November 19th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): In order to excel in sports, athletes need mental strength along with physical capabilities. Therefore, scientists have now developed a method to train the brain of sportsmen ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 16 (ANI): Scientists at Bristol University have managed to grow a living bandage from a patients own stem cells in a bid to heal a common sporting knee injury. ...
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November 14th, 2008 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov.14 (ANI): Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand has backed the Football Associations crackdown on drug cheats.
Ferdinand, who was banned for eight months in 2003 for missing a dope test, ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 27 (ANI): Former English footballer Gary Lineker has got the blessings of his girlfriend Danielle Buxs father despite the 18-year age gap between them.
Lineker, 47, has been dating La ...
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August 17th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Beijing, Aug 17 (DPA) The Argentine football team returned to Beijing for Tuesday's semi-final against arch-rival Brazil, opting to stay in an hotel instead of the Olympic Village. "The national football team ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
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By V. Krishnaswamy
Beijing, Aug 12 (IANS) Few sportsmen, if any, have shared the kind of rapport that Rajyavardhan Rathore has had with the media in the four years between Athens and Beijing ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 12 (ANI): For most sportsmen, its hard work and determination that earns them success, but in case of Rebecca Adlington, a world-class swimmer, the case is bit different.
Adlington, ...
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August 9th, 2008 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
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By V Krishnaswamy
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) It is the 13th year in a long partnership that has seen the best and worst of team spirit. The chest bumps of the past have ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, August 8 (ANI): Penn State researchers believe that refrigerators and other cooling devices sans compressors and coils of piping may soon be a reality.
The researchers say that insights gained ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Karachi, Aug 6 (IANS) As athletes from around the world complain about the Beijing pollution, Pakistani sportsmen training there for the Olympic Games are wondering what's all the fuss about. "We find ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Havana, Aug 5 (IANS)Pre-empting a move by Cuban athletes to defect during the Beijing Olympics beginning Friday, Fidel Castro has cautioned them that while people would cherish the "struggle" of those who ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
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By Kul Bhushan
Some non-resident Indians who have become citizens of the countries of their residence have excelled in sports and achieved a berth in Olympic teams for many such tournaments since the ...
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July 11th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 11 (ANI): Striker Fernando Torres, who won Euro 2008 for Spain, like many great sportsmen, is highly superstitious because he believes that his number three rituals are the secret ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 8 (ANI): Wimbledon chmapion Rafael Nadal''s game, like many other top-level sportsmen, is riddled with quirks and obsessive-compulsive traits.
According to The Sun, the most obvious trait is that ...
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July 7th, 2008 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
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By K.Hussain
Karachi, July 7 (IANS) Pakistan's Cricket Board (PCB) remains confident that the ICC Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan even as a deadly blast killed 19 people in Islamabad Sunday ...
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June 28th, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
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Sydney, June 28 (IANS) By any stretch of imagination Sir Donald Bradman was the greatest batsmen ever to walk the earth. Statistics give a decent enough idea while comparing sportsmen of different ...
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June 23rd, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
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London, June 23 (ANI): Experts who conduct drug tests in athletes in Britain have been warned against the use of artificial genitals that can be misused to discharge clean urine samples. ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Geneva, June 10 (DPA) The United Nation's new special advisor on sport said Tuesday he believed 99 percent of sportsmen and women were happy to be taking part in the Beijing Olympics ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Geneva, June 10 (DPA) The United Nation's new special advisor on sport said Tuesday he believed 99 percent of sportsmen and women were happy to be taking part in the Beijing Olympics ...
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June 6th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
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London, June 6 (ANI): A small fabric bracelet is England cricketers' latest secret weapon that has boosted their performance levels.
The Trion-Z 'magic' bands are being tried by the team after ...
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June 2nd, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by admin
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London, June 2 (ANI): The Collins Concise English Dictionary has phrases associated with being environmentally friendlylike "carbon neutral" and "green tax"included in its latest edition.
"E-card", "norovirus", "non-dom", and "Skype" are ...
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May 28th, 2008 - 5:44 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 28 (ANI): Public outrage has forced organisers to cancel a sportsmen's dinner hosted by boxing legend Mike Tyson in Glasgow, Scotland.
The 41-year-old boxer, whos also a convicted rapist, was ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 10:48 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 7 (IANS) India is set to deploy tourist police at its important tourist destinations to ensure the security of foreign visitors and also in view of the Commonwealth Games in ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by admin
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By Aroonim Bhuyan
Dubai, May 7 (IANS) The number of foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2007 totalled five million, an increase of 12.4 percent from the previous year. "We received five million ...
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April 27th, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad , Apr.27 (ANI): The Pakistan Senates Standing Committee on Sports has reportedly warned the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that it risks losing its autonomy and being placed under the control ...
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April 22nd, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by admin
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London, Apr.22 (ANI): Former Brazilian football star Pele has called for drugs cheat Diego Maradona of Argentina to be stripped of his football gongs.
Why is it Olympic sportsmen lose their ...
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April 15th, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by admin
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London, Apr.15 (ANI): Mike Tyson, the heavyweight boxing champion who was once known as the Baddest Man on the Planet, has offered troubled former England footballer Paul Gascoigne emotional counselling
The former ...
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April 12th, 2008 - 12:11 am ICT by admin
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DPA
Buenos Aires, April 11 (DPA) Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona will not participate in the Olympic torch relay in Buenos Aires Friday, officials said. Contrary to the wishes of Buenos Aires ...
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April 4th, 2008 - 1:32 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne, Apr 4 (ANI): Soccer ace David Beckham has topped many style lists but the latest in his kitty is surely a kinky one.
According to a new poll, most porn stars ...
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April 4th, 2008 - 12:34 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Apr 4 (ANI):The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is busy deliberating on the route the Olympic torch will take through the country. "We have discussed about the routes, but we ...
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