7), 3-6, 4-6 semifinal loss to third seeded Uzbek Akgul Amanmuradova in the women's singles at the Asian Games tennis on Sunday.Sania, ranked

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  Sodhi Ends Gold Drought In Shooting

  November 21, 2010 14:40 IST

  Guangzhou, Nov 21 : Ronjan Sodhi ended Indian shooters' gold drought at the ongoing Asian Games by grabbing the yellow metal in the men's double trap individual event here today.Sodhi shot 186 (139+47) to win

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  Men's Trap Team Fetches Bronze In Asian Games

  November 21, 2010 12:52 IST

  Guangzhou, Nov 21 : Indian shooters' gold drought continued and the trio of Ronjan Sodhi, Asher Noria and Vikram Bhatnagar settled for bronze in the men's double trap event in the Asian Games here today.Sodhi,

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  Asiad Boxing: Vijender In Semis, Amandeep In Quarters

  November 20, 2010 20:41 IST

  Guangzhou, Nov 20: World number one Vijender Singh (75kg) out-slugged Korea's Deokjin Cho to enter the semifinals and assure himself of at least a bronze medal in the boxing competition of the Asian Games here

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  Saina Nehwal Blames Pressure For Asian Games Flop

  November 19, 2010 10:34 IST

  Guangzhou ( China): India's world number three shuttler Saina Nehwal blamed the pressure she placed on herself after flopping out of the Asian Games at the quarterfinal stage. Nehwal, who clinched Commonwealth Games gold in

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  Post-CWG Loot: Babus Plan To Grab Games Apartments

  November 18, 2010 9:46 IST

  The Delhi Development Authority has covertly changed its housing policy  to ensure that bureaucrats will end up getting a lion's share of the luxury apartment in Commonwealth Games Village, reports Delhi tabloid Mail Today. At present,

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  Indian Gymnastics Coach Cries Racism, Deserts Team At ASIAD

  November 14, 2010 16:57 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) India's Russian-born gymnastics coach Vladimir Chertkov has accused Indian officials of "racism" on his return to the country after stunningly deserting the team at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.Turmoil

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  Advani Opens Gold Account, Alok Creates History

  November 14, 2010 21:31 IST

  Guangzhou, Nov 14 (PTI) Star cueist Pankaj Advani provided the first gold for India in the 16th Asian Games by clinching the title in billiards singles while Alok Kumar claimed a bronze in 8-ball pool

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  Vijay Kumar Wins Bronze In 10m Air Pistol Event

  November 14, 2010 11:14 IST

  Guangzhou, Nov 14 (PTI) Shooting fetched yet another medal for India as Vijay Kumar won the bronze in the 10m air pistol individual event of the Asian Games, even as Gurpreet Kumar and Omkar Singh

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  Asian Games: Sunday's Events [India Time]

  November 14, 2010 9:30 IST

  Guangzhou, Following is the schedule of Indian participation in the Asian Games here tomorrow (all local times):Shooting:10m Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification: Gurpreet Singh, Omkar Singh, Vijay Kumar (0900hrs).10m Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification: Heena

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  Asiad: Narang Provides India With Silver Lining On Opening Day

  November 13, 2010 16:11 IST

  Guangzhou, Nov 13:  Gagan Narang stole the show from star shooter Abhinav Bindra by clinching the silver in the 10m air rifle individual event after the Olympic champion was controversially eliminated in the qualifying stage

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  Asiad : Coach Blames Scoring Glitch For Bindra's Flop Show

  November 13, 2010 15:56 IST

  Guangzhou, Nov 13 :  India's shooting coach Stanislav Lapidus today claimed that Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra was robbed of a spot in the finals of the men's 10m air rifle event due to a

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  Asian Games Kick Off With Spectacular, Unique Opening Ceremony

  November 12, 2010 22:50 IST

  Guangzhou, Nov 12 (PTI) Two years after the spectacular success of Beijing Olympics, China dazzled the world once again by unveiling the 16th Asian Games with a spell-binding opening ceremony in which water was the

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  Poonia Accepts Samuels Challenge But Spurns January Date

