Commonwealth Games
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Wrestler Sushil Decides To Skip Asian Games
Other Sports | Oct 15, 2010, 09:41 PM ISTNew 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
Other Sports | Oct 15, 2010, 07:55 PM ISTNew 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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Aussies Deny Their Athletes Were Involved in CWG Village Vandal Acts
Cricket | Oct 15, 2010, 05:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 15 : As the Commonwealth Games drew to a close, a fresh controversy rocked the event with reports emerging that Australian athletes indulged in hooliganism and damaged property at the Games Village
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From One To 101 Medals For India In 76 Years Of CWG
India | Oct 14, 2010, 10:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 14: It all started with a sole bronze in 1934 in the second edition of the Commonwealth Games and now India has finally breached the 100-mark in the medals tally of the
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Kalmadi Gets Both Cheers And Jeers During Closing Speech
India | Oct 14, 2010, 09:59 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 14: Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi received both cheers and jeers from the packed Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during his closing speech in which he described the event as the "most
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India Create Games History By Finishing Second In Medals Tally
Other Sports | Oct 14, 2010, 08:21 PM ISTNew 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
Other Sports | Oct 14, 2010, 04:38 PM ISTNew 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.
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Saina Wins India's 38th CWG Gold, India Finish Second In Medal Tally
Other Sports | Oct 14, 2010, 10:05 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 14 : Watched by Home Minister P Chidambaram and the Prime Minister's wife Gurbachan Kaur, top seed Saina Nehwal became the first women Indian shuttler to win a gold medal in the
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Please Don't Discuss My Son, Pleads Discus Queen Poonia
India | Oct 14, 2010, 02:10 PM ISTNEW DELHI : India's Commonwealth Games discus throw gold winner Krishna Poonia has appealed to the media not to rake up the issue of her son Lakshya again and again, reports the Delhi newspaper Pioneer.After
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Kelai Wins Men's Marathon At Commonwealth Games
India | Oct 14, 2010, 09:51 AM ISTNEW DELHI _ John Ekiru Kelai of Kenya pulled away from the group of leaders in the second half of the race and was never tested again, winning the men's marathon Thursday at the Commonwealth
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We Didn't Volunteer For Sex, Say Volunteers
India | Oct 13, 2010, 05:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: They thought it was about national pride but what they had to go through is nothing short of national shame.Several girls from the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, who joined as student volunteers
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Lion-Hearted India Beat England In Shoot Out To Enter Final
Other Sports | Oct 12, 2010, 10:05 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 12: India produced a lion-hearted performance and came back from two goals down to beat England 5-4 in the penalty shoot here today and book a berth in the title clash of
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Pistol Shooting Pair Heena And Annu Help India To New High
Other Sports | Oct 12, 2010, 09:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 12: Women pistol shooters Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh grabbed a record 31st gold for India but star marksman Gagan Narang fell out of medal bracket for the first time and
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Indian Women's 4x400m Relay Quartet Strike Gold
Other Sports | Oct 12, 2010, 10:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 12: The women's 4x400m relay quartet grabbed the second athletic gold medal for India in as many days while four bronze medals too were plucked by the host nation on another glorious
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Warnings Knock Vijender Out Of CWG, Three Indians In Finals
Other Sports | Oct 11, 2010, 10:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 11 :Olympic bronze-medallist Vijender Singh fell victim to some harsh refereeing and settled for a bronze medal after the India's protest was rejected even as three others made their way into the
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Indian Boxers Settle For 3 Bronze
Other Sports | Oct 11, 2010, 04:41 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 11 : India's hopes of winning a bagful of gold medals from boxing in the Commonwealth Games suffered a setback as their three pugilists lost semifinal bouts to settle for bronze at
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Racism Slur Now Hits Commonwealth Games
Other Sports | Oct 09, 2010, 07:36 PM ISTNew Delhi, October 9: Racism slur has become the latest controversy to hit the already-troubled Commonwealth Games with at least three such incidents since the mega-event got underway last Sunday.South African swimmer Roland Schoeman had
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Double Delight In Wrestling As Alka, Anita Strike Gold
Other Sports | Oct 08, 2010, 09:01 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 8: India' s top woman wrestler Alka Tomar and youngster Anita won gold medals in their respective 59 kg and 67 kg freestyle categories respectively to make it a memorable day for
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Commonwealth Games Chief Hits Out At 'Blunders, Inexperience'
Other Sports | Oct 08, 2010, 12:38 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell on Friday accused besieged Delhi organisers of "blunders" and "inexperience" as the disaster-hit event lurched from one crisis to another.Fennell, who has faced a daily barrage of
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India Grab Ten Medals To Keep Second Position
Other Sports | Oct 07, 2010, 09:14 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 7: India maintained their second spot behind front runners Australia, bagging ten medals, including three gold by holding their own in the shooting and archery ranges, as well as in the wrestling