Liu Xiang, Robles set for Birmingham showdown
February 10th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 10 (IANS) Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles will go head-to-head with reigning world indoor champion Liu Xiang of China in a blockbuster 60-metre hurdles ... Read more...
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Samota, Manpreet lead 10-member Indian team for Kazakh boxing meet
February 8th, 2012 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Established pugilists Paramjeet Samota, Manpreet Singh and L. Devendro Singh figure in a 10-member Indian team which has been picked for an international boxing tournament ... Read more...
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Indian boxers aiming for gold in London Olympics
January 20th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Vijender Singh's bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Games has inspired his fellow Indian boxers to take a step ahead. They are now eyeing for ... Read more...
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Bailey eyes podium finish in London
December 30th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
St. John's (Antigua) Dec 30 (IANS/CMC) Sprinter Daniel Bailey has said that he wanted to at least go a step further and collect a medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.The sprint ... Read more...
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Kenyan star athlete Rudisha to open season in Australia
December 28th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Dec 28 (IANS) Kenya's 800-metre athlete David Rudisha, who broke the world record in 2010 twice, will start his outdoor season in Australia at Melbourne and Sydney meetings to ... Read more...
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Blake pips Usain Bolt for Jamaica’s top athlete award
December 10th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), Dec 10 (IANS/CMC) World champions Veronica Campbell-Brown and Yohan Blake were formally recognised as the toast of Jamaican track & field this year.The two claimed the Athlete-of-the-Year awards Friday, ... Read more...
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Indian boxer Vikas pulls out of final
November 28th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 28 (IANS) Boxer Vikas Krishnan, the lone Indian boxer in the final, pulled out of the title clash in the 69kg category of the London Boxing International Invitational ... Read more...
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Wrist injury forces Vikas to withdraw from Olympic test event final
November 28th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Boxer Vikas Krishan (69kg) withdrew from the final bout at the Olympic test event in London due to a painful left wrist and settled for ... Read more...
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Vikas enters final of Olympic boxing test event, Dinesh claims bronze
November 27th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Vikas Krishan carried his good form from the AIBA World Championships to the Olympic boxing test event in London by entering the final of the ... Read more...
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Olympic lifting champion Liao Hui fails dope test, banned
November 18th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 18 (IANS) China' Beijing Olympics weightlifting champion Liao Hui has been banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) till Sep 30, 2014 after testing positive for a banned ... Read more...
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Zhang Jike wins TT World Cup crown
November 14th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Nov 14 (IANS) Newly crowned table tennis world champion Zhang Jike won the World Cup title for the first time, beating fellow Chinese Wang Hao 7-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, ... Read more...
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Bolt, Pearson named IAAF athletes of the year
November 13th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Monaco, Nov 13 (IANS) Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Australia's Sally Pearson, the world 100m hurdles champion, were named IAAF athletes of the year here.Bolt, the Olympic 100-metre champion, wins ... Read more...
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Bolt, Blake make shortlist for Athlete-of-the-Year award
November 5th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Monte Carlo, Nov 5 (IANS/CMC) Dynamic Jamaican sprint duo of Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake are the only two Caribbean track stars that made the shortlist for the IAAF Athlete-of-the-Year awards.Compatriot ... Read more...
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Indian boxers to return from world meet Tuesday
October 10th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Indian boxing contingent will return from Baku, Azerbaijan Tuesday after a satisfactory show at the World Championships where Vikas Krishan won a bronze and ... Read more...
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World Boxing Championships: Krishan settles for bronze
October 8th, 2011 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi,Oct 7 (IANS) India's Vikas Krishan (69kg) had to settle for a bronze medal in the World Boxing Championships after a 12-15 loss to Taras Shelestyuk of Ukraine in ... Read more...
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Farah, Savinova named European Athlete Of The Year
October 6th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Oct 6 (IANS) World 5,000 metres champion Mo Farah of Britain and 800m champion Mariya Savinova of Russia have been named European male and female Athlete Of The Year.The ... Read more...
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Button signs new contract with McLaren
October 5th, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 5 (IANS) British Formula One driver Jenson Button Wednesday signed a multi-year contract with McLaren Mercedes for the 2012 season and beyond.Button joined McLaren as reigning World Champion ... Read more...
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Athletics track at London Olympic Stadium complete
October 4th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 4 (IANS) The athletics track at the 2012 London Olympic Stadium has been completed.The track in the Olympic Stadium was unveiled Monday, Xinhua reported.World record holder and Paralympic ... Read more...
