| Saina, Vijender, Jai Bhagwan keep India's hopes alive |
Vijender through to round of 16
London, July 29: India’s strong medal contender Vijender Singh sailed into the pre-quarter final in the men’s middleweight (75 kg) boxing competition with a clinical 14-10 win over Danabek Suzhanov of Kazakhstan at the London Olympics here on Saturday.
Vijender, who became the country’s first ever Olympic medal winner in b... |
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| Tough opener for India |
Olympic Hockey
London, July 29: After an eight-year break, India renew their quest for the elusive ninth gold medal when they take on the Netherlands in their opening Group A fixture of the Olympic men’s hockey competition here on Monday.
The Indians, on a comeback after failing to qualify for the 2008 Olympics, face a difficult task of even reaching the semifinals,... |
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| India pins hopes on shooters Abhinav, Gagan |
London, July 29: Expectations are surging once again as India’s golden boy Abhinav Bindra, along with compatriot Gagan Narang, will take the range at the Royal Artillery Barracks on Monday to defend the men’s 10metre air rifle gold he won four years ago in Beijing.
As per the current form of the world’s best shooters, a qualification score of 598 should easily get Abhi... |
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| Women's archery team bows out |
LONDON, July 29: The Indian women’s archery team was off target in crunch situations as it lost to Denmark by a point in a see-saw pre-quarterfinal battle at the Lord’s Cricket Ground on Sunday. The trio of world number one Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro lost 210-211 to the Danish team, comprising Louise Laursen, Maja Jager and Carina Christiansen.
Even t... |
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| Heena Sidhu, Annu Raj fail in shooting |
LONDON, July 29: Indian shooters continued to misfire at the Olympic Games as Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh bowed out of the women’s 10m air pistol event after failing to qualify for the finals on Sunday. Heena came close after finishing 12th with a score of 382 while Annu Raj ended 23rd at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
While Heena had a sequence of 93 97 97 95, Annu Raj shot a s... |
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| Sania-Rushmi out of Women's doubles |
LONDON, July 29: The pair of Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi were knocked out of the women's doubles competition of the London Olympic Games after losing to Chinese Taipei pair of Su Wei Hsieh and Chia-Jung Chuang in a three-setter.
The Indians fought their way back in the second set but lost the opening round match 1-6, 6-3, 1-6 in an hour and 31 minutes.
Sania and Rushmi, ... |
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| Ghosh's loss ends Indian TT challenge |
London, July 29: Soumyajit Ghosh put up a spirited effort against higher ranked Kim Hyok Bong of North Korea before going down in the men’s singles second round at the Olympics table tennis event here Sunday. His loss ended India’s challenge in the competition.
World No. 206 Ghosh gave a tough fight to his 77th-ranked opponent before losing 11-9, 6-11, 5-11, 9-11, 7-11.
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| Jwala Gutta-Diju on brink of exit |
London, July 29: India’s mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju are virtually out of the London Olympics as they suffered yet another straight-game defeat in their second group game in the badminton competition at the Wembley arena.
The 2009 World Championships winners Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark, seeded eighth, proved too hot to handle for the 13th ra... |
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| Sandeep-Manjeet in repechage |
London, July 29: Indian rowers Sandeep Kumar and Manjeet Singh finished fourth in the first heat of the men‘s lightweight double scull at the Eton Dorney but qualified for the repechage round in the Olympics here on Sunday. The Indian pair finished 6:56.60 at the Eton Dorney and will have another chance through the repechage to qualify for the knock-out round. Another Indian rower, Sawarn... |
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| US shooter Kim Rhode wins historic title |
LONDON, July 29: Shooter Kim Rhode missed just one shot out of 100 - equalling the world record - as she became America's first individual medallist at five straight Olympics with gold in the women’s skeet on Sunday. Rhode, an Olympic shooting medalist at Atlanta, Sydney, Athens and Beijing, dominated proceedings at London's Royal Artillery Barracks.
China’s Wei Ning won sil... |
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| China's Ye breaks world record to win 400m medley |
LONDON, July 29: China’s Ye Shiwen unleashed a withering burst to claim Olympic gold in the women’s 400m medley in world record time at the London Olympics on Saturday.
The 16-year-old overwhelmed American world champion Elizabeth Beisel to win the final in four minutes 28.43 seconds to cap a glittering night for China in the pool following Sun Yang’s victory in the me... |
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| China's Guo wins women's 10m air pistol gold |
LONDON, July 29: Defending Olympic champion Guo Wenjun took the women’s 10m air pistol title on Sunday, holding her nerve to come from behind on the final shot to seize gold after a thrilling three-way tussle.
France’s Celine Goberville, who led going into the final shot, took silver after a shoot-off with Athens 2004 gold medallist Olena Kostevych of the Ukraine, who won br... |
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| Lochte wins 400m medley, Phelps shut out |
LONDON: Lochte won the 400m medley gold on Saturday as Olympic superstar Michael Phelps was shut out of the medals in the first swimming final of the London Games.
The race was expected to be a duel between 14-time Olympic gold medallist Phelps and Lochte — who settled for bronze in the event four years ago in Beijing — as Phelps made it one of his eight golds.
