Olympic gold medallists’ encore at Hungarian athletics meet
August 21st, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Budapest, Aug 21 (IANS) London Olympics gold medallists Sanya Richards-Ross, Krisztian Pars and Christian Taylor all won with ease at the Gyulai Memorial Athletic Meet here.Four-time Olympic and five time ... Read more...
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Olympics: Hopes pinned on boxers Mary Kom, Devendro (Overall India Roundup)
August 8th, 2012 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS) After a forgettable day at the London Olympics, India hopes for a double delight Wednesday with the semifinal and quarterfinal bouts of Manipuri boxers M.C. Mary ... Read more...
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Olympics: Triple jumpers fail, hockey team’s pathetic show continues (India roundup)
August 8th, 2012 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) India had a luckless day at the Olympics with the men's hockey team continuing their pathetic show by going down to Belgium 0-3 to suffer their ... Read more...
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Olympics: Triple jumpers fail, Saina gets rousing reception (India Lead)
August 7th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) It was a luckless day for India at the Olympics with its two triple jumpers on show crashing out of the track and field competition here ... Read more...
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Olympics: Indian triple jumper Renjith crashes out
August 7th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) India's triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary crashed out of the London Olympics, failing to qualify for the finals with a 'No Mark' at the Olympic Stadium here ... Read more...
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Olympics: Krishna Poonia qualifies; Mayookha, Om Prakash out (Lead)
August 4th, 2012 - 1:58 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) India's top discus thrower Krishna Poonia qualified for the final round while triple jumper Mayookha Johny and men's shot putter Om Prakash Singh were knocked out ... Read more...
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Triple jumper Mayookha out of Olympics
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) India's sole woman triple jumper in London Olympics Mayookha Johny crashed out of the Games, failing to qualify for the finals with a disappointing 13th place ... Read more...
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Twitter can be dangerous for your Olympics wellbeing! (Olympics Diary)
August 1st, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) Known for connecting people, social networking site Twitter has been making all the wrong noises at the London Games. Racial posts on the site caused ... Read more...
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Swiss Olympian kicked off team after sending racist tweet
August 1st, 2012 - 1:02 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- A Swiss football star was kicked off the men's Olympic team Monday after sending out a tweet deemed to be racist, sports officials said. It comes just ... Read more...
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I will be happy if athletes improve their records: Bahadur singh
July 31st, 2012 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) India athletics coach Bahadur Singh says he will be happy if his 14 wards better their career best performance at the London Olympics.The Indian squad includes ... Read more...
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Swiss footballer expelled from Olympics for racism
July 31st, 2012 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Swiss footballer Michel Morganalla has been sent home Monday from the Olympics by his country's officials following a racist tweet.A message posted Sunday on Morganella's ... Read more...
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Olympics: Greece leads players’ parade in opening ceremony
July 28th, 2012 - 4:33 am ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Greece, the traditional hosts of the Olympics, led the 204 nations and their athletes into the Olympic Stadium in the opening ceremony here Friday.Taekwondo fighter Alexandros ... Read more...
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Snoop Dogg digs into junk food
July 19th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 19 (IANS) Rapper Snoop Dogg believes in eating healthy food, but he has been digging into fast food ever since he is here.At a shoot for an Adidas ... Read more...
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Silver for Ram, Seema gets bronze in Asian Grand Prix
May 23rd, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) India's middle distance runner Ghamanda Ram and discus thrower Seema Antil won silver and bronze medals in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix ... Read more...
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India pinning hopes on Mayookha and Ram for Asian Grand Prix
May 19th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) India will be pinning hopes on triple-jumper Mayookha Johny and middle-distance runner Ghamanda Ram in the Asian Grand Prix series to be held in the ... Read more...
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Trecia Smith of Jamaica gets David Dixon award (Lead)
October 14th, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Jamaican triple jumper Trecia Smith got the David Dixon Award as the most outstanding athlete of the Commonwealth Games here Thursday.Trecia's name was announced by Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
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Jamaican triple-jump athlete gets David Dixon award
October 14th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Jamaican gold medallist triple jumper Trecia Smith won the David Dixon Award for the best athlete at the 19th Commonwealth Games here Thursday.Smith is the third athlete ... Read more...
