Asiangames
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Leander Paes returns, Yuki Bhambri exempted for Asian Games
Tennis | Jun 04, 2018, 03:24 PM ISTLeander Paes returned to the Indian team for the Asian Games while the country's top player Yuki Bhambri was exempted as the AITA announced a 12-member squad.
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Vikas Gowda, India's only CWG gold medallist discus thrower, retires
Other Sports | May 30, 2018, 05:35 PM ISTHis retirement came just a few months before the Asian Games in Indonesia but he has been on the wane for some time.
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Dipa Karmakar rues missing out on Commonwealth Games, sets sights on Asian Games
Other Sports | Feb 26, 2018, 08:26 PM ISTKarmakar, 24, was forced out of the Gold Coast CWG (April 4-15) owing to a knee injury she picked up last year.
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Aiming for the Commonwealth and Asian Games next year: Sangram Dahiya
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HS Prannoy eyes big titles in year of CWG, Asian Games
Other Sports | Oct 17, 2017, 09:54 PM ISTPrannoy is hailed as the giant-killer after his rampaging run at the Indonesia Open, he bagged the biggest deal during the recent PBL auction.
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AFI to announce qualifying standards for Asian Games, CWG in advance
Other Sports | Sep 12, 2017, 07:16 PM ISTThe AFI Planning Committee discussed the ways to strictly monitor the working of its coaches at various national camps and setting up of monitoring teams.
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Asian Games gold medallist Priyanka Panwar banned for doping
Other Sports | Sep 12, 2017, 11:24 AM ISTPanwar, along with five other athletes, had tested positive for anabolic steroids in the dope tests conducted in 2011, resulting in a two-year suspension for the athlete.
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Arjuna Awardee India Reserve Battalion officer hangs self
India | Feb 06, 2016, 04:58 PM ISTJalandhar: An Arjuna awardee Assistant Commandant, who was under suspension, allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan here, police said today. 45-year-old Narinder Singh, who had been suspended for the last two years,
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12th South Asian Games in Guwahati & Shillong from Jan 10-22
Other Sports | Sep 09, 2015, 09:19 PM ISTShillong: The 12th South Asian Games (SAG) will be held in Guwahati and Shillong from January 10 to 22 next year and preparations were on for the multi-sporting event in both states."The South Asian Games
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Babita Kumari, Bajrang book Wrestling World Championship
Other Sports | Aug 05, 2015, 07:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: Star grapplers Bajrang and Babita Kumari on Tuesday qualified for next month's World Wrestling Championship after emerging victorious in their respective weight categories in the final selection trials at the SAI Training Centre
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Inderjeet wins gold in shot put in Asian Athletics
Other Sports | Jun 03, 2015, 08:10 PM ISTWuhan (China): Up and coming track and field star Inderjeet Singh bagged a gold medal in men's shot put event as India opened the medal account on the first day of the 21st Asian Athletics
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Ghosal to be honoured at Calcutta Sports Journalists' awards
Other Sports | Apr 21, 2015, 09:17 PM ISTKolkata: Asian Games gold medallist in squash Saurav Ghosal, gold medal winning hockey Olympian Gurbux Singh among others will be honoured at the Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club annual awards on Thursday at Rotary Sadan.India No.1
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South Korea are tough opponents, says Sreejesh
Hockey | Mar 31, 2015, 08:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian hockey team vice-captain P.R. Sreejesh on Tuesday said their first opponent in the forthcoming 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup South Korea will be a hard nut to crack even if they have
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Talk of expectations makes me angry: says gymnast Ashish Kumar
Other Sports | Feb 05, 2015, 12:36 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Ravaged by injuries and left to fend for himself without a coach for three years now, India's first-ever gymnast to win Commonwealth and Asian Games medals, Ashish Kumar gets angry the moment anyone talks
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Injured Vijender pulls out of National Games
Other Sports | Jan 30, 2015, 11:27 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh has pulled out of the 35th National Games starting tomorrow after failing to recover from a nagging nose injury."I have not been able to recover from the nose injury
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Sardar Singh wants to make Indian hockey more enjoyable in 2015
Hockey | Jan 01, 2015, 11:18 AM ISTNew Delhi: As part of his new year resolution, Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh, who led the team to an Asian Games gold medal after a gap of 16 years and a silver medal in
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Yearender 2014: Boxers pack a punch but administrative mess continues in 2014
Other Sports | Dec 26, 2014, 01:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Inside the ring, the men and women who mattered gave their blood, sweat and tears to conquer adversity with elan but outside, sparring for power continued to cast a shadow on Indian boxing
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Champions Trophy: Confident India face resurgent Pakistan in semifinal
Hockey | Dec 12, 2014, 03:04 PM ISTBhubaneswar: A cracker of a contest is on the cards when a confident India takes on a resurgent Pakistan in what promises to be a battle of attrition between the two traditional rivals at the
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Sarita finally gets her Asian Games bronze medal
Other Sports | Dec 10, 2014, 09:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Boxer Sarita Devi today finally received her Asian Games bronze medal which she had refused at the victory ceremony in Incheon under controversial circumstances with the Indian Olympic Association Secretary General Rajeev Mehta
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Boxing India hints Sarita may get some punishment
Other Sports | Dec 09, 2014, 09:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: Boxing India today hinted that Sarita Devi may get some sort of punishment from AIBA but said that it was hoping for her to escape a long-term ban from the international federation so