Olympics: India men bow out, Deepika now lone hope (Archery Intro Roundup)
August 1st, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) India's challenge in men's individual archery event at the London Olympics came to an unceremonious end with all three participants crashing out in eliminators here Tuesday.Chekrovolu ... Read more...
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Olympics: End of road for Indian men (Archery Roundup)
July 31st, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) It was the end of campaign for the Indian men archers as Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai bowed out from the prequarterfinals at the Olympic Games ... Read more...
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Olympics archery: Rahul, Jayanta, Swuro bow out (Third Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Rahul Banerjee secured a rare win for India before being eliminated in the second round to join compatriots Jayanta Talukdar and Chekrovolu Swuro out of the ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Banerjee shoots a rare win for India (Second Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Rahul Banerjee secured a rare win for India in the Olympic archery individual event after his teammates Jayanta Talukdar and Chekrovolu Swuro were eliminated from the ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Jayanta, Swuro miss mark (Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Jayanta Talukdar and Chekrovolu Swuro lost to their respective American opponents in contrasting fashion to exit the archery individual event at the London Olympics here Tuesday.Talukdar ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Talukdar is another Indian casualty
July 31st, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Indian archer Jayanta Talukdar got a 0-6 hammering from America's Jacob Wukie in the opening men's individual elimination round at the London Olympics here Tuesday.The archers' ... Read more...
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Olympics: Schedule of events involving Indian athletes Tuesday
July 31st, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) Following is the schedule of events involving Indian athletes at the London Olympic Games Tuesday.Archery: Men's individual eliminations: Jayanta Talukdar vs Jacob Wukie (US), Tarundeep Rai ... Read more...
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Olympics: Kashyap brings cheer on a mixed day for India (Evening Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Olympic debutant Parupalli Kashyap brought some smiles back on the faces of India's supporters winning his first round badminton singles on a day when other shuttlers, ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Indian men bow out after tense finish (Roundup)
July 28th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Indian men failed to hold their nerves in crunch situations after a sound start to lose to Japan in the tie-breaker and bow out of the ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Indian men crash out (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Indian archers failed to hold their nerves in crunch situations after a sound start to lose to Japan in the tie-breaker and bow out of the ... Read more...
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Olympics: Kashyap brings cheer after early reverses (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Parupalli Kashyap brought some smiles back on the faces of India's supporters winning his first round badminton singles after his teammates Jwala Gutta and V. Diju ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Indian men’s team knocked out
July 28th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Indian archers bowed out of the men's team event at the London Olympics after losing to Japan in the tie-breaker here Saturday.Both teams were tied at ... Read more...
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Olympics: Deepika’s show only silver lining for Indian archery (Second Lead)
July 27th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) India's ace archer Deepika Kumari was eighth overall with 662 points to lead the women's team to the ninth (1,938 points) place after the male archers ... Read more...
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Archery: Indian men a big let down on opening day (Lead)
July 27th, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) In an anti-climax to the pre-competition hype, Indian archery hit a new low on Day One of the 30th Olympic Games at Lord's with the men ... Read more...
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Indian archers off the mark at Lord’s
July 27th, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) Indian archers struggled to find the mark on the opening day of competitions at the London Olympics Friday with the men's trio of Jayanta Talukdar, Tarundeep ... Read more...
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Archers, badminton players exude confidence at send-off
July 15th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) With most of India's largest Olympic contingent of 81 having already left for London in batches, only six archers and two badminton players attended the ... Read more...
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South Korea the team to beat at Olympics: Rahul Banerjee
July 14th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Olympic medal hopeful archer Rahul Banerjee Saturday pointed to South Korea as the toughest opponent and said the London weather will play a significant role at ... Read more...
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World’s top archer Deepika is now manager at Tata Steel
July 14th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jamshedpur, July 14 (IANS) World No.1 recurve archer Deepika Kumari has joined Tata Steel as a manager in the company's sports department.Many eminent sportspersons have been employed by Tata Steel ... Read more...
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Being world No.1 is added pressure for Olympics: Deepika
July 14th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Though highly hopeful of winning an Olympic medal, world number one archer Deepika Kumari Saturday said being at the top of the rankings does not guarantee ... Read more...
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Youngest Indian boxer Thapa seen as Olympic medal prospect
June 28th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Two months before the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games, a 16-year-old Indian jabbed, hooked and punched his way to silver medal at the Youth Olympic ... Read more...
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India’s men archers qualify for London Olympics
June 22nd, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Indian men's archery team, comprising Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai, qualified for the London Olympics after they finished second in the qualification ... Read more...
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Archer Tarundeep Rai to vie for World Cup bronze
June 21st, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) India's Tarundeep Rai lost in the semi-finals Wednesday and will play Gael Prevost of France for the bronze medal in the men's recurve individual event of ... Read more...
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Indian archers ranked 3rd for Olympic qualifier
June 20th, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The Indian troika of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai gave the country the third place in the London Olympics qualification round at Ogden, in ... Read more...
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76 Indians qualify for Olympics, more likely
June 12th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) India had 56 competitors at the Beijing Olympics four years ago. The number has risen to 76 and is expected to be 85 at ... Read more...
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World Cup archery: Indian recurve team in final
May 4th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) The Indian men's recurve team of Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Tarundeep Rai sailed into the final of the team event of the World Cup archery ... Read more...
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Women archers look for Olympic medal, men a berth
April 9th, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Indian women archers may have a legitimate grouse if they feel they are not getting enough hype and hoopla ahead of the London Olympics. For, ... Read more...
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Asian Grand Prix archery: Rich medal haul for India
February 19th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) India won the men's compound team title to top the medal chart with a rich haul of four gold, five silver and two bronze as the ... Read more...
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India win triple gold in Asian Grand Prix archery (Lead)
February 18th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) India won a rich haul of three gold, three silver and a bronze medal in the individual and team sections of the first Asian Grand Prix ... Read more...
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Three killed, 50 injured in Assam train accident (Third Lead)
February 3rd, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati/New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 50 injured when a Guwahati-bound train hit a road construction vehicle at an unmanned crossing near here Friday ... Read more...
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Three killed, 50 injured in Assam train accident (Second Lead)
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 3 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 50 injured when a Guwahati-bound train hit a road construction vehicle at an unmanned crossing near here Friday morning, ... Read more...
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‘Only archers who qualify will go to London Olympics’
October 12th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Only those archers who have qualified for the 2012 London Olympics will represent the country, even though they have won the quota places for the ... Read more...
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Indian archery squad named for World Cups
July 13th, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai were dropped for poor form from the archery squad named for the World Cup III and IV Tuesday, according to the ... Read more...
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World archery: Indian women make it to London Olympics, men lose
July 6th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The Indian recurve women's team, comprising Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro, Wednesday earned three Olympic quota places by defeating France 216-213 in the ... Read more...
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World archery: Indian men finish 10th, meet China in round I
July 5th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) India Tuesday drew one of the top Asian countries China as its first-round rival in the team knockout event of the world Archery Championship at Turin ... Read more...
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Indian archers will target Olympic berth at World meet
June 30th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Indian archers will aim to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics at the 46th World Outdoor Target Archery Championship in Turin, Italy, July 3-10.For ... Read more...
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