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    Yuvraj makes comeback for World T20, Harbhajan recalled

    Mumbai : Yuvraj Singh was on Friday included in the Indian cricket team for the World Twenty 20 Championship in Sri Lanka as well as the two T20s against New Zealand in September, within months of his recovery from a rare germ cell cancer. In another interesting pick, senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has also been […]

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    Wrestler Narsingh Pancham Yadav takes field in men’s 75 kilogram freestyle today

    London: In the London Olympics today, India will only figure in one event as wrestler Narsingh Pancham Yadav takes field in the men’s 75 kilogram freestyle category. Indian fans will be hoping for a good show from Yadav after a disappointing day for the country on Thursday. On the 13th day of competitions at the […]

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    Manipur to award Rs. 50 lakh to Mary Kom

    Manipur government would award Rs 50 lakh to woman boxer Mary Kom who got a bronze medal in the London Olympics. The decision to give Rs 50 lakh and two acre land to Kom was taken at a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister O Ibobi singh on Thursday evening, an official spokesman told […]

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    India take on West Indies in ICC U-19 WC

    India will take on the West Indies on Sunday in their first game of the ICC Under-19 cricket World Cup which will open on Saturday with three-time champion Australia beginning their title defence against England. India has done exceptionally well in the events, winning the 2000 and 2008 editions besides reaching the final in 2006. […]

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    Bolt does it again, races to historic sprint double

    Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt declared himself “a legend” after completing a historic successive Olympic sprint double, in the 200m final on Thursday. Bolt had a big lead coming out of the bend in what he names his pet event but had to fight before crossing the line in 19.32 seconds. Yohan Blake took silver as […]

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    Netherlands hammer Britain 9-2; set to play final with Germany

    Nippy striker Billy Bakker and penalty corner shooter Roderick Weusthof scored three goals each as Netherlands stormed into the final of the Olympic men’s hockey with a thumping 9-2 victory over hosts Great Britain. Netherlands, bronze medallists in the 2010 World Cup, played a brisk overlapping game to hammer six goals in the second session […]

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    Rudisha wins 800m gold, breaks world record

    London : David Rudisha of Kenya won the men’s 800 metres Olympic title on Thursday in a stunning world record of 1min 40.91sec. The 23-year-old world champion pulled five metres clear of Nijel Amos of Botswana after taking control of the race from an early stage on a warm night in the Olympic Stadium in […]

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    Nicola Adams wins first-ever women’s boxing gold

    London : Nicola Adams of Britain secured the first-ever women’s boxing gold medal on the sport’s Olympic debut at London 2012 while Katie Taylor delivered Ireland its first gold of the Games on Thursday. In the first of three women’s finals at the ExCel centre, Adams outboxed China’s Ren Cancan in the 51 kilogramme flyweight […]

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    Tintu Luka finishes 6th, fails to qualify for finals

    London : India’s Tintu Luka produced her season’s best timing but still finished sixth in the second heat of the women’s 800m semifinals to crash out of the Olympics on Thursday. Luka clocked 1:59.69secs to finish sixth in heat number two, from which Caster Semenya (1:57.67) of South Africa and Russia’s Elena Arzhakova (1:58.13) qualified […]

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    India’s woman wrestler Geeta Phogat loses to Tonya Lynn 1-3 in pre-QF

    London : India’s lone woman wrestler at the London Olympics, Geeta Phogat on Thursday lost to Tonya Lynn Verbeek of Canada 1-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Women’s 55 kilogram Freestyle event. Geeta had advanced to the last-16 stage after she got a bye in the opening round. But in the pre quarterfinals Geeta got […]

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