Shooter Joydeep Karmakar: The mind will go where the spirit takes it (Interview)
August 28th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) He mulled selling his kidney to buy a rifle, became a national champion with a borrowed gun, has participated in 17 World Cups, missed out a ... Read more...
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Sprint legend Quarrie says team support boosted Jamaica
August 22nd, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), Aug 22 (IANS/CMC) Legendary Jamaican sprinter Donald Quarrie says team support played a significant part in his country's record medal haul at the London Olympics.Quarrie, regarded as one of ... Read more...
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Running in Olympics is like wining gold for Afghan girl
August 4th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) Tahmina Kohistani, the only Afghan female athlete at the London Olympics, might have finished last in the 100 metres race but she said competing in front ... Read more...
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Kenya returns to Olympic 4×400m men’s relay
July 18th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, July 18 (IANS) Kenya will make a comeback to the 4x400m men's relay after a 40-year-Olympic hiatus.At the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, Kenya won gold courtesy the quartet of ... Read more...
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Carl Lewis doubts Bolt’s Olympics 100m title defence
July 15th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 15 (IANS/CMC) Olympic legend Carl Lewis has cast doubts on sprint sensation Usain Bolt repeating his Beijing exploits at the London Olympics starting later this month.
Jamaican Bolt ... Read more...
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Kemboi shifts base to Bristol to avoid public scrutiny
July 14th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, July 14 (IANS) Troubled world 3,000m steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi has sneaked out of Kenya team's training camp in Nairobi and shifted base to Bristol City.Kenya Olympics officials said ... Read more...
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Blake, James win Zurich Diamond League
September 9th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Zurich, Sep 9 (IANS/CMC) World champion sprinters Yohan Blake and Kirani James sustained their purple patches from the recent Daegu showpiece, clocking personal bests to dominate the Weltklasse Zürich Diamond League ... Read more...
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Bolt disqualified for false start in 100m in Daegu; Blake wins
August 28th, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Aug 28 (IANS) Usain Bolt of Jamaica, the world's fastest man and defending champion, was dramatically disqualified from the men's 100m final after a false start at ... Read more...
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British sprinter Malcolm confident of beating Bolt
August 26th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Aug 26 (IANS/CMC) British sprinter Christian Malcolm has dared to dream and believes he can cut down the seemingly unstoppable Jamaican Usain Bolt at the World Athletics Championships ... Read more...
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Ben Johnson in Goa with Indian origin footballers
July 29th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Two time Olympic medallist Ben Johnson is in India in a new avatar. Accompanying two young Canadian brothers of Indian origin to Goa to attend ... Read more...
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Oz sprint coach says Thorpe must shed kilos for Olympics comeback
February 4th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb.4 (ANI): Respected sprint coach Grant Stoelwinder believes Ian Thorpe will need to reshape his physique and swim faster than he ever has before to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games.Thorpe ... Read more...
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Indian athlete Rani Yadav fails dope test
October 13th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): Indian athlete Rani Yadav has tested positive for the banned substance Nandrolone. She participated in the 20-kilometre walk but did not win a Coomonwealth Games medal.Yadav, who ... Read more...
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Indian athlete fails dope test: Fennell
October 13th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): After two Nigerian sprinters failed dope test at the XIXth Commonwealth Games, CGF President Michael Fennell on Wednesday said that one Indian athlete has flunked dope test ... Read more...
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Gold Coast bikini-clad women’s “horse race” banned
September 30th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 30 (ANI): The bikini race at the racetrack, which the Gold Coast Turf Club had planned to conduct, is under threat after bosses banned it from taking place.The turf club ... Read more...
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Swiftest sprinters tend to be of African ancestry
July 12th, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 12 (IANS) The swiftest sprinters tend to be of West African ancestry and the faster swimmers tend to be white.
A study of the elite athletes over the past 100 years ... Read more...
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Why world’s swiftest sprinters are of African origin
July 12th, 2010 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 12 (ANI): Scientists may have uncovered why the world's fastest sprinters are usually of West African origin. The centre of gravity tends to be located higher on the body ... Read more...
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Thorpe considering gold bid in London Olympics
May 3rd, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): Ace swimmer Ian Thorpe is reportedly considering a bid to win relay gold at the 2012 London Olympics.Fox News reported that Thorpe, 27, discussed his plans with Australia's ... Read more...