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CWG athletics: Triple jumper Renjith wins fourth bronze (Second Lead)
October 12th, 2010 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) India's Renjith Maheswary won the fourth bronze of the day from the track and field events by finishing third in the men's triple jump at the Commonwealth ... Read more...
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Delhi CWG: Former Brit triple jumper Edwards raises ‘dug up’ track concerns
October 6th, 2010 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): Britain's former triple jumper, Jonathan Edwards, has expressed his fears that the athletics track for the Delhi Commonwealth Games would not be ready for Wednesday's first day ... Read more...
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Some African Athletes still apprehensive about security
September 29th, 2010 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Athletes from strife-torn regions of Africa here for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games are still apprehensive about the security situation here, despite foolproof measures assured ... Read more...
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2 Canadian archers pull out of Games
September 23rd, 2010 - 9:18 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Sep 23 (IANS) After Canada Wednesday told some of its athletes to delay proceeding to the Commonwealth Games because of "unliveable" conditions at the athletes' village, two Canadian ... Read more...
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Canada orders CWG athletes to delay trip to New Delhi
September 23rd, 2010 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh SinghToronto, Sep 22 (IANS) Canada Wednesday told some of its athletes to delay their journey to New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games beginning Oct 3, saying a decision will ... Read more...
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England’s star trio pull out of Commonwealth Games
September 22nd, 2010 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 22 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi from Oct 3, has suffered another blow after three of England's high profile athletes - Phillips Idowu, Christine ... Read more...
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Brit-Somali runner Farah to use Delhi CWG to satisfy his Olympic hunger
August 24th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.24 (ANI): Twenty-seven-year-old Mo Farah, a Somali-born British international track and field athlete, who holds the British road record for 10,000 meters, the British indoor record in the 3000 meters and ... Read more...
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Chance for Indian athletes to qualify for CWG
June 8th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 8 (IANS) Asian giants China, Japan and Korea have done a good turn for India by opting to send their second rung athletes for the third and concluding leg of ... Read more...
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British Olympian Rebecca Romeros naked picture was doctored
August 19th, 2008 - 3:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 19 (ANI): British Olympic sensation Rebecca Romeros mother, Beverley, says that recent naked pictures of her daughter were doctored.
Rebecca, the first British woman ever to win Olympic medals ... Read more...
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India draw blank on day ten of Olympics (India lead)
August 18th, 2008 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 18 (IANS) Heartbreak in the ring and disappointment in table tennis and track and field sum up India's performance on the tenth day of the Olympic Games here Monday. Boxer ... Read more...
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Maheshwary fails to make triple jump final
August 18th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Krishnaswamy
Beijing, Aug 18 (IANS) Triple jumper Renjith Maheswary added to the miserable take of Indian athletics performance here in Beijing with a showing that was more than a metre less ... Read more...
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Daley Thompson is Olympian most Brit gays want to date
August 6th, 2008 - 11:39 am ICT by ANI
London, Aug 6 (ANI): Daley Thompson has topped a list of Great British male Olympians that gay men in the country would love to take out on a date.The double Olympic ... Read more...
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British Olympic cyclist poses nude for ad campaign
August 4th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 4 (ANI): British Olympic cyclist Rebecca Romero, 28, has posed naked for an advertising campaign for Powerade, the official sports drink of the Beijing Games.Her shots have been clicked ... Read more...
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Beijing checks up its last-minute Olympic preparation
July 29th, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, July 29 (Xinhua) The host city of the 29th Summer Olympic Games is going through every details of its seven-year-long preparation as the Beijing Olympics are all set to begin August ... Read more...
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Maheshwari, Roy disappoint in inter-state athletics meet
June 17th, 2008 - 7:50 am ICT by IANS
Madurai, June 16 (IANS) Kerala's Renjith Maheshwari and West Bengal's Hari Shankar Roy disappointed on the opening day of the 48th National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championship here. Triple jumper Maheshwari, who has ... Read more...
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Good start to season by Anju Bobby in South Asian athletics
March 8th, 2008 - 7:14 pm ICT by admin
Kochi, March 8 (IANS) Anju Bobby George won her first meet in the Olympic year with a creditable 6.50m leap as India dominated the South Asian Athletic championships on the opening day. ... Read more...
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