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Olympic taekwondo: South Korea, Argentina win golds

Olympic taekwondo: South Korea, Argentina win goldsLondon, Aug 11 : South Korea's Hwang Kyung Seon defeated Nur Tatar from Turkey to retain her Olympic title in the women's 67 kg division while Argentina's Sebastian Eduardo Crismanich stunned  Read more »

Olympics: Colombian president hails first gold

London, Aug 11 - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos celebrated the country's first gold medal in the women's BMX (Bicycle Motocross) at the London 2012 Olympics.  Read more »

Olympic pole vault: France's Lavillenie soars to gold

Olympic pole vault: France's Lavillenie soars to goldLondon, Aug 11 - France's world and European pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie took the gold medal Friday with an Olympic record leap of 5.97 metres.  Read more »

Olympic taekwondo: Tazegul scores gold for Turkey

Olympic taekwondo: Tazegul scores gold for Turkey  Read more »

London, Aug 10 : Servet Tazegul of Turkey won Olympic taekwondo gold in the men's 68kg weight class here Thursday.
Tazegul, the World No.

Olympics: Afghan taekwondoka gives country first medal in London

Olympics: Afghan taekwondoka gives country first medal in LondonLondon, Aug 10 : Taekwondoka Rohullah Nikpai came for a gold medal but a bronze was enough to fill his eyes with tears, as he won the first medal at the London Olympic Games for his country Afghanistan.  Read more »

Nicola Adam''s dog Dexter ‘pawed’ TV screen as mistress ‘punched way to historic gold

Nicola Adam''s dog Dexter ‘pawed’ TV screen as mistress ‘punched way to historic goldLondon, Aug 10 : As Nicola Adams became the first woman boxer to win an Olympic gold medal,  Read more »

Olympic beach volleyball: Germany beats Brazil for its maiden gold

Olympic beach volleyball: Germany beats Brazil for its maiden goldLondon, Aug 10 - Jonas Reckermann and Julius Brink gave Germany its first Olympic gold medal in beach volleyball Thursday, beating the World No.  Read more »

`One Direction` to perform at Olympics Closing Ceremony

`One Direction` to perform at Olympics Closing Ceremony London, August 9 : Despite being mere pups in the world of pop, `One Direction' will be having a lion's share of the spotlight at the Olympic Closing Ceremony, after being given their own moving island for a five-minute cameo.  Read more »

Notorious drug supplier claims 60pc of athletes at London Games ‘doping’

Notorious drug supplier claims 60pc of athletes at London Games ‘doping’  Read more »

London, Aug 9 : Victor Conte, who was jailed in the United States for his role in supplying athletes such as Dwain Chambers and Marion Jones with

Missing Cameroonian athletes free to roam around in UK until visas expire

Missing Cameroonian athletes free to roam around in UK until visas expire  Read more »

London, Aug 9 : Organisers of the London Olympics have said it would be tough to take any action against seven missing athletes from Cameroon, as they
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Hulk determined to win over Brazil fans

Hulk determined to win over Brazil fansFortaleza (Brazil), June 19 - Brazil forward Hulk insists he is unaffected by jeers from the stands and has vowed to win over the hearts and minds of Brazilian supporters during the Confederations Cup.  Read more »

Spain retains UEFA Under-21 crown

UEFA-U-21Jerusalem, June 19 : Spain retained the 2013 UEFA U-21 soccer championship beating Italy 4-2 here at the Teddy Stadium.

Spanish captain Thiago Alcantara hit a hat-trick in the first half  Read more »

Sri Lankans will target Indian bowling: Jayasuriya

Sanath-JayasuriyaCardiff, June 19 : Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya said Sri Lanka will target the Indian bowlers during the Champions Trophy semifinal slated for Thursday at the Sophia Gardens here.  Read more »

Champions Tropny semifinals: England put South Africa in to bat

england-vs-south-africaLondon, June 19 : England opted to field against South Africa in the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy at the Kennington Oval here Wednesday.  Read more »

Mahindra's Locatelli takes double win at Misano

Andrea-LocatelliMisano (Italy), June 17 : Both Mahindra Racing riders Andrea Locatelli and Michael Rinaldi performed well in Rounds 5 and 6 of the CIV Moto3 which concluded at the Misano World Circuit here.  Read more »

Gill leads APRC field by 12 minutes

Gaurav-GillNoumea (New Caledonia), June 15 : Gaurav Gill (co-driver Glenn Macneall) took a commanding 12-minute lead for the MRF Tyres Rally team after Day 1 of the Rally of New Caledonia, the second round of the  Read more »