Olympic boxing: Italy’s Mangiacapre, Mongolia’s Uranchimeg take bronze
August 10th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italy's Vincenzo Mangiacapre and Mongolia's Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg won bronze in the men's Olympic 64kg boxing here Friday after losing their semi-finals.Cuba's Roniel Iglseias Sotolongo and ... Read more...
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Olympic boxing: Britain’s Ogogo and Uzbekistan’s Atoev win bronze
August 10th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain's Anthony Ogogo and Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan won bronze in the men's Olympic 75kg boxing here Friday after losing their respective semi-final bouts.The results ... Read more...
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Paes-Vesnina in Wimbledon mixed doubles quarters
July 6th, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 6 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina beat the formidable Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka for a place in the mixed doubles quarter-finals ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Top seeds advance to second round (Roundup)
January 16th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 16 (IANS) Big names Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka advanced to the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park here Monday.Federer, seeded ... Read more...
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Manchester ‘big two’ crash out of champions league
December 8th, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 8 (IANS) The big two from Manchester, United and City, failed to qualify for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League and will now be playing ... Read more...
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Wawrinka survives Goffin scare
January 7th, 2011 - 3:05 am ICT by IANS
By Anand Philar
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) Qualifier David Goffin showcased raw talent and the freshness of youth to stretch third seed Stanislas Wawrinka who eventually survived two tie-breaks to book his ... Read more...
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Ferguson to change Man U team for 150th time in a row
December 7th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 7 (ANI): Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will change his team for 150th time in a row when they host Valencia tonight.Ferguson believes his side is back ... Read more...
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Raina, Bisht advance to Asian Junior pre-quarters
May 26th, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) National grasscourt champion Ankita Raina overcame stiff resistance from Pakistan's Ushna Suhail 7-6, 6-4 and stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Junior Tennis Championships at the ... Read more...
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Palha, Shroff in ITF girls’ quarters
May 18th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) India's Natasha Palha fought back from a set down to beat fifth seed Chinese Lin Zhu 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and entered the quarterfinals of the International Tennis ... Read more...
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Paes-Dlouhy enter Dubai Tennis Championships quarters
February 23rd, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Feb 23 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy have joined Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships.
The second-seeded Indo-Czech pair fought off ... Read more...
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Indians lose in ITF tennis
November 18th, 2009 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Nov 18 (IANS) India's Nirupama Sanjeev, Poojashree Venkatesha, Sanaa Bhambri and lucky loser Sheetal Goutham crashed out of the singles event of the $50,000 NECC-ITF Women's Tennis championships here Wednesday.
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Ashutosh shocks third seed; enters ITF tournament quarters (Lead)
July 1st, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) India's Ashutosh Singh upset third seed Hyun-woo Nam of South Korea 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 while Yuki Bhambri dispatched qualifier Ashwin Vijayragavan 6-1, 6-2 to enter the quarter-finals ... Read more...
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Ashutosh shocks third seed Nam in ITF tournament
July 1st, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) India's Ashutosh Singh upstaged third seed Hyun-woo Nam of North Korea 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to enter the quarter-final of the $15,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament ... Read more...
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Murray says it’s unacceptable he is the only Brit male left in Wimbledon draw
June 24th, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 24 (ANI): Britain's No.1 tennis player Andy Murray insists that it is unacceptable he is the only British male left in the Wimbledon draw.The world No.3 beat a spirited ... Read more...
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Prakash Amritraj enters Nottingham Challenger quarters
June 5th, 2009 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Nottingham, June 5 (IANS) India's Prakash Amritraj registered a fighting win over seventh-seeded Australian Davis Cupper Chris Guccione to storm into the quarter-finals of 42,500 euros Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ... Read more...
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Paes, Bhupathi advance in French Open doubles (Lead)
May 30th, 2009 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, May 30 (IANS) Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles entered the third round while Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy booked a place among the last eight in the ... Read more...
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Bhupathi through to second round, Sania falters in doubles
March 14th, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Indian Wells (California), March 14 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner from the Bahamas Mark Knowles reached the second round in men's doubles but it was the end of road for ... Read more...
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Prakash in second round of New Delhi Challenger
August 5th, 2008 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Prakash Amritraj battled past Korean Jae Sung An to move into the second round of $50,000 New Delhi Challenger on a rain-hit day at DLTA complex here ... Read more...
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Four more Indians bow out of the ATP Challenger
May 20th, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) It was another dismal day for the Indian tennis players in the $50,000 ATP Challengers Tuesdy as four more of them fell by the wayside on the ... Read more...
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Yan, Zvonareva in Bangalore Open quarterfinals
March 6th, 2008 - 6:13 pm ICT by admin
By Saumojyoti Singha Choudhury
Bangalore, March 6 (IANS) Seventh seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia had a tough time beating Romanian Agnes Szatmari, but unseeded Chinese Zi Yan hardly broke sweat against Ukrainian Olga ... Read more...
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