Indian boxers need to punch with more meat
August 18th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Four years ago, when Vijender Singh won India's first Olympic boxing medal, the sport received a shot in the fist. No less than eight boxers, ... Read more...
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Venezuelan lawmakers honour Olympic fencing champ
August 15th, 2012 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Aug 15 (IANS/EFE) Fencer Ruben Limardo has been honoured by Venezuela's National Assembly for the gold medal he won at the London Olympic Games.The lawmakers began the congressional session ... Read more...
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US claim basketball gold, Ugandan marathon (Overall World Roundup)
August 13th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 13 (IANS) Kevin Durant scored a game-high 30 points as the US edged Spain 107-100 to retain the Olympic men's basketball title while marathon runner ... Read more...
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Olympics: Uganda celebrates first gold after 40 years
August 13th, 2012 - 3:35 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 13 (IANS) People in Uganda celebrated the gold medal won by marathoner Stephen Kiprotich at the 2012 London Olympics. It was Uganda's first Olympic gold in 40 years ... Read more...
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Russia wins first Olympic basketball medal
August 12th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia won its first Olympic basketball medal Sunday after a thrilling final decided in the last minute.Russia beat 2004 Olympic champions Argentina 81-77, with Minnesota ... Read more...
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Olympics: Croatia wins men’s handball bronze
August 12th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Croatia's men beat Hungary 33-26 Sunday to win their first Olympic handball medal, a bronze.The Croatians dominated from the start, finishing the first half with ... Read more...
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Olympics: James wants to inspire young athletes at home
August 10th, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS/CMC) World and Olympics 400 metres champion Kirani James says one of his goals is to help stop talented young athletes in Grenada from falling out of grace ... Read more...
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Olympic taekwondo: Jade Jones seals gold for Britain
August 10th, 2012 - 5:43 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain's Jade Jones beat Hou Yuzhuo of China for the country's first Olympic gold in women's taekwondo here Thursday.It was a sweet revenge for ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Kenyan Rudisha wins gold in Men’s 800m
August 10th, 2012 - 3:04 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Kenyan runner David Rudisha set a searing pace as he won Olympic 800 metres gold in world record time Thursday.Rudisha, the reigning world champion, knocked ... Read more...
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Olympics: Foster-Hylton ends sterling career after hurdle mishap
August 8th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS/CMC) Jamaican hurdler Brigitte Foster-Hylton says the 2012 season will be the last of her long, sterling career, a day after she crashed out of the London Olympics ... Read more...
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Olympics: James storms to men’s 400m gold (Lead)
August 7th, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS/CMC) The outstanding Kirani James added an Olympics gold to his fast-growing resume by racing to a personal best time to win the men's 400 metres in dominating ... Read more...
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Olympic football: Menezes refutes Brazil gold medal pressure
August 6th, 2012 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (IANS) Brazil coach Mano Menezes has said his team is not feeling the pressure of aiming for the country's first Olympic football gold medal.Brazil will ... Read more...
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Olympics: Michael Phelps bids farewell
August 5th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) The first Olympic medal came on a humid August night beneath the Athenian stars eight years ago, and the 22th - the last one for ... Read more...
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Saina changes Bejing heartbreak into Olympic bronze (Profile)
August 4th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) From a heart break in Beijing to the bronze medal in London -- the first for India in Olympics badminton, shuttler Saina Nehwal has come ... Read more...
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Olympic tennis: Britain’s Murray reaches semis
August 2nd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Andy Murray moved a step closer to becoming Britain's first Olympic singles tennis medallist since 1920, reaching the semi-finals with a straight-sets win over ... Read more...
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Venezuela’s Limardo wins Olympic epee gold
August 2nd, 2012 - 7:38 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ruben Limardo snared Venezuela's first Olympic fencing medal Wednesday, winning the gold medal match in the men's individual epee.Limardo beat Norway's Bartosz Piasecki 15-10 in ... Read more...