  October 26, 2010 21:30 IST

  New Delhi , Oct 26: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Krishna Poonia is game for the USD 20,000 winner-takes-all discus throw contest with world champion Dani Samuels of Australia but rejected January 22 date for the

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  Kalmadi Left Out Of Cab Sec's Dinner Party

  October 24, 2010 16:37 IST

  New Delhi: In yet another snub for him, Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee head Suresh Kalmadi, facing charges of corruption in the sporting event, was not invited to a thanks-giving dinner hosted by Cabinet Secretary K

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  Aus Athletes Caught Doping During Commonwealth Games

  October 23, 2010 22:29 IST

  Melbourne : Nine Australian athletes have tested positive for banned stimulant methylhexaneamine and some of them could be from the Commonwealth Games squads. The authorities have not revealed the identity of the athletes but they

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  CWG Scam: Broadcast Firm Under Tax Net

  October 22, 2010 20:46 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) The IT department has invoked provisions of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between India and the UK to go after a British broadcast firm whose Indian arm came into existence

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  Aussie Athletes Took Away Medicines, Devices Worth Rs 1 Crore

  October 22, 2010 17:33 IST

  Australian athletes, apart from allegedly vandalising Commonwealth games village, took away medicines and devices worth over Rs one crore, Delhi govt has written to the Australian  Chef De Mission, reports MidDay. They were the ones

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  My Grandmother Wanted A Grandson: Saina Nehwal

  October 22, 2010 14:11 IST

  She is one of the most sought after female sporting stars in India but when Saina Nehwal was born in patriarchal Haryana, her own grandmother refused to look at her because of the inherent discrimination

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  Crowd In India During CWG Was Abusive: Pak Hockey Captain

  October 19, 2010 12:26 IST

  Karachi: The Pakistan Hockey Federation and national captain Zeeshan Ashraf feel one reason for the team's poor Commonwealth Games performance was the crowd behaviour in Delhi which has become "abusive" after the Mumbai terror attacks.PHF

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  Aussie Dani Samuels Challenges Poonia To A Duel In Discus Throw

  October 19, 2010 10:54 IST

  Australian world champion Dani Samuels, who had pulled out of Commonwealth Games Delhi, citing security and health reasons, has challenged India's discus throw gold medallist Krishna Poonia to a duel in the event, Australian media

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  Sorry CWG Anthem Was A Disappointment, Says Rahman

  October 16, 2010 8:36 IST

  New Delhi, Oct.15 : Double Oscar winner A R Rahman, who composed the Commonwealth Games Theme Song 'Yaaro India Bula Liya', today said he was "sorry" if this number has let down anybody after it

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  11 CWG Medallists From UP to Get Bonanza

  October 15, 2010 23:32 IST

  Lucknow, Oct 15: Eleven athletes from Uttar Pradesh who won medals in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Delhi will get a bonanza from the state government. Chief Minister Mayawati announced here today that Rs

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  Wrestler Sushil Decides To Skip Asian Games

  October 15, 2010 21:41 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 15: Commonwealth Games gold medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar has decided to skip next month's Asian Games in China because of a shoulder injury.Sushil, who won the Commonwealth Games gold in the 66kg

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  Third Nigerian Fails Dope Test In CWG

  October 15, 2010 19:55 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 15: Doping continued to dog the Commonwealth Games as Nigerian runner Folashade Abugan was today stripped off her women's 400m and 4x400m relay silver medals in the just-concluded event after testing positive

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  Aus Athlete Sent Home For Late Night Partying

  October 15, 2010 15:51 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) An Australian athlete was sent home for disciplinary reasons amidst allegations that some of their sportspersons indulged in hooliganism and damaged property at the Commonwealth Games Village after their cricket

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  India Create Games History By Finishing Second In Medals Tally

  October 14, 2010 20:21 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 14: The country's competitors came out with flying colours and helped India finish a historic second in the final pecking order with more than 100 medals as the Commonwealth Games, that had

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  Shuttlers Pitchfork India To Second Spot In Games

  October 14, 2010 16:38 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 14: Women shuttlers led by singles title-favourite Saina Nehwal provided India with a golden double to pilot the country to a historic second-place finish in the Commonwealth Games that ended here today.