Sushil Kumar’s Olympic saga (Factfile)
August 12th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) India's Sushil Kumar has steadily worked his way to the Olympic silver medal. His success graph in the last three years, after he won the ... Read more...
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Deepika Kumari still wondering what hit her in London
August 9th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Teenage archer Deepika Kumari, still struggling to come to terms with her first round loss at the London Olympics, says she cracked under pressure of ... Read more...
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Olympic shooting: Manavjit may miss final cut (Lead)
August 6th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Indian trap shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu stands the risk of missing out the final round after he finished a poor 25th among 34 competitors on the ... Read more...
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Olympic shooting: Sandhu 25th in trap, may miss final cut
August 5th, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Indian trap shooter Manavjit Sandhu finished a poor 25th among 34 competitors on the first day of men's qualification and risks missing the final round of ... Read more...
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Olympics: Super Saina wins bronze, Manoj Kumar loses (Roundup)
August 5th, 2012 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Saina Nehwal became the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympic medal Saturday when she bagged the bronze after her opponent, China's Xin Wang, retired hurt ... Read more...
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Olympic boxing: India’s Manoj Kumar knocked out
August 5th, 2012 - 4:24 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Indian boxer Manoj Kumar was knocked out of the 2012 London Olympics after he lost his 64kg pre-quarterfinal bout to Great Britain's Tom Stalker at the ... Read more...
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Olympics athletics: India’s Krishna Poonia finishes seventh
August 5th, 2012 - 2:51 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Indian discus thrower Krishna Poonia finished a creditable seventh in the women's discus throw while the gold medal was won by Sandra Perkovic of Croatia in ... Read more...
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Olympics: Saina wins India’s third medal, Paes-Sania out (India Intro Roundup)
August 5th, 2012 - 2:40 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Saina Nehwal etched her name in India's Olympic folklore by becoming the country's maiden badminton medallist and the second Indian woman ever on the podium after ... Read more...
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Can’t believe I won a medal: Saina Nehwal
August 5th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal said she could not believe she won a medal after she was awarded the victory against Chinese Xin Wang here Saturday.The ... Read more...
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Olympic badminton: Saina brings India third medal (Second Lead)
August 4th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) Shuttler Saina Nehwal gave India its maiden Olympic medal in badminton after China's Xin Wang retired hurt from the bronze medal play-off despite winning the first ... Read more...
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Olympics: Krishna Poonia qualifies; Mayookha, Om Prakash out (Lead)
August 4th, 2012 - 1:58 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) India's top discus thrower Krishna Poonia qualified for the final round while triple jumper Mayookha Johny and men's shot putter Om Prakash Singh were knocked out ... Read more...
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Olympic boxing: Manoj eases into pre-quarters
August 1st, 2012 - 4:38 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) Indian boxer Manoj Kumar reached the pre-quarterfinals in the 64 kg class with a convincing victory over Serdar Hudayberdiyev of Turkmenistan at the London Olympics.The 25-year-old ... Read more...
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Krishna Poonia crosses the 63m barrier
July 18th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 18 (IANS) India's top discus thrower Krishna Poonia gave herself something to cheer about ahead of the Olympics as she crossed the 63 metres mark in the Woodford ... Read more...
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Krishna Poonia bags silver in Portland meet
June 5th, 2012 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) India's London-bound discus thrower Krishna Poonia bagged the silver medal at the Post Pre Elite Womens' event at Portland, US, but the effort was way ... Read more...
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Striving hard for a podium finish in London: Discus thrower Krishna Poonia (Interview)
May 13th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) India's Commonwealth Games gold medallist Krishna Poonia has set herself a target of 65 metres in the discus throw to make a podium finish at ... Read more...
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Discus thrower Krishna sets national record in Hawaii meet
May 7th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) India's London-bound female discus thrower Krishna Poonia, Commonwealth Games gold medallist, created a national record by winning the silver medal at the Altius Track Crew ... Read more...
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Asian badminton: Ajay Jayaram goes down fighting
April 18th, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Qingdao (China), April 18 (IANS) India's top shuttler Ajay Jayaram went down fighting to Wei Nan of Hong Kong over three games in the second round of the men's singles ... Read more...