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Manoj in second round of World Boxing championships
September 30th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manoj Kumar (64kg) defeated Valentino Knowles of Bahamas 17:11 to enter the second round of World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, ... Read more...
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Dinesh in second round of World Boxing Championship
September 28th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) India's Dinesh Kumar (81kg) moved into the second round of World Boxing Championships with a 20:8 win over Nepal's Deepak Maharajan at Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday.Dinesh, ... Read more...
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World Boxing Championship: Devendro in second round
September 26th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Indian boxer L Devendro Singh (49kg) Monday outpointed Asylbek Nazaraliev of Kyrgyzstan 14-8 to qualify for the second round of the AIBA World Championships in ... Read more...
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Chen Long, Wang Shixian capture crowns at China Masters
September 18th, 2011 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Changzhou (China), Sep 18 (IANS) Local players Chen Long and world No. 2 Wang Shixian claimed the men's and women's singles titles at the China Badminton Masters here Sunday.
Chen Long, ... Read more...
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Lin Dan suffers season’s third loss at China Masters
September 17th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Changzhou (China), Sep 17 (IANS) Four-time world champion Lin Dan of China suffered his third loss in this season as he was stopped by teammate Chen Jin in the semi-finals ... Read more...
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Tired Bolt eyes world-leading time in Brussels
September 16th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels (Belgium) Sep 16 (IANS/CMC) Jamaican sprint icon Usain Bolt finds himself in an unfamiliar position at the season-ending Diamond League meet here Friday, still trying to post the world's fastest ... Read more...
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Usian Bolt’s mother ‘forgives’ chief starter
September 13th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Cumbria (England), Sep 13 (IANS/CMC) Fate brought the 100 metres chief starter and the parents of sprint king Usain Bolt together during the recent World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.Alan Bell ... Read more...
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Blake, James win Zurich Diamond League
September 9th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Zurich, Sep 9 (IANS/CMC) World champion sprinters Yohan Blake and Kirani James sustained their purple patches from the recent Daegu showpiece, clocking personal bests to dominate the Weltklasse Zürich Diamond League ... Read more...
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World atheletics: Jamaican quartet claim 4×100 relay record
September 5th, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Sep 4 (IANS) The Daegu world championships finally reached a thrilling peak, witnessing a world record falling in the last event with Usain Bolt's final ... Read more...
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World Athletics: Kenya’s Kirui men’s marathon title
September 4th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Sep 4 (IANS) Kenyan runner Abel Kirui retained his world title in the men's marathon here Sunday after finishing the 42.195-kilometer race in two hours, seven minutes ... Read more...
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World Athletics: Veronica denies Jeter, Felix history
September 2nd, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Sep 2 (IANS/CMC) Veronica Campbell-Brown turned the tables on Americans Carmelita Jeter and Allyson Felix in one fell swoop, winning the women?s 200 metres gold medal Friday at ... Read more...
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World Champion James thanks Grenadians as country parties into the night
September 1st, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
St. George's (Grenada), Sep 1 (IANS/CMC) Grenada's new 400 metres World champion Kirani James has taken to social media site Facebook to say thank you after a stunning run in ... Read more...
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World Athletics Championships: Vikas Gowda finishes 7th in discuss
August 30th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Aug 30 (IANS) India's Vikas Gowda finished seventh in the discus throw finals at the World Athletics Championships here Tuesday.The US-based Gowda, an Arjuna Awardee and national ... Read more...
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Pole Vaulter’s pole snaps while jumping
August 30th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Daegu, Aug 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Russian pole vaulter had the mattress to thank when his pole snapped into two as he was trying to clear a jump. Dmitry Starodubtsev is representing ... Read more...
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World Championships: Discus thrower Vikas Gowda qualifies for final round
August 29th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Aug 29 (IANS) Discus thrower Vikas Gowda kept alive India's medal hopes as he qualified Monday for the final round of the event at the World Athletics ... Read more...
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Powell eyes London Olympics to end title drought
August 28th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Aug 28 (IANS/CMC) Luckless Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell knows that at age 28 he may have squandered his last real chance at a World Championship title, but he ... Read more...
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World Athletics Championship: Jamaican minister laments Powell 100m exit
August 27th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), Aug 27 (IANS/CMC) Jamaica's Sports Minister Olivia Grange has lamented Asafa Powell's withdrawal from the marquee 100 metres event at the World Championships.
The 28-year-old was forced out of ... Read more...
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