Olympics: Chinese cycling team fined for ignoring orders
August 4th, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) Chinese national cycling team was fined 200 CHF (Swiss franc) for failing to respect instructions from the commissaire for standing on the judges' podium, said a ... Read more...
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I thought I’d got away, says dope-tainted cyclist
August 4th, 2012 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Disgraced Russian cyclist Victoria Baranova said here Friday that she had taken testosterone ahead of the Olympics, and she had thought she was in the ... Read more...
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Bradley Wiggins’ training kit stolen from Surrey hotel
August 1st, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Surrey, Aug 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bradley Wiggins experienced a nostalgic experience when his training kit was stolen just before he participated in the 2012 London Olympics. His kit was stolen in the ... Read more...
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Gazprom unveiled as Champions League sponsor
July 10th, 2012 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's state-run gas giant Gazprom has become an official partner of the Champions League football tournament through 2015, UEFA has announced.The company, the largest ... Read more...
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Gazprom unveiled as UEFA Champions League sponsor
July 9th, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) UEFA Monday announced that Russia's state-run gas giant Gazprom has become an official partner of the Champions League football tournament through 2015.The company, the ... Read more...
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Paes, Nicole Faria to ride in BSA Hercules India Cyclothon (With Images)
April 21st, 2011 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Sportsmen Leander Paes, Viren Raquinha and Karun Chandok, Mumbai MP Milind Deora and model Nicole Faria will be among the 6,000 people expected to participate in ... Read more...
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2012 Olympic Games venue opens
February 23rd, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.23 (ANI): The organising committee of 2012 Olympic Games achieved a milestone when the first venue the velodrome, opened on Tuesday.The velodrome in Stratford cost around 93 million pounds to build ... Read more...
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New Zealand cyclists train with refreshed approach, says Team Coach
October 3rd, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.3 (ANI): Ahead of the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010, head coach of the New Zealand cycling team Tim Carswell said on Sunday that the athletes have trained themselves with a ... Read more...
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Haryana clerk fulfils Australian woman’s last wishes
August 3rd, 2010 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 3 (IANS) A clerk in Haryana travelled hundreds of miles to fulfil the last wish of an Australian woman, born in British India, who wanted her ashes to be immersed ... Read more...
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Pak sending six-member team for Tour de Delhi cycling competition
July 18th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 18 (ANI): The Pakistan Cycling Federation (PCF) would be sending a six-member team for the Tour de Delhi cycling competition starting August 29.PCF secretary Idris Haider Khwaja said that a ... Read more...
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New Zealand supports India’s right to host Commonwealth Games
May 29th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, May 29 (ANI): New Zealand officials have returned home giving a thumbs up for India's right to host this year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.According to a stuff.co.nz report, previous fears ... Read more...
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Armstrong denies claims made by drug cheat Landis over blood doping
May 21st, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 21(ANI): Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has dismissed disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis's allegations that he and other members of the U.S. Postal Service cycling team were involved ... Read more...
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Lance Armstrong part of elaborate doping system in cycling, claims drug cheat Landis
May 20th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 20(ANI): Disgraced Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has admitted that he and other members of the U.S. Postal Service cycling team, including Lance Armstrong, were involved in blood ... Read more...
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India win first medal in South Asian Games
January 30th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 30 (IANS) India won the first medal of the 11th South Asian Games with the women's cycling team bagging the gold in the time trial competition Saturday.
The Indian team comprising ... Read more...
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Rajasthan Royals nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards
March 26th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar 26 (ANI): The Indian Premier League (IPL) team, Rajasthan Royals, led by Shane Warne, are in the early running to be nominated for a gong at a Laureus World Sports ... Read more...
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Racing cyclist Bastianelli denies dope charges
July 30th, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Rome, July 30 (Xinhua) World road race champion Marta Bastianelli of Italy has denied knowingly using a banned substance and has requested the doping authorities to revoke her ban. Bastianelli, banned after ... Read more...
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British cyclists target six Olympic medals
July 25th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Newport (Britain), July 25 (Xinhua) The British cycling team is targeting six Olympic medals at the forthcoming Beijing Games. Addressing a press conference in South Wales, David Brailsford, performance director of the ... Read more...
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