Chess for blind: India down Kazakhastan
August 18th, 2012 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) Hosts India 'A' came up with an inspired show to defeat Kazakhastan 3-1 in the eighth round of the Tata 14th IBCA Chess Olympiad for the ... Read more...
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Olympics: Ukrainian powers to men’s canoe sprint gold
August 11th, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Yuriy Cheban of the Ukraine took the Olympic canoe sprint gold medal in the men's 200 metres here Saturday.Cheban, a Beijing bronze medallist in the ... Read more...
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World Athletics: Kenya’s Rudisha claims gold in 800m
August 30th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Aug 30 (IANS) David Rudisha of Kenya took the gold medal in the men's 800m race clocking 1min 43.91sec at the World Athletics Championships here Tuesday.Abubaker Kaki ... Read more...
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Scientists develop software for recognizing double entendre joke
May 2nd, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 2 (ANI): Two computer scientists at the University of Washington have developed a system for recognising a particular type of double entendre joke.Chloe Kiddon and Yuriy Brun developed the system, ... Read more...
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Asian Games: Men’s snooker team in final, shooters disappoint (Afternoon Lead)
November 15th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 15 (IANS) The Indian men's snooker team cruised into the final with a 3-0 demolition of Pakistan while the shooters disappointed at the Asian Games here Monday.However, there was good ... Read more...
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Asian Games: Indian shooters disappoint in 50m prone team event (Lead)
November 15th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 15 (IANS) Indian shooters finished a disappointing fifth in the men's and the women's team event of the 50 metre rifle prone at the Asian Games here Monday.In the men's ... Read more...
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Indians sparkle in junior boxing championships
May 26th, 2009 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Indian boxers surged ahead in the World Junior championships with three more making it to the quarterfinals in Yerevan, Armenia.
Kuldeep (57 kg), Shiva Thapa (52 ... Read more...
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Indian boxers off to a flying start in World junior (Second Lead, Superseding previous story)
May 24th, 2009 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Indian boxers made a formidable start in the World Junior Boxing Championships, with Shiva Thapa and Sumit Sangwan outpunching their opponents to advance to the second round ... Read more...
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Thapa advances to second round of World junior boxing
May 24th, 2009 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Indian boxer Shiva Thapa defeated Andranik Hiloyan of Armenia 11-2 in the light bantam weight category to advance to the second round in World Junior Boxing Championships ... Read more...
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Ukraine minister resigns over drunken fight
May 12th, 2009 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, May 12 (RIA Novosti) Ukraine's Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has tendered his resignation over his detention in Germay last week following a drunken brawl at Frankfurt airport.
Lutsenko asked the parliament ... Read more...
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Upsets galore in Gurgaon Open chess
January 22nd, 2009 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 22 (IANS) Grandmasters Evgeny Gleizerov of Russia and Petr Kostenko of Kazakhstan suffered shock defeats at the hands of unheralded P. Saravanakrishanan and Laltu Chatterjee of India, respectively, in the ... Read more...
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