Sochi Olympics
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Sochi closes Olympics in the glow of success
Other Sports | Feb 24, 2014, 01:13 PM ISTSochi: Russia has delivered a "spectacular" Olympics as the Sochi Winter Games closed Sunday night with the whole country basking in athletic achievements and compliments from the Olympic chief, reports Xinhua.In a fitting end to
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Sochi Olympics: Sweden's hockey player Backstrom fails doping test
Other Sports | Feb 23, 2014, 11:34 PM ISTSOCHI, Russia : Sweden center Nicklas Backstrom failed a doping test for a substance found in an allergy medication and was withdrawn from Sunday's hockey final at the Sochi Olympics.Backstrom, who plays for the Washington
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Sochi Olympics ends, Russia closes its costliest sports event
Other Sports | Dec 27, 2014, 12:18 PM ISTSOCHI, Russia : Flushed with pride after a spectacular showing at the costliest Olympics ever, Russia celebrated 17 days of sport-driven global unity on Sunday night with a farewell show that hands off the Winter
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Sochi Olympics medals table
Other Sports | Feb 17, 2014, 01:28 PM ISTSochi: The following is the medals table of the Winter Olympics Sunday (tabulated under gold, silver, bronze and total medals):Germany 7 3 2 12Netherlands 5 5 7 17Norway 5 3 6 14Switzerland 5 1 1
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Corruption taint follows Indian athletes to Sochi Olympics
Other Sports | Feb 12, 2014, 02:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: The taint of corruption followed India's Olympic athletes everywhere in Sochi. They were not allowed to enter the Olympic stadium marching under the Indian flag. They were warned the national anthem would not
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Lebanese Olympian Skier goes topless, probe ordered by sports minister
Other Sports | Feb 13, 2014, 06:12 AM ISTNew Delhi: Lebanon sent two athletes to compete at Sochi, skiers Alexandre Mohat and Jacky Chamoun. But Jacky got herself at the centre of controversy when her topless pics went viral on the internet with
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Sweden, Russia women clinch Olympics hockey playoff berths at Sochi
Hockey | Feb 11, 2014, 11:52 PM ISTSochi: The playoff teams are set for the Olympic women's hockey tournament. All that's left is to figure out the seeding. Russia beat Japan 2-1 on Tuesday at the Shayba Arena to clinch a berth
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Darya Domracheva win Olympic gold in 10 Km pursuit at Sochi
Other Sports | Feb 11, 2014, 10:59 PM ISTKrasnaya Polyana: Darya Domracheva of Belarus won gold in the women's biathlon 10-kilometer pursuit at the Sochi Olympics. She led most of the race and only missed the last target before finishing in 29 minutes,
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Sochi Olympics: South Korean Lee win gold in women's 500 meters
Other Sports | Feb 11, 2014, 10:59 PM ISTSochi: South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa lived up to her favorite's role in women's 500-meter speedskating, turning in the two fastest runs to win Olympic gold Tuesday. Lee dominated the World Cup circuit this season, winning
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Sweden beat Canada 3-0 in men's curling at Sochi Olympics
Other Sports | Feb 11, 2014, 09:37 PM ISTSochi: Sweden secured a third straight win in men's Olympic curling by beating Canada 7-6 on Tuesday, intensifying the early-tournament woes of the gold-medal favorites. Canada has won the last two Olympic titles but now
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Sochi Olympics: Over 1,000 doping tests carried out
Other Sports | Feb 11, 2014, 08:21 PM ISTSochi: Over 1,000 doping tests have been performed for the Sochi Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Tuesday.Among 1,116 tests, 225 have been conducted during the Games and 891 were done in training
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Sochi Olympics: Falla of Norway win women's cross-country sprint
Other Sports | Feb 11, 2014, 07:44 PM ISTKrasnaya Polyana: Maiken Caspersen Falla led a Norwegian double to take gold in the women's cross-country freestyle sprint at the Sochi Olympics on Tuesday. Despite pre-race favorite Marit Bjoergen going out in the semifinals, Norway
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Indian tricolor to fly at Sochi Olympics
Other Sports | Feb 11, 2014, 01:34 PM ISTSochi, Russia: Indian flag will fly at Sochi Winter Olympic after the International Olympic Committee lifted India's suspension. IOC spokesman Mark Adams says the reinstatement "takes immediate effect" and Indian athletes, who were competing independently
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Sochi Olympics: Mulder twins lead another Dutch speedskating sweep
Other Sports | Feb 10, 2014, 11:49 PM ISTSochi: The Dutch have taken their domination at the Olympic speedskating oval to a new level. They aren't just hoarding most of the medals. Now, they're keeping it in the family. Michel Mulder led another
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Martin Fourcade wins gold in men's 12.5K pursuit in Sochi
Other Sports | Feb 10, 2014, 11:43 PM ISTRussia: With 2.5 kilometers still to ski, Martin Fourcade was feeling so strong he started celebrating his first Olympic gold medal. Having hit all five targets in his final round of shooting, the Frenchman stretched
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Sochi Olympics Medals tally, Day 2
Other Sports | Feb 10, 2014, 03:33 PM ISTSochi: Following are the medalists from the second day competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics Sunday, Xinhua reported Monday.Team figure skatingGold: Russia (Julia Lipnitskaia, Yevgeny Plushenko, Ksenia Stolbova, Fedor Klimov, Tatiana Volosozhar, Maxim Trankov, Ekaterina
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Sochi Olympics: Russia beats Germany 4-1 in women's hockey
Hockey | Feb 09, 2014, 10:01 PM ISTSochi: Olga Sisina's shot deflected off a defender and into the net, and Yekaterina Smolentseva scored on a 2-on-1 just 38 seconds later to help Russia overcome an early deficit and beat Germany 4-1 Sunday
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Sochi Olympics: Ireen Wust gives Dutch another speedskating gold
Other Sports | Feb 09, 2014, 07:04 PM ISTSochi: Ireen Wust gave the Netherlands its second straight gold medal at the Olympic speedskating oval by winning the women's 3,000 meters Sunday. Skating in the next-to-last pairing, Wust turned in a time of 4
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Sochi Olympics: Dario Cologna wins men's 30K skiathlon
Other Sports | Feb 09, 2014, 06:57 PM ISTRussia: Dario Cologna had the strongest finish to win the men's 30-kilometer skiathlon at the Sochi Olympics on Sunday, showing he's back to full fitness after a season disrupted by an ankle injury. The Swiss
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Sochi Olympics: Jamie Anderson completes US sweep in slopestyle
Other Sports | Feb 09, 2014, 06:46 PM ISTRussia: Jamie Anderson has given the United States a sweep in slopestyle snowboarding at the Sochi Olympics. Anderson soared her way to gold medal in a near flawless run in the women's final on Sunday,