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Bolts can smash 100m record yet again, reckons Wells
August 28th, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug. 28 (ANI): British athletic legend Allan Wells believes that Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt can break his 100 metres world record again tonight.Just 12 days after running a staggering 9.58 seconds ... Read more...
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Dollhouse season two will be about sex and murder
August 26th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by IBNS
By Abhiroop MukherjeeAug 25 (IBNS) Dollhouse Season Two is all set to return and will be all about murder and sex.E Online reported that Dollhouse, one of the most morally depraved and ... Read more...
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Bolt has class to become an icon like Owens, feels Diack
August 9th, 2009 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 9 (DPA) Usain Bolt has the class to rewrite athletics history in a hyped 100 metres world championship showdown with Tyson Gay and can reach the status of the legendary ... Read more...
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2009 Tour de France: Juan Manuel Garate’s Race To Victory
July 26th, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by GD
Juan Manuel Garate of Spain, from the team Rabobank, won the stage 20 of the 2009 Tour de France on Saturday, July 25th. In the last dash of efforts by the riders ... Read more...
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Tour de France 2009: Stage 13 Results
July 18th, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by GD
25 year old Australian born German rider Heinrich Haussler of the Cervelo Test Team, won the stage 13 of the Tour de France 2009. The 199 kilometer (123.6 mile) ride from ... Read more...
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Stage 12 of Tour de France gets underway
July 16th, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Tonnerre, France, July 16 (DPA) The 12th stage of the 2009 Tour de France got underway Thursday with sprinters looking at one of their last chances for a stage win before the ... Read more...
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Former world champion banned from Tour de France
June 19th, 2009 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 19 (DPA) Organisers of the Tour de France have said they would not allow 2005 world road race champion Tom Boonen to take part in this year's race because he ... Read more...
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At 32, Oz pacer Lee aims to be faster than ever
March 15th, 2009 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar.15 (ANI): Australias Brett Lee has revealed that he intends to return to international cricket by bowling faster than ever.
Once regarded as the Golden Boy of Australian cricket, Lee, 32, ... Read more...
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Our stubby toes are custom-made for running
February 22nd, 2009 - 11:57 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): Scientists have found the reason behind evolution of big toes in humans to the current small size.
According to biomechanical analysis, long toes require more energy and generate ... Read more...
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Lance strong as the Tour Down Under goes uphill
January 21st, 2009 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Adelaide, Jan 21 (DPA) Cycling great Lance Armstrong was on the pace and happy to finish in the bunch Wednesday as Australia's Tour Down Under hit the Adelaide hills.The 145-kilometre second stage ... Read more...
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Lance strong as the Tour Down Under goes uphill
January 21st, 2009 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 21 (DPA) Cycling great Lance Armstrong was on the pace and happy to finish in the bunch Wednesday as Australia's Tour Down Under hit the Adelaide hills. The 145-kilometre second ... Read more...
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Usain Bolt’’s world record of running 100m in 9.69s can go as low as 9.48s
November 28th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 28 (ANI): A Stanford University researcher has predicted that male sprinters may one day break Usain Bolt''s current world record of running 100 metres in 9.69 seconds, created at ... Read more...
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Bret Lee says he will turn faster by the age
November 18th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 18 (ANI): Australian fast bowler Bret Lee has said that his bowling speed would increase as he grows older. He said his bowling will reach peak speed in his ... Read more...
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Blade Runner fails to qualify for the Olympic games in Beijing
July 19th, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 19 (ANI): An amputee sprinter, whos nicknamed the Blade Runner, has failed in his bid to qualify for this summers Olympics in Beijing, after South Africas athletics federation left ... Read more...
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Olympics to see three fastest men in 100 metres sprint
July 18th, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, July 18 (Xinhua) The Beijing Olympic Games will be unlike any before. No previous Olympics have seen the world's fastest trio who are all close contenders for the men's 100 metres ... Read more...
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Sports cheats turn to fake penises with drug-free urine to go scot-free
June 23rd, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
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. ... Read more...
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Racers closest to starter pistol likely to be ahead of competitors further away
June 19th, 2008 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 19 (ANI): Sprinters running in lane 1 in the upcoming Olympics would certainly have an advantage over those running in other lanes, for researchers at the University of Alberta ... Read more...
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Defending champions knocked out after Russian defeat (Lead)
June 15th, 2008 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Salzburg (Austria), June 15 (DPA) Defending champions Greece were Saturday knocked out of Euro 2008 after being beaten 1-0 by Russia in a Group D match played in Salzburg. The Greeks have ... Read more...
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