Inste... |
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| New Zealand beat Australia 1-0 in Olympic hockey |
LONDON, July 29: Cathryn Finlayson scored in the third minute on Sunday to give New Zealand a 1-0 victory over old rival Australia in the opening women’s hockey match at the London Olympics.
Australia is a three-time Olympic champion, but its last gold medal performance was at home during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. New Zealand, meanwhile, is improving after failing to win a single ... |
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| Judo favourite Mogushkov stunned by Karimov |
LONDON, July 29: Russian top seed Musa Mogushkov was an early casualty in the men’s under-66kg judo tournament, losing in the first round to Azerbaijan’s Tarlan Karimov. Mogushkov was actually ranked number two in the world when he was selected for the Games ahead of the only man above him in the rankings, Alim Gadanov.
His defeat comes just a day after Russia had won their ... |
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| Radwanska out as tennis takes cover |
LONDON, July 29: World number two Agnieszka Radwanska suffered a miserable return to Wimbledon on Sunday as Olympic Games tennis was played indoors for the first time in 100 years.
Second seeded Radwanska, defeated by Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final three weeks ago, suffered more Centre Court disappointment as she was beaten 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 by Germany’s Julia Goerges in... |
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| Olympics: Dutch cyclist Voss wins women's road race |
LONDON, July 29: Dutch cyclist Marianne Voss took the gold in the women’s road race Sunday after leading a three-rider breakaway that took all the medals at the London Olympics here Sunday. Lizzie Armitstead was second for Britain with Russia’s Olga Zabelinskaya took the bronze after the trio broke away from the peloton in the last hour of the race.
Voss now has two Olympic ... |
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| Mystery woman identified; Indian contingent still clueless |
LONDON, July 29: The Indian contingent is still awaiting a communication from the Olympic Games organizers on how an unidentified lady was allowed to gatecrash into the team’s march past at the Opening Ceremony even as media reports claimed to have identified the “ mystery woman”.
The Indians have submitted a letter on this embarrassing issue to the organisers last nig... |
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| Greene backs Bolt, but plumps for Blake in 100m |
LONDON, July 29: Former Olympic 100m champion Maurice Greene thinks Usain Bolt will deliver at the London Games, but backed the world's fastest man's Jamaican compatriot Yohan Blake to win the 100m.
"I think he's going to get along just fine," Greene, who won the 100m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and claimed bronze in Athens four years later, said of Bolt.
"Usain will go out ther... |
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| North Korea's An takes judo gold |
LONDON, July 29: North Korea's An Kum Ae won gold in the women's under-52kg category on Sunday after a day of surprises in which all the top seeds were knocked out in the opening rounds.
The 32-year-old, ranked 25th in the world, went one better than the silver she who won four years ago in Beijing by beating Cuba's Yanet Bermoy Acosta with a yuko throw in the extra time golden score pe... |
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| India tennis doubles matches postponed |
London, July 29: The Indian men`s doubles pairs will have to wait before taking the tennis court at the Wimbledon as their first round match of the London Olympics were postponed due to rain here on Sunday. Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan were set to take on Dutch pair Robin Hasse and Jean-Julien Rojer while Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were pitted against Max Mirnyi and Alexander Bury of ... |
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| Kazakh prodigy takes gold, world record |
London, July 29: 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 and jerk.
The 19-year-old posted a snatch of 95 kg before making history with 131 kg in the clean and jerk, one kilogram more than her effort at last year's world championships.
The total of 226 kg gave a... |
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| Ruud Gullit enthralls Mohun Bagan crowd |
Kolkata, July 29: It was a prized moment for several budding football players of the city who Sunday had an opportunity for a photo op with Dutch football legend Ruud Gullit at the Mohun Bagan day celebrations.
Gullit, who is in the city on a two day visit, was the chief guest at the celebrations and stole the show with his ability to mix not only with the budding footballers and establ... |
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| Williams sent home after testing positive |
London, July 29: St. Kitts and Nevis sprinter Tameka Williams has been sent home from the London Olympics after failing a doping test, officials said on Sunday. The St Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee said in a statement that Williams, 22, left London on Saturday in connection with the case. "The St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee (SKNOC) has withdrawn sprint athlete, Tameka Williams, from ... |
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| Hamilton wins Hungarian GP |
BUDAPEST, July 29: Britain’s Lewis Hamilton held on to win his second race of the season in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.
The 2008 world champion, who started on pole in his McLaren, crossed the line ahead of Finland’s Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen and France’s Romain Grosjean, also in a Lotus.
After a fantastic performance in qualifying on Saturday, Hamilton contro... |
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| Force India fail to score a point |
Budapest, July 29: Sahara Force India failed to score a point at the Hungarian Grand Prix held here on Sunday, with its drivers finishing 11th and 12th.
Former GP2 champion Nico Hulkenberg failed to earn the final championship point despite starting 10th on the grid, ending the race at 11th, 57.2 seconds behind race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren.
British driver Paul di Resta ... |
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| Narine, Roach put New Zealand under pressure |
NORTH SOUND, July 29: New Zealand were up against it at stumps on the fourth day of their second Test against West Indies at North Sound after two breakthroughs for the hosts left them at 199/3, just 28 runs ahead.
Looking to erase a 171-run first-innings deficit, opener Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum strove manfully to move the Black Caps towards positive territory but both fell a... |
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