Never had plans to attend opening ceremony: Kalmadi
July 25th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) disgraced president Suresh Kalmadi said Wednesday that he had no intentions of attending the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Games ... Read more...
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Court allows Kalmadi’s London visit (Lead)
July 25th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday allowed sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi to visit Britain but restrained him from attending the July 27 ... Read more...
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Court to decide Wednesday on Kalmadi’s London visit (Lead)
July 24th, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court will decide Wednesday whether to allow sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, an accused in a graft case, to ... Read more...
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Court notice to Kalmadi over London visit (Lead)
July 18th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, an accused in a graft case, on a plea ... Read more...
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I Have every right to go to Olympics: Kalmadi
July 14th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, July 14 (IANS) Suresh Kalmadi, the sacked New Delhi Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief, has defended his controversial trip to London and said he has every right to go ... Read more...
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Kalmadi allowed to visit London for Olympics (Lead)
July 13th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who has been accused of corruption, was Friday allowed by a special court ... Read more...
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Kalmadi eyes London trip during Olympics
July 12th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chairman and graft accused Suresh Kalmadi Thursday moved a Delhi court seeking permission to attend a meeting in ... Read more...
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CBI court allows Kalmadi to go to Kazakhstan
April 18th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here has allowed former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi to go to Kazakhstan ... Read more...
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World Athletics: Mayookha qualifies for long jump finals
August 27th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Aug 27 (IANS) India's Mayookha Johny qualified for the final of the women's long jump event at the World Athletics Championships with a leap of 6.53 metres.She ... Read more...
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Mayookha, Om Prakash win bronze in Asian Athletics (Lead)
July 9th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India won two bronze medals Saturday through Mayookha Johny in triple jump and Om Prakash Singh Karhana in shot- put on the third day of ... Read more...
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Mayookha, Om Prakash win bronze in Asian Athletics
July 9th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India won two bronze medals through Mayookha Johny in triple jump and Om Prakash Singh Karhana in shot- put on the third day of the ... Read more...
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SAI cracks the whip on coaches at NIS Patiala (Roundup)
July 7th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) Thursday came down hard on coaches, suspending R.S. Sidhu and issuing notice to Ramesh Nagapuri, who were involved with ... Read more...
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Asian athletics: Mayookha leaps to gold, silver for Gowda
July 7th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Amidst the gloom caused by doping scandal, some good news for Indian athletics came Thursday as Mayookha Johny won the women's long jump gold on ... Read more...
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SAI suspends athletics coach, showcauses second at NIS (Lead)
July 7th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) In the wake of eight athletes failing dope test, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Thursday suspended R.S.Sidhu and showcaused Ramesh Nagapuri, who were ... Read more...
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Who is Lalit Bhanot?
February 23rd, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Deposed Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) secretary general Lalit Bhanot, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday, has been a familiar sports administrator ... Read more...
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CWG athletics: Kavita wins historic bronze for India (Lead)
October 9th, 2010 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
By Sirshendu Panth
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Long distance runner Kavita Raut gave India its maiden Commonwealth Games medal from the track by winning a historic bronze in the women's 10,000 metres ... Read more...
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Om Prakash wins gold, Manjeet Kaur gets bronze in Asian Championship
November 11th, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) India's Om Prakash Singh won the men's shot put gold while Manjeet Kaur won the bronze in the women's 400 metres in the Asian Athletics Championship at ... Read more...
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Kalmadi elected unopposed as Asian Athletics Association president
November 9th, 2009 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi was Monday elected unopposed as the president of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA), for his third consecutive term, at Guangzhou ... Read more...
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AFI president and Congress leader Umrao Singh passes away
April 12th, 2009 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president and veteran Congress leader Umrao Singh passed away in Jalandhar Sunday after a brief illness. He was 82 and is ... Read more...
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Pune runs to pay homage to martyrs and victims of Mumbai attacks
December 7th, 2008 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, Dec.7 (ANI): Fifty thousand people including one hundred international long distance runners participated in an International Marathon in Pune to express their solidarity and pay homage to the martyrs and ... Read more...
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Maheshwary fails to make triple jump final
August 18th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Krishnaswamy
Beijing, Aug 18 (IANS) Triple jumper Renjith Maheswary added to the miserable take of Indian athletics performance here in Beijing with a showing that was more than a metre less ... Read more...
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Poverty but no loneliness for this long-distance runner
August 2nd, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 2 (IANS) Preeja Sreedharan has already battled poverty to be in the Indian team at the Beijing Olympics. But she hasn't suffered the loneliness of the long-distance runner. ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian coach gets jail for molesting athletes
July 12th, 2008 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 12 (IANS) Indian origin former athletics coach C. Ramanathan has been sentenced to four years in jail by a court for molesting two underage athletes during training for an ... Read more...
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Infuse younger people into sports: Gill
April 23rd, 2008 - 6:48 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 23 (ANI): Union Sports Minister MS Gill today asked Indian sports federations to infuse younger people into sports."Bring in younger people into sports management. I will support it," ... Read more...
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‘Induct younger people into sports federations’
April 23rd, 2008 - 2:55 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Sports Minister M.S. Gill Wednesday called upon Indian sports federations to induct younger people to breathe fresh life into sports bodies. "Bring in younger people into sports ... Read more...
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Indians dominate overall but Lankans hold sway in sprints
March 8th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)Kochi, March 8 (IANS) Indian athletes dominated the 3rd South Asian Athletics Championship even as the Sri Lankans made their presence felt in the shorter events at the Maharaja College Grounds on ... Read more...
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Good start to season by Anju Bobby in South Asian athletics
March 8th, 2008 - 7:14 pm ICT by admin
Kochi, March 8 (IANS) Anju Bobby George won her first meet in the Olympic year with a creditable 6.50m leap as India dominated the South Asian Athletic championships on the opening day. ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s Shabbir claims first gold in South Asian athletics
March 7th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by admin
Kochi, March 7 (IANS) Pakistan's Ghulam Shabir Hussain clinched the first gold medal of the South Asian Athletic Championships at the Maharaja College Ground Friday. Hussain's effort of 59.16m pushed India's Madhu ... Read more...
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India win three golds in South Asian athletics
March 7th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)Kochi, March 7 (IANS) Indians won three of the first six finals in the South Asian Athletics championships but Pakistan also made their presence felt with two gold medals while Sri Lanka ... Read more...
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India announce athletics squad for South Asian meet
March 1st, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The selection committee of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Saturday announced the team for the two-day South Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in Kochi from ... Read more...
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India win Asian Indoor athletics title with 17 medals
February 17th, 2008 - 12:21 am ICT by admin
Doha, Feb 16 (IANS) India finished atop the medal standings with five gold, nine silver and three bronze at the Asian Athletics Indoor Championships that concluded here Saturday. China were second with ... Read more...
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India win two silvers, two bronzes in Asian athletics
February 15th, 2008 - 11:28 pm ICT by admin
Doha, Feb 15 (IANS) Indian athletes won two silver and two bronze medals in the Asian Athletics Indoor Championships here Friday. Amarjeet Singh cleared 16.26 meters on his last jump to clinch ... Read more...
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