More on the Olympics

• More than 6,000 join Mawana Sugars Indian Open Marathon

  New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) More than 6,000 runners will be seen in action in the annual Mawana Sugars Indian Open Marathon to be held here February 19. The Indian Open, the only marathon to be accorded the status of National Championship, will be flagged off from and also finish at the iconic city [...]

• No Rolling Stones at London Olympics (Lead)

  London, Feb 11 (IANS) Mick Jagger and his The Rolling Stones will not perform at a musical concert for the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, a representative of the iconic band said. The representative has shot down reports that the rockers are being lined up to perform at a Best of British [...]

• No Rolling Stones show at London Olympics

  London, Feb 11 (IANS) Popular band The Rolling Stones will not perform at a musical engagement to mark the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, a representative has said. The representative has shot down reports that the rockers are being lined up to perform at a Best of British concert in the city’s [...]

• My job is to communicate with the junior players: Ignace

  New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Ignace Tirkey was there in Santiago when eight times Olympic hockey champions missed qualifying for the Games in Beijing for the first time in 80 years. The linkman doesn’t want another heartbreak this time. Now a senior pro and only one of the two players in the squad - [...]

• Hockey coach Nobbs asks India to be as ruthless as Australia

  New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Chief coach Michael Nobbs says the Indian hockey team has to be as ruthless as World champions Australia if they have to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. The 57-year-old Aussie said after a training session of his wards preparing for the Olympic Qualifiers here Feb 18-26 that it [...]

• Baku to host 2014 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship

  Baku, Feb 10 (IANS) The European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship 2014 will be held in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, Vice-President of the European Union of Gymnastics Rudolf Hediger said here. Addressing a press conference, organised jointly by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Youth and Sports and the European Union of Gymnastics Thursday, Hediger specified that “the championship will [...]

• Capello resigns, Stuart checks in as caretaker England boss

  London, Feb 9 (IANS) With just five months left for the Euro 2012, England football is in turmoil with the resignation of national team manager Fabio Capello over differences with Football Assoiation (FA) following the sacking of John Terry as the captain. Under-21 coach Stuart Pearce will take charge of England for the [...]

• World Champion Cheruiyot says will not rest on laurels in 2012

  Nairobi, Feb 9 (IANS) Newly-crowned Laureus World Sportswoman Vivian Cheruiyot says she will not be resting on her laurels in 2012. Cheruiyot, the world 10,000m and 5,000m champion, now plans a fast time in her next assignment - the Aviva Grand Prix, an IAAF Permit Indoor meetings, which will be held in Birmingham [...]

• Cuban hurdler Robles wants nothing but gold at London

  Havana, Feb 9 (IANS) Cuban runner and world record holder in the 110-metre hurdles Dayron Robles has said his objective in the London Olympics is “nothing but to win the gold”. “I have no other choice. I will strive for the gold,” Robles said to the media here before leaving for Germany. The champion of [...]

• It’s for AITA to decide Olympics line-up: Bhupathi

  Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi Wednesday lobbed the ball into the court of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) on his possible pairing with Leander Paes in the coming London Olympics. “It’s not something which can be decided by Leander or me. It’s up to the AITA to decide [...]

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