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Lucknow | 5 months ago
'Losing to Hidayat in 2004 Olympic final still hurts'
Lucknow, Dec 21 - It is not every day that one competes in the Olympics. It is an even rarer achievement to reach the final of an Olympic event. What if you lose?South Korean shuttler Shon Seung-Mo suffered the same fate when he lost the men's singles final of the Athens Olympics in 2004 to the winner and badminton legend Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia.Yes, the loss to Taufik was a tough one to take. ... read more

New Delhi | 7 months ago
Nine New Zealanders for Hockey India League auction
New Delhi, Oct 18 - New Zealand hockey player Simon Child is among the nine from that country who will feature in next month's Hockey India League - players' auction.Child was a member of the FIH World All Star team in 2009. With 93 goals from more than 170 matches, the 24-year-old has made his mark as one of the world's premier strikers.Hockey India League is delighted that hockey fans in the cou ... read more

Kolkata | 9 months ago
The unsung ones behind India's Olympic heroes
Kolkata, Aug 27 - Away from the glitz and glamour of celebrations to hail the heroes of India's most successful Olympic Games are the unsung non-governmental agencies that played a significant role in the athletes' accomplishments.Small bands of former internationals and corporates quietly worked to see the Indian athletes fulfilling their dreams of becoming world beaters at the London Games.Promi ... read more

Nairobi | 9 months ago
Over 5,000 athletes for Mombasa Marathon
Nairobi, Aug 24 - Over 5,000 athletes from six countries will compete at the Mombasa International Marathon in Kenya Sunday.Organisers expect at least 500 elite athletes to participate in the race, where the winner will walk home with US $2,500, reports Xinhua.The marathon will have both local and international athletes competing with Athletics Kenya - hinting it might use the event to pick out ta ... read more

London | 9 months ago
Olympic fencing: Hungarian wins men's sabre gold
London, July 30 - Aron Szilagyi of Hungary turned out unstoppable as he stormed all the way to win the men's sabre gold at the London Olympic Games Sunday.The 22-year-old beat Diego Occhiuzzi of Italy 15-10 in the final. Russian Nikolay Kovalev, who knocked out world No.1 Nicolas Limback of Germany 15-12 in the quarterfinal, won the bronze.Szilagyi raced to a 7-0 lead in the final, and though Occh ... read more

10 months ago
Olympics won't be easy for Bolt: Mennea
Milan, July 13 - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has the potential to break his own world records at the upcoming London Olympics, but it would be quite a hard victory, former Olympic sprint champion Pietro Mennea said.Mennea felt that Bolt could repeat his success of four years ago at Beijing Olympics, where he won gold medals in 100m, 200m and 4X100m races, reports Xinhua.Bolt, who has three Olympi ... read more

10 months ago
World champion Kemboi charged with assault
Eldoret -, June 29 - A Kenyan court charged world's 3,000-metre champion Ezekiel Kemboi with assault after a woman said he stabbed her after leaving a drinking den here.The charges have heightened fears that Kemboi might miss the London Olympics after Anne Njeru Otieno alleged Thursday that the athlete attacked her when she declined his sexual advances in Eldoret town, reported Xinhua.However, the ... read more

Bangalore | 11 months ago
Tricky issues confront tennis selectors
Bangalore, June 14 - Individual whims, backroom intrigue and politics are likely to dictate the selection of the Indian tennis contingent for the London Olympics as the All India Tennis Association's five-man selection committee meets here Friday.Much of the debate centres around the doubles - men's and mixed. In the men's event, Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi have reportedly indicated that the ... read more