Savinova tops in Diamond League 800m
August 27th, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Birmingham, Aug 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two weeks after winning the 800 metres gold at the London Olympics, Russia's Maria Savinova continued her run in Britain with victory in the same ... Read more...
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Olympic gold medallists’ encore at Hungarian athletics meet
August 21st, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Budapest, Aug 21 (IANS) London Olympics gold medallists Sanya Richards-Ross, Krisztian Pars and Christian Taylor all won with ease at the Gyulai Memorial Athletic Meet here.Four-time Olympic and five time ... Read more...
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Kenya’s fall, rise and then fall again in London
August 14th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Aug 14 (IANS) Just as Kenya was beginning to celebrate its improved status in sports, the 2012 London Olympic Games dragged it back into the abyss. They could win ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: US breaks women’s 4×100m relay world record
August 12th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS) Allyson Felix ran the second leg to help the US win the women's 4x100m relay in world record time here Friday as the Americans pulled away ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Kenyan Rudisha wins gold in Men’s 800m
August 10th, 2012 - 3:04 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Kenyan runner David Rudisha set a searing pace as he won Olympic 800 metres gold in world record time Thursday.Rudisha, the reigning world champion, knocked ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Algerian runner disqualified for not doing enough
August 7th, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) Algerian athlete Taoufik Makhloufi has been excluded from participation in all further events at the London Olympics after he failed to try his best in a ... Read more...
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Eight Iraqi athletes to go to London
July 15th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, July 15 (IANS) A 38 member team, including eight athletes, will represent Iraq at the 2012 London Olympic Games, chef de mission Samir Sadiq al-Musawi said."We have eight athletes, ... Read more...
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Kemboi shifts base to Bristol to avoid public scrutiny
July 14th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, July 14 (IANS) Troubled world 3,000m steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi has sneaked out of Kenya team's training camp in Nairobi and shifted base to Bristol City.Kenya Olympics officials said ... Read more...
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Olympic dreams over for Sinimole and Sajeesh
July 6th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) India's middle-distance runners Sajeesh Joseph and Sinimole Paulose's dreams of qualifying for the London Games came crashing as they failed to achieve the qualifying mark ... Read more...
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Uganda athletes undergo doping test ahead of Olympics
July 3rd, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kampala, July 3 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has carried out doping tests for body enhancing substances on Ugandan athletes heading to the Olympics in London this month.Dennis Galabuzi, ... Read more...
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Rudisha, Jelimo spearhead Kenyan challenge in Diamond League
July 3rd, 2012 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, July 3 (IANS) World 800m champion David Rudisha and Olympic champion Pamela Jelimo will jet out Tuesday for Europe to compete in Diamond League and Grand Prix races.The two ... Read more...
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Kenya’s Jepkosgei eyes another Olympic medal in London
May 4th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, May 4 (IANS) Olympic women's 800m silver medallist Janeth Jepkosgei is keen to prove that there is still life in the old war horse as she prepares for her ... Read more...
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Farah, Savinova named European Athlete Of The Year
October 6th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Oct 6 (IANS) World 5,000 metres champion Mo Farah of Britain and 800m champion Mariya Savinova of Russia have been named European male and female Athlete Of The Year.The ... Read more...
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World Athletics: Kenya’s Rudisha claims gold in 800m
August 30th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Aug 30 (IANS) David Rudisha of Kenya took the gold medal in the men's 800m race clocking 1min 43.91sec at the World Athletics Championships here Tuesday.Abubaker Kaki ... Read more...
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India pinning hopes on Mayookha and Ram for Asian Grand Prix
May 19th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) India will be pinning hopes on triple-jumper Mayookha Johny and middle-distance runner Ghamanda Ram in the Asian Grand Prix series to be held in the ... Read more...
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Asian Games athletics: Ashwini, Abraham make it a golden double (Lead)
November 25th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 25 (IANS) Ashwini Chidananda and Joseph Abraham made it a golden double for India by winning the women's and men's 400 metres hurdles at the Asian Games here Thursday.The lone ... Read more...
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Pleasantly surprised Adlington hoping to nail England’s first CWG medal
October 4th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 4 (ANI): England's double Olympic winner Rebecca Adlington, 21, looks to set to pick the country's first medal at tonight's swimming competition.Adlington is one of Britain's few stars left in ... Read more...
