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  Winning At Home Is A Different Feeling: Pankaj Advani

  November 10, 2009 23:04 IST

  Ace Indian cueist with seven world titles and three Asian titles under his belt, Pankaj Advani on Tuesday  said that he was looking forward to the World Snooker Championship in Hyderabad as "winning at Home

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  Delhi To Host All Star Meet As Commonwealth Test Event

  November 09, 2009 13:22 IST

  Delhi will host an All Star meet in August next year that would also double up as a test event for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, newly re-elected Asian Athletics Association president Suresh Kalmadi said in

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  Pakistan Qualifies For 2010 World Cup Hockey

  November 08, 2009 22:44 IST

  Pakistan beat Japan 3-1 in Hockey World Cup 2010 Qualifiers to book its place in the next year's world cup championship on Sunday.Suhail Abbas scored 2 goals and Hasim Khan contributed one goal to steer

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  David Haye Of Britain Is World Heavyweight Boxing Champion

  November 08, 2009 14:51 IST

   BERLIN: Briton David Haye lifted the WBA heavyweight championship after defeating Russian giant Nikolai Valuev by a majority decision on Saturday. The former undisputed cruiserweight champion won over the judges with two scores of 116-112,

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  Toronto Awarded 2015 Pan American Games

  November 07, 2009 12:32 IST

  Toronto was awarded the 2015 Pan American Games at a ceremony in the Mexican city of Guadalajara on Friday. In a secret ballot, the Pan American Sports Organisation voted for the Canadian city which failed

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  Woman Boxer Commits Suicide Due To Alleged Harassment By Coach

  November 05, 2009 10:26 IST

  A budding woman boxer allegedly committed suicide in her hostel at the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday due to harassment by a coach, police said. S Amaravati (19), a trainee at the

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  Anand Beats Karpov Twice, Clinches Four-Game Series

  November 03, 2009 16:18 IST

  World Champion Viswanathan Anand tamed former World Champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia in successive two encounters to win the rapid four-game chess series 3.5-0.5 in  Ajaccio (France). The Indian, who was leading the series 1.5-0.5

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  CGF, Delhi Games Organiser Work Out Compromise Formula

  October 30, 2009 16:01 IST

  After weeks of acrimony over organisational matters, the 2010 Commonwealth Games organisers and their international bosses in London on Friday  chalked out a compromise formula to sort out their disputes and pledged to work together

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  Govt Keen To Host Successful Commonwealth Games: Gill

  October 30, 2009 9:51 IST

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is taking personal interest and the government is keen to ensure that Delhi hosts the best Commonwealth Games ever, Sports Minister MS Gill said in  London on Friday. Gill downplayed the

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  India Receives Commonwealth Games Baton From Queen Elizabeth II

  October 29, 2009 20:36 IST

  Hit by organizational delays and controversies, the formal countdown to the 2010 Commonwealth Games began on Thursday with the launch of  Queen's baton relay, which saw President Pratibha Patil making history by becoming the first

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  Saina Enters Second Round Of French Super Series

  October 29, 2009 15:17 IST

   Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal struggled her way to the second round of the French Super Series badminton tournament after defeating German Juliane Schenk in a thrilling first-round match in Paris. Eighth seed Saina beat

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  Agassi Admits Using Drugs In His Memoir

  October 28, 2009 12:21 IST

  Eight time Grand Slam winner and one of the finest tennis players, Andre Agassi, has made a sensational confession that he lied to tennis authorities about his use of hard drugs in order to escape

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  Gill On A Mission To Broker Peace Between CGF And Kalmadi

  October 25, 2009 12:21 IST

  Sports Minister M S Gill will attempt to resolve a bitter dispute between the 2010 Commonwealth Games Organisers and its parent body in London later this week amid indications that both the warring parties would

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  Chidambaram Assures Full Security During 2010 Commonwealth Games

  October 24, 2009 15:52 IST

  "No player, no participant, no coach, no trainer, no visitor, no spectator" to the New Delhi Commonwealth Games in October 2010 need to have any worry on account of security.  This firm assurance was given

