Would have loved to hear national anthem: Sushil
August 12th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) London Olympics silver medallist Sushil Kumar said he wanted to win the gold in the men's 66kg freestyle wrestling event and hear India's national anthem.Sushil ... Read more...
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India’s medal winners at London Olympics
August 12th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) The following is the list of India's medal winners at the 2012 London Olympics:Medal Name Sport Event Date
Silver Vijay Kumar Shooting Men's 25m rapid fire ... Read more...
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Olympic wrestling: Azerbaijan’s Asgarov wins gold
August 12th, 2012 - 2:48 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Azerbaijan's Toghrul Asgarov won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 60 kg wrestling division at the Olympics Saturday.Asgarov defeated reigning World Champion Besik Kudukhov ... Read more...
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Olympic wrestling: Russia’s Otarsultanov lands controversial gold
August 11th, 2012 - 6:52 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's double European champion Dzhamal Otarsultanov won the Olympic gold in the 55 kg category of the freestyle wrestling tournament Friday.Otarsultanov was made to fight ... Read more...
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Olympic wrestling: Japanese women grapplers sweep two golds (Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 6:47 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Japan heaped two golds in a day at 48kg and 63kg women's freestyle category here Wednesday of London Olympics wrestling competition.The 63kg legend Kaori Icho beat ... 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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Chinese swimming team get hero’s welcome
August 7th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 7 (IANS) The Chinese swimming team, which won five gold medals at the London Olympics, received a hero's welcome when it arrived at the Beijing airport.Hundreds of fans ... Read more...
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Phelps gives up 200m for London Olympics
July 3rd, 2012 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 3 (IANS) Fourteen-time Olympic winner Michael Phelps will give up 200m freestyle in London Olympic Games.Phelps qualified in five individual events for London and is expected to ... Read more...
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World Wrestling: Russia, Japan win team titles
September 19th, 2011 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Istanbul, Sep 19 (IANS) Russia and Japan secured the men's and women's team titles at the World Wrestling Championships that concluded here Sunday.Russia topped the team rankings in the men's ... Read more...
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Michael Phelps wins the gold medal at the FINA Swimming World Championship
July 27th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Shanghai, July 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Michael Phelps won the gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly race at the FINA Swimming World Championships which is ongoing in the Chinese city of Shanghai. The ... Read more...
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Phelps guns for Thorpe, wants to reverse result of 2004 Athens Games
February 13th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb 13 (ANI): Expressing his hopes of a rematch with Australian legend Ian Thorpe at the London Olympics, Swimming ace Michael Phelps has welcomed the chance to reverse the result ... Read more...
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Asian Games wrestling: Ram, Pradeep miss bronze
November 24th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian wrestlers Pradeep Kumar and Ram Vir lost their bronze medal play-offs at the Asian Games here Wednesday.
Pradeep lost 1-3 to North Korea's Yang Chun ... Read more...
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Asian Games swimming: No medals for India on last day
November 18th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 18 (IANS) India rounded off the swimming competitions of the Asian Games here Thursday with a dismal sixth-place finish in the 4x100m men's medley team event.Melkote Badrinath, Sandeep Sejwal, Rehan ... Read more...
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Tearful Brandy Norwood Bids Adieu To “Dancing With The Stars” Season 11
November 17th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Nov 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) "Dancing with the Stars" season 11 results saw American R&B singer-songwriter Brandy Norwood and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy getting eliminated from the show. This elimination came ... Read more...
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Asian Games Swimming: Veerdhawal misses medal by a whisker in 50m freestyle
November 15th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 15 (IANS) Indian swimmer Veerdhawal Khade missed a medal by a whisker as he finished fourth in the final of the men's 50 metres freestyle event at the Asian Games ... Read more...
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Delhi keen to employ world champion Sushil Kumar
October 18th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) The Delhi government is keen to provide world champion wrestler Sushil Kumar the designation of deputy director in the department of sports, a government source said ... Read more...
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CWG wrestling: Sushil Kumar wins Freestyle gold
October 10th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Olympics bonze medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar won the gold in the Freestyle 66 kg category at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday. He defeated South Africa's Heinrich ... Read more...
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With gold, Mumbai man does India proud
October 10th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 10 (IANS) Striking gold at the Commonwealth Games was the aim of wrestler Narsingh Yadav, who underwent a right knee surgery less than two months ago, his coach said Sunday.Yadav, ... Read more...
