Russian girls sweep synchro swimming at junior World Championships
September 18th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Volos (Greece), Sep 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In a sign that Russia's stranglehold on Olympic synchronised swimming gold could continue for years to come, the country's girls team won gold in ... Read more...
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Fans want Michael Jackson monument in Moscow
August 30th, 2012 - 3:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian fans of Michael Jackson are collecting money to unveil a three-metre-tall monument to the late King of Pop.The project's curator, Svetlana Larina, said ... Read more...
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Olympics: Chicherova soars to high jump gold for Russia
August 12th, 2012 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Anna Chicherova won the Olympic gold medal in the women's high jump, clearing 2.05 metres for victory.Chicherova's triumph Saturday marks a Russian Olympic double ... Read more...
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Olympic swimming: Russia takes synchronised team gold
August 10th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia won Olympic gold in the team synchronised swimming final Friday.The Russians, headed by two-time Olympic champions Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina, scored 98.930 out ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Sahana fails to qualify for finals
August 9th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Indian high jumper Sahana Kumari failed to make it past the qualification round at the London Olympics here Thursday.Sahana quite easily cleared her first jump of ... Read more...
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Olympic weightlifting: Polish underdog bags gold
August 4th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) Poland's Adrian Edward Zielinski has won the gold medal in weightlifting men's 85kg category with a total of 385kg.Zielinski, 23, standing in the third place ... Read more...
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Olympic weightlifting: Podobedova lifts Kazakhstan to gold
August 4th, 2012 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Svetlana Podobedova won Olympic gold for Kazakhstan by the narrowest of margins here Friday, edging out Russia's Natalya Zabolotnaya in the women's 75 kg weightlifting ... Read more...
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Maneza clinches Kazakhstan’s 2nd weightlifting gold
August 1st, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Maiya Maneza won Kazakhstan's second weightlifting gold Tuesday, setting a new Olympic record in the women's 63kg category.Maneza scored 110 kg in the snatch, two ... Read more...
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Kazakh border chief resigns over massacre
June 14th, 2012 - 8:25 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The head of Kazakhstan's Border Service has resigned following a border post massacre May 30 in which 15 people were killed.A statement posted on the ... Read more...
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Wanted sex trafficker extradited to Russia
March 31st, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian woman accused of sex trafficking, and on an international wanted list since 2010, has been extradited from Germany to face charges in Russia.Svetlana ... Read more...
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Serbian folk singer set free
February 23rd, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Belgrade, Feb 23 (IANS/AKI) Serbian folk singing star Svetlana Raznatovic, known as Ceca, was set free Wednesday after spending 245 days in house arrest for embezzlement of millions of euros ... Read more...
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Rally in Moscow for fair presidential vote
January 9th, 2012 - 3:09 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Around 100 people gathered in Moscow Sunday to call for fair presidential elections in March.The protesters turned out at the "Fed-up" rally in central Bolotnaya ... Read more...
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Stalin’s only daughter dies in US
November 29th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 29 (IANS) The only daughter of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin has died of colon cancer at the age of 85 in a care home in the US, Sky ... Read more...
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Russian first lady to lead rally of blondes
August 18th, 2011 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, will head a rally of blondes in September.The event will be held in Sochi city Sep 23-25, ... Read more...
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Asian Games rowing: India win bronze in women’s pair
November 19th, 2010 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 19 (IANS) India's Pratima Puhana and Pramila Prava Minz won the bronze medal in the women's pair rowing event at the Commonwealth Games here Friday.Pratima and Prava Pramila became thee ... Read more...
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Buzunesh Deba And Sergio Reyes Emerge As Twin Cities Marathon Champion
October 4th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Minneapolis, Oct 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Like every year, the annual Twin Cities Marathon was held on Sunday morning and the event witnessed the participation of thousands of enthusiastic runners. History ... Read more...
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New Tallest Man In US
May 29th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 29, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A 27 year old man from Rochester, Minnesota, US has been named the tallest man in US. At 7 feet, 8.33 inches, Igor Vovkovinskiy ... Read more...
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Holder Kuznetsova wins, Ivanovic crashes in Stuttgart
April 28th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Stuttgart, April 28 (DPA) Svetlana Kuznetosva started her title defence at the Porsche tennis Grand Prix with a 6-1, 6-2 demolition of Katarina Srebotnik.
The third-seeded Russian Kuznetsova took 69 minutes for her ... Read more...
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Damir Dokic’s appeal adjourned indefinitely
December 24th, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Sremska Mitrovica (Serbia), Dec. 24 (ANI): Tennis player Jelena Dokic's jailed father Damir's appeal has been adjourned indefinitely, and he fears his appeal will only be heard some time in 2010 because ... Read more...
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Mother and son keep going against all odds
August 10th, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Avishek Roy
Hyderabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Mixed doubles draw at the World Badminton Championships here has a highly unlikely entry of a mother-son pair from Israel, Svetlana and Misha Zilberman and they ... Read more...
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Pennetta stuns Jankovic again for Stuttgart semis berth
May 2nd, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Stuttgart, May 2 (DPA) Flavia Pennetta of Italy did it again to Jelena Jankovic with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win as the Serbian title holder crashed out of the Porsche Grand Prix ... Read more...
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Stalin’s grandson dies
November 3rd, 2008 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 3 (RIA Novosti) Joseph Alliluyev, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's grandson and son of his daughter Svetlana, has died in Moscow.Alliluyev died Sunday, media reported, without specifying the cause of the ... Read more...
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