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  Kho Kho World Cup players reject CM Siddaramaiah's cash award, criticise govt

  Karnataka | January 27, 2025 0:02 IST

  Kho Kho players M K Gautham and Chaitra B, who were part of the inaugural World Cup-winning men's and women's teams, have expressed dissatisfaction over Rs 5 lakh cash reward. They drew a comparison with Maharashtra where Rs 2.25 crore has been given to players.

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  Indian-American wins Spelling Bee contest

  World | June 01, 2018 11:26 IST

  Thursday night emerged the top speller from a record-shattering 515 contestants at 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee

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  Results are difficult to predict when playing at the highest level: Pankaj Advani

  Other Sports | July 27, 2017 17:56 IST

  Advani, who won the World 6-Red Snooker Championship in 2014 and 2015 but lost in the knock out rounds last year, said the team championship is something that he would definitely love to get his hands on.

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  Training 10 hours a day to face Vijender Singh: Zulpikar Maimaitiali

  Other Sports | July 16, 2017 17:03 IST

  "Vijender will be surprised when I throw punches at him, he thinks I am a kid, but he has no idea who I am", says Maimaittiali.

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  South African judge convicts retired tennis player Bob Hewitt of rape

  Tennis | March 23, 2015 20:55 IST

  Johannesburg: Bob Hewitt, a former Grand Slam doubles tennis champion, was on Monday convicted in a South African court of rape and sexual assault decades after the alleged assaults.Judge Bert Bam said he is satisfied

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  Advani emerges World billiards champion

  Other Sports | October 25, 2014 7:20 IST

  Leeds: Pankaj Advani, the 29-year old from Bangalore, set a record of sorts when he defeated Peter Gilchrist 6-2 in the final of the World billiards championship (points format), here Saturday.  It was Advani's 10th individual

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  US Open champ Marin Cilic wins Kremlin Cup

  Tennis | October 19, 2014 21:04 IST

  Moscow:  U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic won the Kremlin Cup on Sunday, beating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-4 in the final. The big-serving Croat, seeded second, broke his Spanish opponent once in each set at

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  French Open: 2012 champion Sharapova awaits Simona Halep in final

  Tennis | June 06, 2014 13:45 IST

  PARIS :  Might be easier said than done. Still, Maria Sharapova offered a tidy aphorism to sum up the formula that's carried her to a third consecutive French Open final."It's not how you finish a

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  IPL 7: I was the chosen one of KKR owners,glad to repay faith: Yusuf Pathan

  Cricket | June 02, 2014 18:09 IST

  New Delhi:  Elated at being part of an IPL-winning team thrice, swashbuckling Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Yusuf Pathan has credited team owners Shah Rukh Khan, Jai Mehta and Juhi Chawla for his fine form, saying

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  India unlikely to produce pro snooker champion soon: Pankaj Advani

  Other Sports | May 12, 2014 18:57 IST

  Mumbai:  Ace cueist Pankaj Advani does not see an Indian player winning at the world professional snooker circuit in the near future even though he and compatriot Aditya Mehta are currently ranked in top 64.    

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  Bellini, captain of 1958 World Cup champion, Brazil, dies.

  Football | March 21, 2014 12:18 IST

  SAO PAULO: Hilderado  Bellini, Brazil's captain when it won its first World Cup in 1958, died on Thursday from complications following a heart attack. He was 83.   The Hospital 9 de Julho confirmed Bellini's death

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  Vettel warns those writing off his title chances

  Other Sports | March 13, 2014 13:28 IST

  MELBOURNE, Australia: Sebastian Vettel has a warning for those already writing off his chances of a fifth-consecutive Formula One title -- the season is long and the team's current engine problems won't last.   The Red

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  Five things to know about Italian champion Juventus

  Football | August 21, 2013 19:31 IST

  Milan: Five things to know about Juventus, the defending Italian champion:   HAT TRICK   Few would bet against Juventus making it a hat trick of Serie A titles after dominating Italian football during the past two

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  US Open singles champion to get $2.6 million

  Tennis | August 01, 2013 17:06 IST

  Washington, August 1: The US Tennis Association has announced that the men's and women's singles champion of the 2013 US Open would get a record $2.6 million as prize money.The total prize money has been

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  India are U-16 SAFF Cup champions

  Football | July 30, 2013 23:16 IST

  Kathmandu, July 30: India braved a heavy downpour to defeat Nepal 1-0 and lift the U-16 SAFF Cup football title at the Dasharath Stadium here on Tuesday.The winner came in the first half through left-back

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  World T20 champions get special awards

  Cricket | July 06, 2013 13:19 IST

  Port-of-Spain (Trinidad), July 6: Members of the World T20 Champions West Indies have received special awards for their accomplishment.The 15 players and eight members of the team management all got commemorative gold rings in recognition

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  Martial art champion Silva lands Hollywood role

  Hollywood | November 05, 2012 11:52 IST

  Rio De Janeiro, Nov 5: Brazil's Ultimate Fighting middleweight champion Anderson Silva is set to star alongside Steven Seagal in a new Hollywood film.Xinhua reported that Silva will fly to Los Angeles this week to

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  Champion Yuvraj has set an example, says Sachin Tendulkar

  Cricket | August 30, 2012 19:53 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 30: As Yuvraj Singh prepares to start his second innings in international cricket after his successful battle with cancer, Sachin Tendulkar says the "champion" has set a great example for not just

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  Saina enters fourth consecutive Indonesia Open final

  Other Sports | June 16, 2012 22:43 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 16: Two-time champion Saina Nehwal demolished Ji Hyun Sung of Korea in straight games to storm into the final of the Indonesia Open Super Series badminton tournament for the fourth consecutive year

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  Defending French open champion Li wins in 3 sets

  Tennis | June 02, 2012 19:10 IST

  Paris, June 2: Defending champion Li Na needed three sets to reach the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday.The seventh-seeded Li, who last year became the first Chinese player to win a Grand