Kremlin to honour Russian Olympic team
August 15th, 2012 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 15 (IANS) Russian athletes returning from the London Olympics will be honoured at the Kremlin, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has said."I signed an order to honour you with ... Read more...
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Olympic cycling: Britain’s Pendleton holds on for keirin gold
August 4th, 2012 - 1:36 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain's Victoria Pendleton fought off a determined charge from China's Shuang Guo to win the women's keirin track cycling event here at the Olympics Friday.Pendleton ... Read more...
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I thought I’d got away, says dope-tainted cyclist
August 4th, 2012 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Disgraced Russian cyclist Victoria Baranova said here Friday that she had taken testosterone ahead of the Olympics, and she had thought she was in the ... Read more...
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Ex-world cycling champion Rasmussen gets 18-month ban
July 5th, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, July 5 (IANS) Former track cycling world champion Alex Rasmussen of Denmark was banned for 18 months because he missed two doping tests, announced the Court of Arbitration for ... Read more...
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India to make maiden appearance at World Cycling Championships
April 1st, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) India have qualified for the World Track Cycling Championships for the first time.O. Bikram Singh from BSNL, Amrit Singh from Railways and Amarjit Singh of ... Read more...
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2012 Olympic Games venue opens
February 23rd, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.23 (ANI): The organising committee of 2012 Olympic Games achieved a milestone when the first venue the velodrome, opened on Tuesday.The velodrome in Stratford cost around 93 million pounds to build ... Read more...
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China grab five golds in track cycling at Asian Games
November 17th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 17 (IANS) Guo Shuang and Zhang Lei both grabbed gold medals, winning women and men's sprint races Wednesday to help China wrap up the track cycling events with five gold ... Read more...
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Stage 18 of the Tour, a crucial time trial, gets under way
July 23rd, 2009 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Annecy, France, July 23 (DPA) The 18th stage of the 2009 Tour de France, a crucial individual time trial, got under way Thursday in the Alpine city of Annecy when Yauheni Hutarovich ... Read more...
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Jobie Dajka found dead
April 8th, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
On Tuesday, the Australia's Nine TV network reported that the ex-world champion cyclist Jobie Dajka has been found dead at his home.The details of the death of the 27 year old was ... Read more...
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Cavendish strikes again in Tour de France, but doping dominates
July 19th, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Nimes (France), July 19 (DPA) British sprint sensation Mark Cavendish recorded his fourth stage win of the 2008 Tour de France as doping continued to dominate the race. Cavendish scored an overwhelming ... Read more...
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