Belarus shot putter Ostapchuk banned for one year
September 11th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, Sep 11 (IANS) Belarus shot putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk, who had her Olympic title stripped in London for failing a drug test, received a one-year ban Tuesday.Ostapchuk won the gold ... Read more...
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Cash-strapped Greece cuts government jets
August 28th, 2012 - 10:29 am ICT by IANS
Athens, Aug 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Greek government has officially announced it was getting rid of a set of three jets as part of the debt-laden country's cost-cutting efforts.A government ... Read more...
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Give Greece extra time: Austria
August 27th, 2012 - 9:01 am ICT by IANS
Athens, Aug 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The payback period for Greece should be extended for two or three years if the country sticks to the savings targets and reform plans, Austrian ... Read more...
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Olympic wrestling: India’s Geeta in repechage (Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Wrestler Geeta Phogat got into the repechage round after Canadian Tonya Lynn Verbeek, who had defeated the Indian in the first round, went on to qualify ... Read more...
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Olympic wrestling: Gold for Japanese grappler Obara
August 9th, 2012 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eight-time world champion wrestler Hitomi Obara of Japan took her first Olympic medal with gold in the women's 48 kg freestyle Wednesday, beating Azerbaijan's Maria ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Russian Antyukh wins 400m hurdles gold (Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 6:19 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Natalya Antyukh won the women's 400 metres hurdles Olympic gold Wednesday by posting a personal best of 52.70 seconds for the top medal, holding ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Russia’s Antyukh storms to 400m hurdles gold
August 9th, 2012 - 3:44 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Natalya Antyukh stormed to the women's 400 metres hurdles Olympic gold Wednesday.The Russian posted a personal best of 52.70 seconds for gold, holding off ... Read more...
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Olympic table tennis: China wins men’s team gold
August 9th, 2012 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS) China took home the men's table tennis team gold medal here Wednesday, making a clean sweep for the second consecutive Olympics.It was the 24th gold medal ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Sanchez storms to men’s 400m hurdles gold
August 7th, 2012 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic won Olympic gold in the men's 400 metres hurdles Monday.Sanchez, the Olympic champion in Athens in 2004, clocked a ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Kazakhstan’s Rypakova leaps to triple jump gold
August 6th, 2012 - 9:05 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan took Olympic gold in the women's triple jump Sunday.Rypakova, the world silver medalist, took the title with a third-round jump of ... Read more...
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Olympic triple jump : Kazakhstan’s Rypakova leaps to gold
August 6th, 2012 - 4:02 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan took Olympic gold in the women's triple jump Sunday.Rypakova, the world silver medalist, took the title with a third-round jump ... Read more...
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Olympic sailing: Brit Ainslie takes fourth successive gold
August 5th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) British sailor Ben Ainslie continued his remarkable run of winning gold at every Olympics since 2000 with victory in the Finn class here Sunday.Ainslie finished ... Read more...
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Olympic tennis: Williams sisters win doubles gold
August 5th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, claimed their record fourth tennis gold in the Olympics as they overpowered Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of ... Read more...
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Olympics: Back injury dashes Russian weightlifter’s hopes
August 4th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's gold medal favourite in weightlifting Khadzhimurat Akkaev has withdrawn from the Olympics with a back injury, the national federation said Saturday.Akkaev, the world and ... Read more...
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Olympics: Pistol shooter Vijay Kumar wins silver; India gets second medal (Lead)
August 3rd, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Army marksman Vijay Kumar gave India the second medal from the Royal Artillery Barracks winning the silver in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol event ... Read more...
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Gyurta wins 200m breaststroke gold, sets world record
August 2nd, 2012 - 2:28 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Hungary's double world champion Daniel Gyurta won the 200 metres breaststroke gold Wednesday, setting a new world record.Gyurta clocked 2 minutes, 7.28 seconds, two tenths ... Read more...
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Frenchman Tony Estanguet slaloms to canoe gold
August 1st, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) France's 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medallist Tony Estanguet grabbed the top prize at the London Games Tuesday in the canoe slalom single category.Estanguet won ... Read more...
