2004 Olympics: Deja vu hits Indian hockey (Sports Special)
July 23rd, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
It was dejŕ vu for Indian hockey team that went into the 2004 Olympics riddled with factional fights and controversy over the appointment of German Gerhard Rach as the coach, superseding ... Read more...
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Eminent sportsmen support sports bill
November 10th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Eminent sportsmen, including India's lone Olympic gold medallist champion Abhinav Bindra and 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev, Thursday came out strongly in ... Read more...
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Rasquinha to make comeback in WSH
November 1st, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Former India hockey captain Viren Rasquinha will make a comeback in the sport after three years with the World Series Hockey (WSH) beginning Dec 17.Rasquinha ... Read more...
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Paes, Nicole Faria to ride in BSA Hercules India Cyclothon (With Images)
April 21st, 2011 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Sportsmen Leander Paes, Viren Raquinha and Karun Chandok, Mumbai MP Milind Deora and model Nicole Faria will be among the 6,000 people expected to participate in ... Read more...
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Over 2,000 aspiring entrepreneurs to gather at TiE summit
December 19th, 2010 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Over 2,000 budding entrepreneurs are expected at The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) summit here that will feature icons like Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy and Nobel laureate Amartya ... Read more...
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Deepika is face of her dad’s Olympic Gold Quest
November 29th, 2010 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) Actress Deepika becomes the face of her father, ace badminton player Prakash Padukone's organisation Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ)."I am the face of Olympic Gold Quest. I have ... Read more...
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Vishwanathan Anand joins Olympic Gold Quest
August 6th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 6 (IANS) Reigning World chess champion Viswanathan Anand today joined the Board of Directors of Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ), a "movement" initiated by billiards ace Geet Sethi to support the ... Read more...
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Usha finds running easier than managing her academy
August 1st, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Avishek Roy
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Sprinter-hurdler P.T.Usha has overcome many challenges in her illustrious career, but today she faces the biggest hurdle of her life -- running her dream project, ... Read more...
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‘Sports marketing is the need of hour’
December 15th, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) National sports federations should take a cue from cricket in marketing their events at a time when Indian athletes are doing well in Olympic sports, feels the ... Read more...
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Indian sports persons to speak their mind at Turf 2009
December 7th, 2009 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) India's sports stars both former and current will speak their minds on the huge potential of the domestic sports market at a two-day FICCI Global Summit - ... Read more...
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Business students get management lessons from Charlesworth
July 9th, 2008 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 9 (IANS) Students of the Indian School of Business (ISB) here learnt key management lessons from former international hockey player and coach Richard Charlesworth. Addressing the ISB students on "leadership, ... Read more...
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