IHF rejects IOA’s three-member panel
August 30th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) Thursday rejected the three-member committee formed by the India Olympic Association (IOA) to sit in judgement over the running of ... Read more...
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Olympics: Uganda celebrates first gold after 40 years
August 13th, 2012 - 3:35 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 13 (IANS) People in Uganda celebrated the gold medal won by marathoner Stephen Kiprotich at the 2012 London Olympics. It was Uganda's first Olympic gold in 40 years ... Read more...
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Russian lifter mysteriously pulls out of Olympics
August 4th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian weightlifter Dmitry Klokov has withdrawn from the Olympics for unspecified medical reasons, the country's sports minister said Saturday.Klokov, a Beijing silver medallist, was expected ... Read more...
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Indian Olympic athletes appeal to root out polio
August 2nd, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) With no new polio case reported in the country for more than a year, Indian Olympic athletes Thursday appealed to parents to get their ... Read more...
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Maneza clinches Kazakhstan’s 2nd weightlifting gold
August 1st, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Maiya Maneza won Kazakhstan's second weightlifting gold Tuesday, setting a new Olympic record in the women's 63kg category.Maneza scored 110 kg in the snatch, two ... Read more...
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China’s Li lifts Olympic gold in 58 kg, breaks record
July 31st, 2012 - 1:44 am ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) China's Li Xueying won women's weightlifting gold in the 58kg category Monday, setting two Olympic records.Li, twice former world champion, set records in the snatch ... Read more...
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Weightlifting: Kazakh prodigy takes gold, world record
July 29th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Kazakhstan's teenage prodigy Zulfiya Chinshanlo powered her way to a weightlifting gold in the 53kg category Sunday, breaking her own world record in the clean ... Read more...
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Iran Asian weightlifting champions
May 1st, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, May 1 (IANS) Iran finished overall winners at the Asian Weightlifting Championships Tuesday.Iran claimed the title with 501 points, followed by South Korea with 500 points and Kazakhstan 441 ... Read more...
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HI lauds appointment of Ajit Pal’s as Chef-de-Mission
April 3rd, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Hockey India (HI) Tuesday lauded the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for appointing three-time Olympian and former captain Ajit Pal Singh as the Chef-de-Mission of the ... Read more...
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Ajit Pal named Chef-de-Mission for London Olympics
April 2nd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) After failing to meet the March 23 deadline, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Monday appointed former hockey captain Ajit Pal Singh, who led the eight-time ... Read more...
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Aslam Sher Khan elected president of Olympian Association
December 13th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Olympian Association of India has been formed here with hockey Olympian Aslam Sher Khan elected as president while Randhir Singh, secretary general of ... Read more...
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Australia’s Gold Coast to host 2018 Commonwealth Games
November 12th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Basseterre (St. Kitts), Nov 12 (IANS) Australia's Gold Coast has been chosen to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, beating the bid of Sri Lanka's Hambantota in the process.The Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
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Study reveals that jogging helps in losing belly fat
August 31st, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new research has concluded that jogging is effective in losing belly fat. The researchers rated jogging ahead of weightlifting with regards to losing weight. The ... Read more...
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Lifting weights can help smokers kick habit
August 10th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 10 (IANS) Weightlifting can be a simple and effective method to beat the smoking habit.The study, by Miriam Hospital's Centres for for Behavioural and Preventive Medicine, is the ... Read more...
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Overlooked for Arjuna, lifter Renubala returns CWG gold
July 25th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Disappointed at being overlooked for an Arjuna Award, weightlifter Renubala Chanu Monday returned her 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) gold medal to the sports ministry saying ... Read more...
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Doping scandal to haunt India for long
July 10th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The doping scandal involving eight athletes has put India in a spot of bother as it comes within a year of the Indian Olympic Association ... Read more...
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Red colour makes people react faster, more forcefully
June 3rd, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 3 (IANS) People react faster and more forcefully when they see red colour, says a study."Red enhances our physical reactions because it is seen as a danger cue," ... Read more...
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Weight training safe and beneficial for pregnant women
March 26th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): A new study has found that weight training is safe and beneficial for pregnant women provided it is a supervised, low-to-moderate intensity program.The research measured progression in the ... Read more...