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Rhode blasts her way to skeet gold, equals world record
July 29th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Kimberly Rhode of the United States won the gold medal in the women's skeet competition at the Olympics Sunday, equalling the world record along ... Read more...
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Olympics: Federer eyes medals in both singles and doubles
July 29th, 2012 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) Switzerland's Roger Federer has his eyes on medals from both singles and doubles after his stuttering victory in the men's singles first round against Alejandro ... Read more...
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Beijing is past, I have to start afresh in London: Bindra
July 26th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS) Golden boy of Indian shooting Abhinav Bindra is not ready to bask in the glory of Beijing Olympics, where he won a gold medal, and ... Read more...
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Indian coach asks shooters to make the best of pressure
July 23rd, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 23 (IANS) India's chief shooting coach Sunny Thomas asked his shooters to shoot with pressure and not against it if they want to win a medal at ... Read more...
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Federer expects Olympics to be something special
July 23rd, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 23 (IANS) World number one Roger Federer said he is expecting "something special" at the London 2012 Olympic Games.The Olympic tennis will take place at Wimbledon where ... Read more...
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Over $600,000 stolen from bank on Greek island
July 17th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, July 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over 500,000 euros (about $614,000) have been stolen from a bank on the small Greek island of Spetses, local Skai television channel reported.The incident occurred ... Read more...
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China’s Zheng tags herself ‘lightweight tennis champion’
July 1st, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 1 (IANS) Being one of the most dimunitive figures in the Wimbledon, Chinese tennis player Zheng Jie feels like a 'lightweight champion'.Zheng stands only 1.64 metres and ... Read more...
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Greek PM to miss EU summit for eye surgery
June 24th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, June 24 (IANS) Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will not attend the June 28 EU summit in Brussels as doctors have advised him to rest following eye surgery.Samaras underwent ... Read more...
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Europe must be sensitive to Greek people: French minister
June 22nd, 2012 - 7:21 am ICT by IANS
Luxembourg, June 22 (IANS) Europe must be more "sensitive" to the Greek people and take steps to help revive the country's economy, according to French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici.Speaking ... Read more...
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Greek cabinet sworn in
June 22nd, 2012 - 2:34 am ICT by IANS
Athens, June 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A new Greek government led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was sworn in at a ceremony in Athens Thursday.The new Cabinet comprises three parties -- ... Read more...
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New Democracy party leads in Greek polls
June 18th, 2012 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Athens, June 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The conservative New Democracy party is leading at the pivotal parliamentary elections in Greece, the interior ministry said Sunday.Greece's two largest pro-bailout parties, New Democracy ... Read more...
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Grenade found outside Greek TV channel
June 17th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, June 17 (IANS) A hand grenade was found outside a private Greek television channel in Athens Sunday when citizens were voting in a crucial poll, media reports said.A guard ... Read more...
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Greece votes on EU bailout
June 17th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, June 17 (IANS) Voting began Sunday for crucial elections in Greece that are expected to determine the country's future in the Eurozone, with the main contenders being the right-wing ... Read more...
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French driver Sebastian Loeb wins Acropolis Rally
May 28th, 2012 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, May 28 (IANS) World champion Sebastien Loeb of France won the Acropolis Rally for third time in the history of the four-day so-called "Rally of Gods" in Greece, and ... Read more...
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G8 wants Greece to remain in Eurozone (Lead)
May 20th, 2012 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The leaders of the G8 industrialised nations meeting at Camp David Saturday agreed that Greece should remain member of the European Union and welcomed EU ... Read more...
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Greece to vote in new polls June 17
May 17th, 2012 - 6:33 am ICT by IANS
Athens, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Greece will hold new parliamentary polls June 17 and a court official will head an interim government until then, state television reported.Council of State head ... Read more...
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Greek economy to shrink in 2012
March 20th, 2012 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, March 20 (IANS) Greece is expected to remain in recession for a fifth straight year in 2012 with the economy shrinking by 4.5 percent and recovery due to start ... Read more...
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Greece launches tender for use of Olympic facilities
March 3rd, 2012 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, March 3 (IANS) Greece has launched an international tender for rights to use certain Olympic Games facilities, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) announced.The acquisition allows potential buyers ... Read more...
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