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Kiwi athlete Hamblin says she’s reserved her best for Delhi CWG
September 30th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Sep 30 (ANI): New Zealand's Commonwealth medal hope Nikki Hamblin has said that she hasn't yet produced the top-class performance despite her record-breaking year in 800m and 1500m.The English-born runner, ... Read more...
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Injured Semenya withdraws from CWG
September 29th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) South Africa's running sensation Caster Semenya was forced to pull out of the Commonwealth Games Wednesday owing to a back injury.The withdrawal of the 800metres ... Read more...
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Semenya likely to participate in the Games (Lead)
September 28th, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 28 (IANS) South African women's 800m world champion Caster Semenya is still training for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games even as doubts linger over her participation in the mega event. ... Read more...
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South Africa’s world champion pulls out of CWG
September 28th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Sep 28 (IANS) South Africa's world champion men's 800m runner Mbulaeni Mulaudzi has been ruled out of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games due to a hamstring injury.
South Africa's women's ... Read more...
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Champion kiwi athlete Willis’s dream of emulating Snell at CWG ended by injury
September 19th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Sep 19 (ANI): New Zealand middle distance runner Nick Willis's dream of emulating Sir Peter Snell at the 2010 Commonwealth Games has ended as the Olympic Games silver medallist has been ... Read more...
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Two more stars pullout from CWG citing fatigue
September 3rd, 2010 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 3 (IANS) Two-time European champion long distance runner Mo Farah of England and 800 metres world record holder David Rudisha of Kenya Friday joined the growing list of star athletes ... Read more...
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‘It’s like racing a man’, says Semenya’s Brit rival after Berlin race
August 23rd, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.23 (ANI): British woman athlete Diane Cummins, who finished eighth in yesterday's 800m race at the ISTAF Athletics Meeting in Berlin, has stirred a controversy by saying that racing against South ... Read more...
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India’s hopes on Gowda, Tintu Luka at Asian All-Star meet
July 28th, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) All eyes will be national discuss record holder Vikas Gowda when the Asian All-Star Athletics Meet starts here Thursday at the refurbished Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
The US-based ... Read more...
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After World Cup, runner Semenya is South Africa’s hope
July 12th, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
Pretoria, July 12 (IANS) Now that World Cup football is over, it is champion middle-distance runner Caster Semenya who will be the cynosure of the sports loving South African.Semenya,19, became ... Read more...
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Vallarpadam ICTT to be commissioned in August
May 25th, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, May 25 (IANS) The Rs.2,118-crore International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam near here will be commissioned in August, the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) said Tuesday.
Billed as the country's first ... Read more...
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Everest claims first victim of 2010
May 3rd, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 3 (IANS) With over 200 climbers hoping to summit Mt Everest this year, the world's highest peak has claimed its first victim this season with the disappearance of a Hungarian ... Read more...
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‘UFO’ pictured above Sydney
March 24th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, March 24 (ANI): Another UFO sighting has been reported from Sydney where a mum of two captured the mysterious object in a photograph.Fiona Hartigan is convinced what she saw was a ... Read more...
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$800m Ben Hur-based theme park to be built in Italy
November 21st, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): A theme park, costing 800 million dollars, is being built in Rome based on movie classic Ben Hur.Oscar-winning production designer Dante Ferretti is doing the job of creating ... Read more...
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Ramzi stripped of Olympic gold for doping
November 19th, 2009 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Nov 18 (DPA) Olympic 1,500-metre champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after testing positive for the banned blood-booster CERA.
Ramzi, who won ... Read more...
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Controversial star athlete Caster Semenya talks about life amidst gender row
November 14th, 2009 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Pretoria, Nov. 14 (ANI): South African star athlete Caster Semenya has revealed how her life has changed since winning the women's 800 metre world championship in Berlin, and the controversial gender row ... Read more...
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Starry eyed Salwan winners bubble with confidence
November 8th, 2009 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) For 15-year-old Ankur Dhamal, participating in the Salwan Cross-Country Run is like taking another step towards his dream of representing India in the Paralympics.The ... Read more...
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Caster Semenya row: World athletics chiefs to determine what makes a woman
October 12th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.12 (ANI): World athletics chiefs will meet this week and attempt to do what no man has achieved in history - determining exactly what makes a woman.The global scandal over South ... Read more...
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Vallarpadam container terminal to be commissioned in 2010’s first quarter
October 10th, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Rs.2,118 crore (Rs.21.18 billion) International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) - the country's first global hub terminal, at Vallarpardam near here is nearing completion and will be commissioned ... Read more...
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