Briton held for peeping into Chinese women swimmers changing room
August 15th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 15 (IANS) A Briton has pleaded guilty to voyeurism after he was caught spying on the Chinese women's swimming team during the London Olympics in their changing room.Declan ... 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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Price to overcome fear of open water
June 20th, 2012 - 8:52 am ICT by IANS
London, June 20 (IANS) Model Katie Price wants to overcome her fear of open water, and has hired a life coach for it.Hypnosis expert Ali Campbell helps her overcome the ... Read more...
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Government clears foreign training for swimmers for Olympics
May 24th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The sports ministry Thursday cleared training of the three-member Indian swimming team at Germany's Olympic Centre in Frankfurt to prepare for the 2012 London Games.
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UK’s Olympic swimming team poses naked for underwater photo-shoot
March 4th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 4 (ANI): A dozen of swimmers from Britain's Olympic team have got together to pose naked for a daring underwater photo-shoot.The group included swimmers, divers, water polo players and one ... Read more...
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Jharkhand swimmers practise on the ground!
January 25th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Nityanand Shukla
Ranchi, Jan 25 (IANS) With less than a month to go before Jharkhand hosts the 34th National Games, the state's swimming team still does not have a swimming pool to ... Read more...
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Bell may face more punishment over breaking zero-tolerance alcohol policy at Delhi CWG
October 20th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Oct 20 (ANI): Commonwealth Games silver medallist Daniel Bell may still suffer more punishment for breaking a New Zealand swimming team zero-tolerance alcohol policy.Stuff.co.nz quoted Swimming New Zealand chief executive ... Read more...
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Kiwi swimmer in drink row defended by father
October 16th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Oct 16 (IANS) New Zealand swimmer Daniel Bell, sent home from the Commonwealth Games for having beer, has been defended by his father as a focused young man, a media report ... Read more...
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‘Malaysian camp source of Oz swimmers belly bug’ (Lead)
October 8th, 2010 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Australian swimmers seem to have caught the 'Delhi belly' in their camp in Malaysia and not from the water in the Commownealth Games swimming pools here, the ... Read more...
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CWG swimming pools not stomach bug source: Australian doctor
October 8th, 2010 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Swimming pools in the Indian capital were not the possible cause of the stomach bug which reportedly struck down 16 Australian swimmers, the team's chief doctor Peter ... Read more...
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Silver, bronze India’s first medals in CWG 2010 (Evening Lead)
October 4th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Women weightlifters gave India its first medals in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Soniya Chanu winning a silver and Sandhya Rani Devi the bronze in the 48kg ... Read more...
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Athletes thrilled with ‘magnificent’ CWG opener
October 4th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Participating athletes and delegates were thrilled with the colourful spectacle of dance, music, drums and lights at the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony Sunday night, and described ... Read more...
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CWG swimming: Indian men qualify for 4×100m freestyle relay
October 4th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) India's men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay swimming team qualified for the finals after they finished sixth in the heats at the Commonwealth Games here Monday.The team comprising ... Read more...
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Australians swimmers determined to re-establish themselves at top
October 4th, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Oct 4 (ANI): Australia's 52 member strong swimming team is confident of maintaining its dominance at the XIXth Delhi Commonwealth Games and ready take on the best at the new pool ... Read more...
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Entire Oz swimming squad arrives for Delhi CWG shunning security fears
September 30th, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sep 30 (ANI): Australia's swimming team, which had delayed its arrival from their training camp over security concerns, has arrived in Delhi with a full squad for the Commonwealth Games.Amid speculation ... Read more...
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World champion Rickard says majority of Oz swimming team will go to Delhi
September 29th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Sep 29 (ANI): Amid the Australian swimmers concerns over security and health at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, World champion Brenton Rickard has said the majority of the swimming team will board ... Read more...
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Aussies happy with Village despite security advisory (Lead)
September 28th, 2010 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) No more rubbishing of conditions at the Commonwealth Games Village. Every visiting delegation has nothing but fulsome praise, the latest to join the chorus is Australian chef ... Read more...
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Peace Corps Volunteer Thomas Maresco Killed In Lesotho
September 13th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Sep 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) One of the volunteers of the Peace Corps Volunteer Organization working in the southern African nation of Lesotho died last week after suffering a fatal gunshot ... Read more...
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Australia confirm swimming squad for Commonwealth Games
August 27th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 27 (IANS) Australia Friday confirmed a strong 52-member swimming squad for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
Swimming Australia had earlier announced a 45-member squad for the Oct 3-14 Games but have ... Read more...
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Teenage swimming sensation Seebohm to spearhead Oz challenge at CWG
August 27th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 27 (ANI): Teenage swimming sensation Emily Seebohm will spearhead the Australian team for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.Seebohm has emerged as the new queen of the pool following her six-medal ... Read more...
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Disabled group demands sacking of swimming coach, official
August 7th, 2010 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Irked with a swimming coach and an official of a sporting body, the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) has written to Sports ... Read more...
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Olympic and world champions among first lot of 29 England swimmers for CWG
April 23rd, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 23 (ANI): Double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington and world champions Liam Tancock and Gemma Spofforth will spearhead England's challenge in swimming competitions at the Delhi Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth ... Read more...
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No conflict between Kalmadi and Fennel, says minister
October 24th, 2009 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) Union Minister of Sports M.S. Gill Friday said there was no conflict between Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennel and Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi.
"I had ... Read more...
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Serbs protest Phelps victory, overruled
August 16th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Aug 16 (DPA) The Serbian swimming team Saturday lodged an official protest against the result of the men's 100m butterfly, which American superstar Michael Phelps won by one hundredth of a ... Read more...
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