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CWG: Archer Deepika Kumari wins 25th gold for India
October 10th, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): Archer Deepika Kumari won gold in the women's recurve archery singles while Dola Banerjee won the bronze in the same event of the XIXth Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
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Australia establish early lead in medal count
October 5th, 2010 - 1:53 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Formidable Australia dominated the pool to establish early lead in the medal contest on day one of the 19th Commonwealth Games here Monday.Besides ... Read more...
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For me this Commonwealth Games special, says Sushil
October 3rd, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) World wrestling champion and Olympic bronze medallist Sushil Kumar is looking for a medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, a gold at that. ... Read more...
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Sushil Kumar wins Gold medal at World Wrestling Championship in Moscow
September 13th, 2010 - 12:02 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.12 (ANI): Wrestler Sushil Kumar rewrote the history books once again as he became the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal in the World Wrestling Championship on ... Read more...
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Oz swimmer Napoleon banned from Delhi Commonwealth Games
August 26th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Aug 27 (ANI): Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon has been banned from participating in the Delhi Commonwealth Games after testing positive for the banned substance Formoterol.Swimming governing body FINA imposed the ban ... Read more...
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Don’t forget the athletes, says Olympic bronze medallist Sushil
August 16th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Nuqra Naqvi
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) India's Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar feels that amidst all the controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games, the interests of the athletes should not ... Read more...
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Now, make your own coke mocktail with Coca-Cola Frestyle
June 7th, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 7 (ANI): Cola-lovers can now customise their fizzy drinks - thanks to a new soda machine dubbed 'the ultimate beverage experience'.The Coca-Cola Freestyle offers multiple versions of 20 of ... Read more...
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Delhi to host three-day wrestling championship next week
May 8th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): New Delhi's Indira Gandhi Sports Complex will play host to senior Asian freestyle, Greco Roman style and the female wrestling championships from May 12 to 16.The event ... Read more...
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Latest extreme sport: Alligator wrestling!
March 11th, 2010 - 4:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 11 (ANI): Wrestling in the US is no more confined to the ring - fighters are now trying their might against the strength of alligators in a pool.Florida's Freestyle Alligator ... Read more...
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Ramesh Kumar creates history by winning bronze in World Wrestling Championship
September 24th, 2009 - 10:47 pm ICT by ANI
Herning (Denmark), Sep 24 (ANI): India made history in wrestling after a gap of 32 years, when Ramesh Kumar won bronze medal in the freestyle 74 kg category in the prestigious World ... Read more...
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Travis Pastrana Looses His Own “Grip”
August 1st, 2009 - 7:08 pm ICT by GD
Travis Pastrana, who is said to be the most electrifying performer in freestyle motocross disappointed the crowd as the biker failed to create an impact thus putting a brake on the audience's ... Read more...
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Defending champion Park Taehwan fails to make final
July 26th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, July 26 (DPA) South Korean defending champion Park Taehwan Sunday failed to make it to the finals of the men's 400 metres freestyle at the world championships in Rome.
Park, who also ... Read more...
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Indian team returns with 14 junior Asian Wrestling Championship medals
July 14th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): The Indian team returned home on Tuesday after winning 14 medals at the three-day junior Asian Wrestling Championship in Manila.The team arrived at the international airport here ... Read more...
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Dara Torres - Still a swimming champion at 41
April 8th, 2009 - 11:15 pm ICT by GD
It is simply amazing how the most unexpected contender of the game takes away the trophy. The case is quite similar to that of Dara Torres who at the age of ... Read more...
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Wrestlers under scanner during general elections
April 1st, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Rohtak, Apr 1 (ANI): To keep the law and order situation under control during upcoming general elections, police in Haryana are keeping a strict vigil on wrestlers.There are hundreds of wrestling ... Read more...
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Baichung’s Rumba gives him full 30.
March 24th, 2009 - 12:46 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
This week the judges took a serious decision. Juhi Chawla announced that the judges would be stricter with the scores. Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa – Dancing with the Stars 3 is now ... Read more...
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Tom Cruise wrestled in violent matches as a teenager for fame
December 12th, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 12 (ANI): American actor Tom Cruises life before he became Hollywood''s top-earning actor, involved him trying for fame in the field of wrestling.Cruise, who was just a teenager then, ... Read more...
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