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  Saina Nehwal Bags Sportsperson Of The Year Award

  October 23, 2009 10:09 IST

  India's ace woman shuttler Saina Nehwal walked away with the Sports Person of the Year award for 2008-09, while world billiards champion Pankaj Advani and cricketer Virender Sehwag shared the honours for the year 2007-08

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  Gill Meets Kalmadi, To Talk To Fennell

  October 20, 2009 14:34 IST

  Taking the first step towards brokering peace between the 2010 Organising Committee and the Commonwealth Games Federation, Sports Minister MS Gill on Tuesday met OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi to discuss the vexed issues that have

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  Three Runners Die During Detroit Marathon

  October 19, 2009 11:32 IST

  A half-marathoner and two other runners died during the Detroit marathon, organizers said.  Daniel Langdon, 36, of Laingsburg, collapsed at about 9:02 a.m. on Sunday between the 11- and 12-mile (around 17-19-kilometers) markers, said Rich

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  Jeev Finishes Tied 62nd At PGA Tourney

  October 19, 2009 11:28 IST

  A late slump marred Jeev Milkha Singh's card and he turned in an even-par 71 in the final round to sign off tied 62nd in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open golf tournament

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  India Beat Canada 3-1, Take Unassailable 4-0 Series Lead

  October 19, 2009 11:26 IST

  Sandeep Singh continued his rampaging form to score twice as India beat Canada 3-1 to take take an unassailable 4-0 lead in the seven-match hockey Test series at Tamanawis Park, Canada.  Sandeep struck his goals

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  Jenson Button Clinches Formula One Victory In Brazil

  October 19, 2009 11:00 IST

  Jenson Button clinched his first Formula One title with a fifth-place finish at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday and his Brawn GP team made history by becoming the first to take

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  CGF Rejects OC Demands To Remove Hooper And Scrap Panel

  October 16, 2009 11:21 IST

  Simply in no mood to oblige the Organising Committee, Commonwealth Games Federation on Friday made it clear that it would neither remove CGF chief executive Mike Hooper nor would backtrack on its plan to have

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  Kalmadi outburst 'unfortunate and inappropriate', Says Hooper

  October 15, 2009 18:23 IST

  Facing severe criticism from the 2010 Commonwealth Games organisers, Mike Hooper, the CEO of the mega event, on Thursday described as "unfortunate and inappropriate" the comments made against him by CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh

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  IOA Postpones Jharkhand National Games For State Elections

  October 15, 2009 17:46 IST

  Citing the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) today postponed the 34th National Games for the fifth time in two years. The decision to postpone the Jharkhand Games was taken by

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  Sandeep Scores Four But Canada Holds India To Draw

  October 15, 2009 17:42 IST

  Sandeep Singh scored four times but Canada took advantage of a fragile Indian defence to stage a late comeback and hold the visitors to a 4-4 draw in the third Test of the seven-match hockey

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  IOA Rejects CGF's Proposal To Form Technical Panel

  October 15, 2009 16:12 IST

  Miffed organisers of the 2010 Commonwealth Games on Thursday  rejected the CGF's proposal of an independent monitoring panel to oversee the preparations and demanded the sacking of the event's CEO, setting the stage for a

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  CGF Decides To Form Independent Monitoring Panel

  October 13, 2009 9:40 IST

  Wary of further slippages in the capital's preparations, the Commonwealth Games Federation decided to form an independent monitoring panel for the 2010 edition of the Games and bluntly reminded the Organising Committee that time was

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  Mahadik Scores Twice, India Beat Canada 4-3 In 2nd Hockey Test

  October 12, 2009 4:12 IST

  Dhananjay Mahadik scored twice as India overcame a determined Canadian challenge to win 4-3 in the second hockey Test and go 2-0 up in the seven-match series at the University of Victoria Ground in Canada. 

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  Jacques Rogge Re-Elected As IOC President

  October 09, 2009 8:04 IST

  Jacques Rogge easily won re-election as president of the International Olympic Committee on Friday for a final four-year term.  The 67-year-old Belgian, who has served as IOC president since 2001, was the only candidate and