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Maken promises athletes all support for London Olympics
March 16th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken said the government is providing quality training to the athletes for the 2012 London Olympics and hoping for a better represenatation ... Read more...
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This wheelchair-bound weightlifter inspires many (Dec 3 is World Disability Day)
December 3rd, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Rahul Vaishnavi
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Polio bound him to a wheelchair and he faced ridicule the first time he visited a gym. But Joginder Singh Saluja fought the odds ... Read more...
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OCA chief gives thumbs up to Guangzhou
November 27th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 27 (IANS) The 16th edition of the Asian Games would go down in history as "one of the best ever", Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) president Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad ... Read more...
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Asian Games weightlifting: Mali finishes 10th in 85kg
November 17th, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 17 (IANS) India's Chandrakant Dadu Mali put up an ordinary show Wednesday to finish 10th in the men's 85kg weightlifting event at the Asian Games here.Mali lifted an overall ... Read more...
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Asian Games: Srinivasa Rao wins first gold for India in weightlifting
November 13th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
Guangzhou, Nov 13 (ANI): Weightlifter Srinivasa Rao Valluri won the first gold for India at the 16th Asian Games in the men's 56 kg weightlifting event here on Saturday.Indian weightlifter Sukhen ... Read more...
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Jamia Millia hosted 700 volunteers during Games
October 21st, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Jamia Millia Islamia university housed around 700 volunteers of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) from various states during the Commonwealth Games, a university official said ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa to hold rally in Madurai today
October 18th, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Madurai, Oct 18 (ANI): Despite getting over a dozen threat letters, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Supremo J Jayalalithaa will address a rally here today.The rally has been organised ... Read more...
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Black Cats to protect Jayalalithaa during Madurai demonstration
October 16th, 2010 - 10:27 pm ICT by ANI
Coimbatore, Oct.16 (ANI): After series of anonymous threat letters, phone calls and messages sent to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo J. Jayalalithaa, the AIADMK cadres in rural Coimbatore ... Read more...
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CWG Schedule, Day Four
October 7th, 2010 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Following is the schedule of Commonwealth Games events Thursday.Thirty-five gold medals, including one in para sports, will be decided Thursday on the fourth day of the competition ... Read more...
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CWG Weightlifting: Ravi Kumar sets new Games record on way to gold
October 6th, 2010 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India's K. Ravi Kumar won the gold in the men's 69 kg weightlifting event at the Commmonwealth Games here Wednesday, setting a new Games record in the ... Read more...
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CWG Schedule, Day 3
October 6th, 2010 - 1:44 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Following is the schedule of the Commonwealth Games Wednesday.Twenty seven medals including two in para sport will be decided Wednesday, the third day of the competition-- Athletics ... Read more...
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Australia establish early lead in medal count
October 5th, 2010 - 1:53 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Formidable Australia dominated the pool to establish early lead in the medal contest on day one of the 19th Commonwealth Games here Monday.Besides ... Read more...
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Commonwealth Games: India wins silver, bronze in weightlifting
October 4th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.4 (ANI): India won its first medals in the 48 kilogram women's weightlifting category, as Soniya Chanu clinched the silver medal and Sandhya Rani Devi won bronze at the XIXth ... Read more...
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Niue’s CWG shooters owe expertise to island fruitbats
October 4th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 4 (ANI): Despite the challenges faced to attend the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Niue's shooters are now a delighted lot and owe their skills to island fruitbats, as the facilities ... Read more...
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India begin CWG medal chase on a bright note (Afternoon Lead)
October 4th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) India started medal chase in the Commonwealth
Games on a bright note, winning in preliminary rounds in tennis, table tennis and
swimming Monday, the first ... Read more...
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After memorable opening ceremony, CWG medal chase begins
October 4th, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Medal chase began Monday in the Delhi Commonwealth Games after Sunday evening's memorable opening ceremony that effectively laid to rest the bitterness and despondency of Indians ... Read more...
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India begins medal chase after CWG opening ceremony
October 4th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 4 (ANI): After Sunday's gala opening ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Indian swimmer Arti Bajarang Ghorpade hopes to nail her country's first medal on Monday in the ... Read more...
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