Olympic gold for Hungarians may be worth $155,000
August 18th, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bupapest, Aug 18 (IANS) Hungary's gold medal winning Olympian may receive a reward of 35 million Hungarian forints (slightly over $155,000), Zoltan Molnar, general secretary of the Hungarian Olympic Committee ... Read more...
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Medal will motivate me to bigger things: Saina Nehwal
August 17th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) India's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal Friday said her medal at the London Games would motivate her to attain greater heights in badminton.At a ... Read more...
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Russian Olympic medallists given luxury cars
August 16th, 2012 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Many of Russia's medal-winning Olympic athletes were presented with luxury cars Wednesday and the others were also promised cars soon.Many of Russia's gold medallists received ... Read more...
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Russians to get $130,000 for London Olympics gold
February 4th, 2012 - 8:59 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian government has announced awards of $130,000 to Russian athletes who win a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.The government announced Friday that ... Read more...
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Himachal to honour Asiad, CWG medal winners
November 29th, 2010 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 29 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh is to give cash awards totalling Rs.57 lakh to four shooters from the state - Vijay Kumar, Samresh Jang, Meena Kumar and Sonia Rai - who ... Read more...
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Asian Games: Ashwini Chidananda, Joseph Abraham win 400m hurdles golds (Evening Lead)
November 25th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 25 (IANS) India's Ashwini Chidananda and Joseph Abraham won a gold apiece in the women's and men's 400 metres hurdles, while three bronzes boosted the country's Asian Games tally to ... Read more...
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Banerjee assures jobs to CWG, other medal winners
October 29th, 2010 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 28 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday assured jobs to several Commonwealth Games (CWG) medal winners and other sportspersons and announced that her department will set up four academies ... Read more...
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Delhi to reward city’s CWG medallists
October 18th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday declared cash rewards for all the capital's sportspersons who won medals at the Commonwealth Games which concluded Oct 14. The capital's 10 ... Read more...
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Petroleum ministry to award CWG medal winners
October 15th, 2010 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Indian sportspersons who won gold medals at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games will receive cash awards of Rs.10 lakh each, the petroleum ministry announced Friday. Silver medal winners ... Read more...
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Names of Indian medal winners at CWG
October 15th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The following are the names of Indian medal winners in various disciplines at the 2010 Commonwealth Games:Discipline-wise Gold, Silver and Bronze winnersArchery:
Gold
Rahul Banerjee - men's recurve ... Read more...
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No medal, but Akhil Kumar is boxing icon
August 26th, 2008 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Akhil Kumar sounded like a brash young man when he spoke up for his fellow-boxers demanding clearance of South African physio Matthew Heath for the Beijing Olympics. ... Read more...
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The spirit of Che Guevara enters Olympics via Cuba-Venezuela
August 17th, 2008 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Aug 17 (DPA) Even Ernesto "Che" Guevara came up Sunday in a women's volleyball game between left-leaning allies and friends Cuba and Venezuela. As expected, Cuba won 3-0 (25-20, 25-20 and ... Read more...
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