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Galstyan wins first gold for Russia in judo
July 28th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian judoka Arsen Galstyan won his country's first Olympic gold medal in London Saturday, beating Japan's Hiroaki Hiraoka in the 60 kg final.It took the ... Read more...
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Afghanistan’s first Olympic medallist eyes an encore
July 23rd, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 23 (IANS) Afghanistan's first Olympic medallist Rohullah Nikpai has vowed to bring more laurels for his country at the London Games beginning Friday.In a recent interview with ... Read more...
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Being world No.1 is added pressure for Olympics: Deepika
July 14th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Though highly hopeful of winning an Olympic medal, world number one archer Deepika Kumari Saturday said being at the top of the rankings does not guarantee ... 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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Meet Su, who signalled China’s emergence in international sports
November 12th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 12 (IANS) Thirty-six years ago, pistol shooter Su Zhibo signalled China's emergence as a world power on the international stage by winning the country's maiden Asian Gold medal in Tehran ... Read more...
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Rebecca Adlington seeks gold on her CWG debut
October 2nd, 2010 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Ace English swimmer Rebecca Adlington, a world record holder in the 800-metre freestyle event, will be hoping to make a golden debut in the Commonwealth Games here."My ... Read more...
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Rathore misses CWG cut, lashes out at NRAI selection policy
August 31st, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India's first Olympic silver medallist double trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Tuesday lashed out at the "vindictive attitude" of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) ... Read more...
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Kim Yu-Na Clinches Gold At Figure Skating Long Program
February 26th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-Na created a new record on Thursday at the figure skating long program when she clinched the gold ... Read more...
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Evan Lysacek Becomes Coach Frank Carroll’s First Olympic Gold Winning Student
February 19th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Vancouver, Feb 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Evan Lysacek was full of praise for his coach, Frank Carroll, as he stood before the press, giving one interview after the other, talking about ... Read more...
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Tucker Murphy Of Bermuda Represents His Nation In 2010 Winter Olympics
February 13th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Feb 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tucker Murphy, the cross country skier from Bermuda was the sole representative from his country to bear the flag on the opening ceremony of the Winter ... Read more...
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Iran’s first Olympic woman skier to carry the flag
February 9th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Vancouver, Feb 9 (DPA) Iranian alpine skier Marjan Kalhor will carry her country's flag at the opening ceremony of the winter Games in Vancouver, organising officials said.
Kalhor will be the first woman ... Read more...
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Sochi 2014 unveils first Olympic digital emblem
December 1st, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 1 (DPA) The emblem for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi was unveiled Tuesday, based on the unique use of an internet domain name of the Russian organizing committee.
It is ... Read more...
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India emerging as powerhouse of Asian boxing
June 22nd, 2009 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
By Avishek Roy
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Boxers are being hailed as the new sporting heroes in the country and India as seen as the powerhouse on the Asian continent. The ... Read more...
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Pak hockey legend Atif passes away
December 8th, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Dec 8 (IANS) Pakistan's hockey legend M. H. Atif - a member of the team that won the country's first Olympic gold in Rome in 1960 - passed away in Lahore ... 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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Vijender congratulated for Olympic win
August 22nd, 2008 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Congratulations for boxer Vijender Kumar for winning a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics came from President Pratibha Patil, Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ... Read more...
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President, VP, PM congratulates Vijender Kumar for winning Bronze Medal at Olympics
August 22nd, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi , August 22 (ANI): President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansariand Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday congratulated Vijender Kumar for capturing the bronze medal in ... Read more...
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German swimmer gatecrashes US victory parade
August 15th, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Aug 15 (DPA) Germany's Britta Steffen gatecrashed an American victory parade Friday as she took the women's 100m freestyle-the only non-American to win a gold medal in the Olympic swimming competition ... Read more...
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Awards, accolades as Bindra bags first individual Olympic gold (Roundup)
August 11th, 2008 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing/Chandigarh/New Delhi (IANS) Abhinav Bindra hit bull's eye in Beijing Monday winning top honours in the air rifle event and India's first individual Olympic gold medal, sending his billion strong nation into ... Read more...
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