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Manpreet in quarters of Olympic qualifying event
April 6th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Astana (Kazakhstan), April 6 (IANS) Asian Games silver medallist Manpreet Singh (91kg) Friday entered the quarterfinals of the Asian Olympic Qualifying Boxing Event here with a resounding victory over Mongolia's ... Read more...
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Suranjoy, Sumit in second round of Asian Olympic qualifying event
April 6th, 2012 - 1:34 am ICT by IANS
Astana (Kazakhstan), April 6 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medallist Suranjoy Singh (52 kg) and promising teenager Sumit Sangwan (81 kg) won their opening round bouts in the Asian Olympic Qualifying ... Read more...
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Asian TT: Sharath-Saha stun China’s second seeds, enter pre-quarters
February 27th, 2012 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Macau, Feb 27 (IANS) India's Sharath Kamal and Subhajit Saha caused one of the biggest upsets of the Asian Table Tennis Championships when they beat China's second seeds Ma ... Read more...
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Samota, Manpreet lead 10-member Indian team for Kazakh boxing meet
February 8th, 2012 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Established pugilists Paramjeet Samota, Manpreet Singh and L. Devendro Singh figure in a 10-member Indian team which has been picked for an international boxing tournament ... Read more...
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Narang aims for a medal at London olympics
November 3rd, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) India's ace rifle shooter Gagan Narang hoped that 2012 London Olympics would be lucky for him after missing out on a podium finish in ... Read more...
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World Boxing Championships: Manoj, Dinesh in prequarters
October 2nd, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) India's Manoj Kumar (64 kg) and Dinesh Kumar (81 kg) Sunday entered the pre-quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships at Baku, Azerbaijan, while Suranjoy Singh ... Read more...
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Manoj in second round of World Boxing championships
September 30th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manoj Kumar (64kg) defeated Valentino Knowles of Bahamas 17:11 to enter the second round of World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, ... Read more...
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World Boxing Championship: Devendro in second round
September 26th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Indian boxer L Devendro Singh (49kg) Monday outpointed Asylbek Nazaraliev of Kyrgyzstan 14-8 to qualify for the second round of the AIBA World Championships in ... Read more...
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Deepika wins gold in world youth archery
August 28th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) India's Deepika Kumari won the gold in the junior women's recurve event of the world youth championship at Legnica in Poland Sunday.Deepika, seeded third, defeated top ... Read more...
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19 Arjuna Awards to be conferred this year
August 18th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) As many as 19 Arjuna awards will be given to sportspersons this year at a function at Rashtrapati Bhawan Aug 29.Not more than 15 ... Read more...
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Akhil, Vijender to lead charge in World Boxing Championship
August 18th, 2011 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Olympic Games 2008 bronze medallist Vijender Singh and Akhil Kumar have been selected in the 10-member Indian boxing team for the World Boxing Championship, first ... Read more...
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I expected the Arjuna last year itself, says archer Rahul
July 22nd, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medal winning archer Rahul Banerjee
was happy to be recommended for the Arjuna Award but said he expected to get the honour last year ... Read more...
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Narang recommended for Khel Ratna, Zaheer for Arjuna Award
July 22nd, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) India's top shooter Gagan Narang, who bagged four gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, ... Read more...
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Five Punjab players appointed police officers
July 18th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 18 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday approved the appointment of five Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medallists as deputy superintendents of police in the police.Deputy Chief ... Read more...
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Dismal show by Indian recurve archers
May 5th, 2011 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS)Indian recurve archers shot wayward to fall like ninepins in the individual elimination round of the men's and women's section of the World Cup (Stage I) at ... Read more...
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World Cup Stage I archery: Indians put up a modest show
May 4th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medallist Deepika Kumari was the only top-eight finisher in the FITA round as Indian archers put up a modest performance on day one ... Read more...
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India Open Super Series: Sourabh, Sai Datt keep India’s hopes alive (Lead)
April 28th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Qualifier Sourabh Verma pulled off another stunner at the Indian Open Super Series badminton here Thursday, and he is joined in the quarterfinals by Guru ... Read more...
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India Open Super Series: Saina makes a tearful first round exit (Roundup)
April 27th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) In a sensational upset at the India Open Super Series,World No.4 and top seed Saina Nehwal made a tearful first round exit going down 17-21, ... Read more...
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