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Sports Minister calls IWF chief (16 May 03:13) |
| Sports Minister MS Gill has asked Indian Weightlifting Federation chief Harbhajan Singh to explain him on Monday how the Federation would deal with the drug menace in the sport. |
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Japan athletes turn to yoga as Oly preparation (11 May 09:03) |
| Players and athletes in Japan practice yoga to enhance their performance as part of their preparation for the Beijing Olympic games noted Jibananda Ghosh. |
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Anju fifth at Doha Super Grand Prix (10 May 05:52) |
| Anju Bobby George jumped her season's best mark of 6.55m to finish fifth in Doha. |
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Genes may help athletes dodge dope tests: study (30 April 06:57) |
| According to a new study, 17 out of 55 normal and healthy individuals injected with testosterone tested negative and their urine seemed fine with no excess of the hormone. |
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Olympic torch arrives in New Delhi (17 April 05:48) |
| The Olympic torch touched down the Indian soil in the wee hours of Thursday with colourfully dressed children receiving the flame here amid unprecedented security. |
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Security apparatus all set for torch run (17 April 03:24) |
| The beleaguered Beijing Olympic torch will make a short sanitised run in the Capital on Thursday with the fine print of the heavily guarded relay shrouded in secrecy. |
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'My Olympic dreams shattered' (14 April 04:46) |
| Marathon wonder kid Budhia Singh, whose trainer Biranchi Das was killed in a driveby shooting here this evening, says his dreams of winning an Olympic medal for the country are shattered. |
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IOC pleads for non-political Olympics (03 April 08:52) |
| IOC coordinator made an impassioned plea for political issues to be kept out of the August games |
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AFI names more than 170 athletes for training (31 March 01:33) |
| Athletics Federation of India today released names of more than 170 athletes for national coaching camps for the preparation of Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Asian Games in 2010. |
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Iraqi sprinter battles all odds to book Olympic berth (27 March 02:09) |
| Iraqi sprinter Dana Abdul-Razzaq has dodged bullets to pursue her love of running, her determination to succeed pushing her to become Iraq's only female athlete at the Beijing Olympics. |
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Iraqi sprinter books Olympic berth (27 March 02:09) |
| Iraqi sprinter Dana Abdul-Razzaq has dodged bullets to pursue her love of running, her determination to succeed pushing her to become Iraq's only female athlete at the Beijing Olympics. |
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Manjit to train in the US (25 March 09:15) |
| India's ace athlete Manjit Kaur will undergo training in the US for the Beijing Olympics |
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Rice breaks 200m medley world record (25 March 09:14) |
| Australian Stephanie Rice broke the 200 metre individual medley world record with a new time of two minutes 8.92 seconds at the national Olympic trials here today. |
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Olympic dreams (21 March 03:26) |
| The training and nurturing for future World and Olympic champions starts easy in China |
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Usha, Anju in war of words (17 March 09:23) |
| P T Usha has not taken kindly to Anju Bobby George's remarks that the "Payyoli Express" was not a world class athlete in her heydays. |
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Gebreselassie set to miss Olympics marathon (10 March 11:46) |
| World record holder Haile Gebreselassie of Ethiopia looks set to miss the Beijing Olympics marathon as he fears his health could be endangered by the city's pollution, his agent said today. |
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Liu and Isinbayeva take gold (09 March 04:44) |
| There's no doubt about it, Liu Xiang is ready for his Beijing Olympics. |
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Marion Jones reports to jail (08 March 02:44) |
| Former Olympic champion Marion Jones has reported to a Texas jail, US Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said. |
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India win three golds in South Asian athletics (08 March 02:01) |
| Indians won three of the first six finals in the South Asian Athletics championships but Pakistan also made their presence felt with two gold medals. |
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Binu aims for Olympic medal (23 February 10:56) |
| National 400m record holder K M Binu believes he is a medal contender in Beijing Olympics later this year. |
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Services athlete sets a new national record (22 February 01:56) |
| Unheralded Services athlete Basant Bahadur today stole the limelight as he established a new national record in the men's 50km walk at the first Indian Grand Prix here. |
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Anju leads 32-member team in Doha (13 February 08:21) |
| Long jumper Anju Bobby George will lead a strong challenge for India in the third Asian Indoor Athletics Championships starting in Doha tomorrow. |
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Umrao Singh elected as President of AFI (11 February 11:28) |
| Athletics Fedration of India (AFI) annual General Body Meeting unanimously elected Umrao Singh as President and Dr Lalit k Bhanot as Secretary for the term 2008-2012. |
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UK athletes barred from criticising China (11 February 12:20) |
| British athletes travelling to China for this summer's Olympic Games will be forced to sign a contract that forbids them from criticising the communist nation's human rights record. |
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Anju in best shape for Olympics: National coach (09 February 10:04) |
| National Athletics coach Bahadur Singh feels ace long jumper Anju Bobby George is in the "best shape" possible to fight for a medal in the Beijing Olympics. |
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235 atheletes to participate in South Asian event (07 February 09:13) |
