Common Wealth Games
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President keenly following Glasgow Games
Other Sports | Jul 29, 2014, 08:24 PM ISTNew Delhi:President Pranab Mukherjee has been keenly following the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and also sending individual messages to all medal winners.Today, the President took time out and wrote congratulatory messages to shooters Jitu Rai,
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CWG 2014: Rai wins gold, silver for Narang; Vijender leads boxers charge
Other Sports | Jul 29, 2014, 09:52 AM ISTGlasgow: ‘Pistol King' Jitu Rai kept his reputation intact by clinching the gold medal before Gagan Narang and Gurpal Singh claimed a silver each to continue the shooters' heroics while Vijender Singh led the charge
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CWG 2014: Gagan Narang clinches men's 50m rifle prone silver
Other Sports | Jul 28, 2014, 08:58 PM ISTGlasgow: Indian shooters continued to bring home more medals as Gagan Narang won the country's third medal Monday clinching the men's 50-metre rifle prone silver in the finals at the Commonwealth Games here.Earlier in the
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CWG 2014: Australia test awaits Sardar & Co in Glasgow
Other Sports | Jul 28, 2014, 05:01 PM ISTGlasgow: With two easy victories under their belt, a confident India will face their first real test in the men's hockey event when they take on world champions and title holders Australia in the next
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CWG: India lose badminton semi-final to England 3-0
Other Sports | Jul 28, 2014, 08:50 AM ISTGlasgow: India were knocked out of badminton semi-finals 0-3 by England, who will now play for gold against Malaysia, who struggled their way past Singapore 3-2 at the Commonwealth Games here.England had to fight hard
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CWG 2014: Glory for Punam, wins bronze in women 63kg weightlifting
Other Sports | Jul 27, 2014, 10:31 PM ISTGlasgow: Punam Yadav clinched India's seventh medal in the weightlifting event of the Commonwealth Games as she lifted a total of 202kg to claim a bronze in the women's 63kg category, here today. Punam, who
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CWG 2014: Indian shooter Shreyashi Singh wins silver in the women's Double Trap event
Other Sports | Jul 27, 2014, 05:45 PM ISTGlasgow: Indian shooter Shreyasi Singh today clinched the silver medal in women's double trap event at the 20th Commonwealth Games here, swelling the shooting team's overall tally to an impressive seven medals. The 22-year-old
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President congratulates Commonwealth games medal winners
India | Jul 27, 2014, 07:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday congratulated the Indian medal winners at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.Mukherjee congratulated ace shooter Abhinav Bindra, 16-year-old air pistol shooter Malaika Goel and weightlifter Santoshi Matsa
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CWG 2014: Bolt clear of foot injury, ready for Comm Games
Other Sports | Jul 26, 2014, 08:47 PM ISTGLASGOW, Scotland: Usain Bolt says his foot injury has healed and he's ready to compete at the Commonwealth Games, while being cautious about not overexerting himself. The Jamaican sprinter is only entered into the relay
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Commonwealth Games medal standings Day 2
Other Sports | Jul 26, 2014, 12:58 PM ISTGlasgow: England narrowly head the medal standings at the end of second day of the 20th Commonwealth Games ahead of Australia. India dropped down one place to fifth with three golds, four silvers and three
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Scottish identity celebrated as Glasgow Games open
Other Sports | Jul 24, 2014, 10:27 AM ISTGLASGOW, Scotland : The Loch Ness Monster, tartan-clad bagpipers and giant pieces of shortbread took the place of footballers on the Celtic Park pitch as the Commonwealth Games began with a celebration of Scottish mythology
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India to lead CWG opening ceremony parade
Other Sports | Jul 23, 2014, 06:33 PM ISTGlasgow: India, by the virtue of being the previous hosts, will lead the Commonwealth Games 2014 opening ceremony parade around Celtic Park here Wednesday night.The parade will end with the current host, Team Scotland. At
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I am shattered, want to play again says athlete Dutee Chand
Other Sports | Jul 19, 2014, 07:53 AM ISTBhubaneswar: The Odisha Government today said it will take up with the Centre the case of athlete Dutee Chand being dropped from the upcoming Commonwealth Games on the ground of high androgen level. "I
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Sardar Singh to lead India in Commonwealth Games
Hockey | Jul 11, 2014, 11:43 AM ISTNew Delhi: There were few surprises as Hockey India (HI) selected a 16-member side, led by Sardar Singh, for the 2014 Commonwealth Games that would be held in Glasgow, July 23-Aug 3.Most the players of
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Hockey India announces women's team for Malaysian tour
Hockey | Jun 06, 2014, 04:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Hockey India (HI) Friday announced a 21-member women's squad to tour Malaysia June 7-17 as part of preparations for the Commonwealth and the Asian Games.India will be playing a six-match test series against
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The key to success is passion, desire and never say die spirit: Abhinav Bindra
Other Sports | Apr 26, 2014, 10:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: India's only individual Olympic gold medalist has disclosed the fact that he has thought of ‘quitting' the game of shooting many times in the past.Abhinav said that there were times in his life
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Commonwealth Games: Gagan Narang failes to qualify, Bindra in
Other Sports | Apr 26, 2014, 07:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra made the cut, but London Games bronze winner Gagan Narang failed to qualify for the 10-m air rifle event for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.Narang, who had bagged a
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CWG case: Summons against 3 Swiss Timing officials sent to MHA
India | Mar 31, 2013, 04:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 31: CBI has forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) the summons to be served abroad to three officials of Switzerland-based Swiss Timing Limited for their alleged role in a 2010
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2010 CWG: No convictions, 12 cases dimissed, three on
India | Oct 03, 2012, 03:46 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 3: Two years after the Oct 3-14, 2010 Commonwealth Games, that got mired in a welter of corruption charges and led to the arrests of top people associated with the organising committee,
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Indian wrestlers out to prove a point in London
Other Sports | Jul 11, 2012, 11:01 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 11: A bronze in the Beijing Games four years ago came as a surprise for many but as the London Olympic Games draw closer, the country's grapplers led by Sushil Kumar will