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  Bach: IOC sending troubleshooter to Rio next week

  Other Sports | April 10, 2014 21:34 IST

  BELEK, Turkey: The International Olympic Committee is sending a senior troubleshooter to Brazil next week as part of a series of emergency measures to tackle the delays threatening the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.  

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  Sports chief: Brazil government must act on Rio

  Other Sports | April 08, 2014 20:13 IST

  BELEK, Turkey: The head of Olympic summer sports federations called for urgent action Tuesday to tackle the critical delays facing the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro and accused the Brazilian government of neglecting the

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  Fraser-Pryce targeting third straight 100m Olympic gold

  Other Sports | April 08, 2014 17:39 IST

  Kingston (Jamaica): Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is aiming at Rio 2016 to become the first female sprinter to win 100 metres golds at three straight Olympics, her coach Stephen Francis has said.The pint-sized Jamaican captured

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  Sushil Kumar eyes maiden Asian Games gold

  Other Sports | March 18, 2014 19:09 IST

  New Delhi: Double Olympic medal-winning wrestler Sushil Kumar Tuesday said he was hoping to overcome the disappointment of missing the 2010 Guangzhou Games by winning a medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games starting Sep

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  Ukraine peace sought for Paralympics in Sochi.

  Other Sports | March 02, 2014 12:51 IST

  LONDON: Leaders of the Paralympics expressed hopes Saturday for a peaceful outcome in Ukraine after Russia executed a de facto military takeover of the Crimea region as athletes arrived in nearby Sochi for next week's

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  Immediate task is to revoke India's suspension: Ramachandran

  Other Sports | February 09, 2014 23:26 IST

  New Delhi: Newly-elected Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president N.Ramachandran said his immediate task was to assure that India returns to the Olympic fold at the earliest after a 14-month suspension."My immediate job is ensure that

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  Sochi Winter Olympics medals standings on Saturday

  Other Sports | February 09, 2014 18:14 IST

  Sochi: The following are the medal standings Saturday in the Winter Olympics being held here (tabulated under gold, silver, bronze, total):Norway 2 1 1 4Canada 1 1 1 3Netherlands 1 1 1 3United States 1

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  Sochi Olympics: Luger Keshavan virtually out of contention

  Other Sports | February 09, 2014 18:15 IST

  Sochi: India's Shiva Keshavan brought up the rear after two rounds of men's singles luge competitions, finishing 37th out of 39 athletes in the Sochi Winter Games on Saturday.Medals TallyThe 32-year-old Indian, who represented India

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  Vladimir Putin strokes leopard, wins IOC support

  Other Sports | February 05, 2014 10:02 IST

  Sochi: Stroking a Persian leopard sprawled on his lap, tough-guy President Vladimir Putin showed his softer side Tuesday as he prepared to welcome the world to his budget-busting Winter Olympics.   Basking in the glow of

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  10 Olympics moments that shook the world

  Other Sports | January 25, 2014 7:05 IST

  New Delhi: The Olympic Games is a celebration of athleticism, sporting prowess and goodwill but there have been a number of incidents over the years that have gone beyond mere sport. From politics and ideology

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  Four Indians qualify for Sochi Winter Games

  Other Sports | December 18, 2013 22:34 IST

  New Delhi: They may not take part under the tri-colour due to the suspension of the IOA but four Indians have so far qualified for the February 7-23 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.Shiva Keshavan,

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  Russia deploys 10,000 troops for Sochi Olympics security

  Other Sports | December 17, 2013 21:28 IST

  Moscow: Special units of the Russian interior ministry's troops have been deployed in the 2014 winter Olympics host city of Sochi to ensure security, the ministry said Tuesday."The 10,000-man group of the interior troops has

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  Know how terrorists turned the 1972 Munich Olympics into a bloodbath

  Other Sports | October 16, 2014 13:01 IST

  New Delhi: The 1972 Munich Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under Nazi regime.But the spirit of the games was

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  India could be kicked out of Olympics: Thomas Bach

  Other Sports | December 07, 2013 20:41 IST

  Switzerland: India faces the ultimate sanction of being kicked out of the Olympic movement unless it keeps corruption-tainted officials out of its ranks, IOC President Thomas Bach said in an interview with The Associated Press. 

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  Tougher bans for doping cheats approved by WADA

  Other Sports | November 15, 2013 17:10 IST

  Johannesburg: Serious doping cheats will be banned for four years from 2015, ensuring they miss at least one Olympics.   The doubling of bans from two years to four was one of the proposals adopted by

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  Tight Sochi security regime raises rights concerns

  Other Sports | November 15, 2013 17:04 IST

  Moscow: The organizers of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi have introduced some of the most extensive identity checks and sweeping security measures ever seen at an international sports event, raising concerns that they are

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  Six cities bid for 2022 Winter Games

  Other Sports | November 15, 2013 16:11 IST

  Lausanne: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Friday announced that six cites - Almaty, Beijing, Krakow, Lviv (Ukraine), Oslo and Stockholm have bid for the 2022 Winter Games.“I am delighted that six cities are bidding to

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  Stockholm submits bid to host 2022 Winter Olympics

  Other Sports | November 11, 2013 20:08 IST

  Stockholm: Stockholm is bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics.   The Swedish Olympic Committee says it submitted the bid on Monday to the International Olympic Committee.   Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics.   Under its 2022 bid

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  Sports meets need Jamaican athletes, can't be excluded from Olympics

  Other Sports | October 23, 2013 19:42 IST

  Kingston:  Caribbean island nation has rejected the possibility of Jamaica being banned from the Olympics in the wake of a doping scandal, saying international Contending that international sports meets need the participation of Jamaican athletes,"I

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  Former Soviet great Olympian Sergei Belov dies at 69

  Other Sports | October 03, 2013 21:00 IST

  Moscow: CSKA Moscow basketball club says former Soviet great Sergei Belov has died. He was 69.CSKA says Belov died on Thursday in the Ural Mountains city of Perm. It didn't specify the cause of death.Belov