| 235 atheletes from eight countriesand Sri lanka would be participating in the First South Asian Atheletic championship which gets underway here from March seven. |
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Disabled athletes reach the top (05 February 04:14) |
| World class athletes command respect but just as inspiring are disabled athletes who compete at the very top against able-bodied peers. |
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South Asian Athletic championship on March 7 and 8 (05 February 02:42) |
| The first South Asian Athletic Championship will be held at Maharajas Synthetic Track in Kochi on March 7 and 8. |
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Maurice Greene retires (05 February 10:33) |
| The former Olympic and world champion cited nagging injuries for his decision, making the announcement half way around the globe and not long after the Super Bowl had ended in Glendale, Ariz... |
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Maha claims overall champs in cross country (04 February 12:34) |
| Maharashtra claimed overall championship in the 13th Federation Cross Country Championship here today, winning both the men and women's championships. |
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Thousands join Kolkata Marathon, Lone wins (03 February 11:11) |
| More than 20,000 people from various age groups hit the streets of the city this morning braving the chilly weather to take part in the fourth Kolkata Marathon. |
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Lagat outruns Mottram (03 February 12:33) |
| Kenyan-born American Bernard Lagat out-kicked Australia’s Craig Mottram in the year’s fastest mile and Adam Nelson dominated the shot. |
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Maha runners winner in Fed Cup tourney (02 February 07:35) |
| Maharashtra today bagged the team championship in five out of six events in 13th Federation Cup cross country national event, conducted by the state Amateur Athletic Association. |
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AFI reinstates Neelam Singh (23 January 12:13) |
| Discus thrower Neelam Jaswant Singh, who served a two-year ban for failing a dope test in the 2005 world championships in Helsinki, was reinstated by the Athletics Federation of India on Tue... |
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Masadur to swim Palk Strait (21 January 12:42) |
| Physically challenged swimmer Masadur Rahman Baidya has set his eyes on crossing the Palk Strait and even plans to scale the 6622m Chamser Kangri Peak in Ladakh. |
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Special athletes relish Marathon participation (20 January 10:09) |
| 200 differently abled athletes participated in the 2.5 km long wheelchair event at the Mumbai Marathon. |
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It was just another race for these seniors (20 January 07:53) |
| Many athletes applauded and shook his hand as he crossed the finish line of the half marathon event at the Mumbai Marathon today, but for 83-year-old Srikrishna Deshpande it was just another... |
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Running is fun: Gabriela Szabo (18 January 12:26) |
| At 158 cm there's very little of Gabriela Szabo. But the puny athlete from Romania more than packs a punch. |
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Harmony gets set for senior citizens run (18 January 12:36) |
| Harmony will organise a 4.3 km senior citizen run here as part of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday, which will have participation of more than 2500 runners. |
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TN wins overall team championship (18 January 12:33) |
| Tamil Nadu athletics team today bagged the overall team championship with 313 points in the 40th South Zone Revenue Sports Meet, which concluded here. |
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Guevara announces retirement (17 January 03:06) |
| Former world champion sprinter Ana Guevara, one of Mexico's most celebrated sports figures, announced her retirement, saying she was tired of corruption and cronyism in Mexican athletics. |
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Khanafeyeva fails doping test (17 January 12:39) |
| Former women's hammer world record holder, Gulfia Khanafeyeva, has tested positive for a stimulant, the Russian athletics chief said today. |
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Ana Guevara announces retirement (17 January 12:33) |
| Former world 400 metres champion Ana Guevara of Mexico said today she was retiring from the track because of a lack of support from sports authorities. |
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'No medal hope for Indian athletes in Beijing Oly' (14 January 09:50) |
| India does not have any chance to win a medal in athletics at the forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing later this year. |
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'No medal hope at Beijing Olympics' (14 January 04:19) |
| India does not have any chance to win a medal in athletics at the forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing later this year, said former sprint queen P T Usha. |
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Jones to face sentence tomorrow (10 January 02:57) |
| Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones returns to US federal court for sentencing tomorrow, three months after she broke down in tears and begged for forgiveness for her steroid use. |
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Nasik run on January 12 (05 January 06:57) |
| Around 20,000 people of different age groups are expected to participate in the sixth edition of mini-marathon Nasik run here on January 12. |
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Four year drugs ban for Gatlin (02 January 02:45) |
| Reigning 100-meter Olympic champion Justin Gatlin was suspended for four years for a 2006 doping violation. |
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CBSE National Athletic meet in Kochi from Jan 4 (31 December 07:58) |
| About 2,500 athletes would be seen in action when the CBSE National Athletic Meet gets underway at the Maharaja's Synthetic Track here on January 4. |
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VAFI seeks sports ministry recognition (28 December 12:07) |
| The Veterans Athletics Federation of India (VAFI) today submitted a proposal to the sports ministry seeking recognition. |
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