Athletics
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 ‘Sprint sensations’ Blake, Bolt set to ‘set pitch on fire’ in Oz’s T20 league
Sprint sensation Yohan Blake has reportedly been approached to play in the Big Bash League (BBL), days after Usain Bolt revealed Shane Warne had asked him to play in the Australian domestic T20 cricket tournament
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 Russian Olympic medalists given luxury cars
Many of Russia`s medal-winning Olympic athletes were presented with luxury cars Wednesday and the others were also promised cars soon
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 Afghan girls inspired by Tahmina Kohistani going to Olympics
By attending the London Olympics I have given the message to all the Afghan girls that they are talented, they can pursue sport, they can attend international competitions and above all they can earn honour to their country, says Tahmina Kohistani
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 Kremlin to honour Russian Olympic team
Russian athletes returning from the London Olympics will be honoured at the Kremlin, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has said
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 Pound`s drug remark about Jamaican athletes rubbished
Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCo) has rubbished a claim by International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound that it is difficult to test Jamaican athletes because they are hard to find
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 Campbell-Brown eyes Rio 2016 despite London disappointment
Jamaica`s Veronica Campbell-Brown says she is eyeing a fifth consecutive Olympics despite her disappointing outing at the London Games.
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 Belarus still recognises Ostapchuk as Olympic champion: minister
Belarus still recognises female shot putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk as an Olympic champion, Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister of Belarus Cheslav Shulga has said.
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 Usain Bolt tops Facebook Olympic charts
Sprint legend Usain Bolt was the ’most mentioned athlete on social site Facebook during the whole of the London Olympics 2012 and was also hugely popular on Twitter, according to a report.
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 China cheers for first Tibetan Olympic medallist
Choeyang Kyi grew up herding yaks on a plateau meadow, just like many other women from rural Tibet. Singing and praying accounted for much of her spare time. And it was not until 2008 that she got the chance to watch the Olympic Games.
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 London Olympics: Belarusian Shot Putter stripped of gold medal, dope test positive
Women’s shot put gold medallist at the London Olympics 2012, Nadzeya Ostapchuk has been stripped of her title after being tested positive in a doping test, the IOC announced on Monday.
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 IOA hails pathbreaking performance by Indians in Olympics
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) today hailed the `pathbreaking` performance of its contingent in London and said it will give tremendous boost to sports in the country.
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 India at London Olympics 2012: A glance at the performance of athletes
A look at the Indian athletes performance at the 2012 London Olympics.
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 Olympics: Uganda celebrates first gold after 40 years
People in Uganda celebrated the gold medal won by marathoner Stephen Kiprotich at the 2012 London Olympics. It was Uganda`s first Olympic gold in 40 years since late John Akii Bua won the 400 metres in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
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 London Olympics: Ram Singh finishes 78th in men`s marathon
Armyman Ram Singh Yadav finished 78th with a time of 2:30.06 hours in the Olympic men`s marathon here at The Mall Sunday, marking the end of India`s athletics campaign at the London Games.
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 2012 London Olympics: Enjoy Usain Bolt for bringing some fun to track
There wasn`t any need to shush his doubters this time, because by now Usain Bolt doesn`t have any.
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 London Olympics 2012: 1st Tibetan Olympian wins medal for China
On any other day and in any other situation, the Tibetan exiles who gathered excitedly in groups next to Buckingham Palace would never have come to cheer for an athlete wearing the colours of China.
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 London Olympics 2012: A silver will do for now, for Semenya
Caster Semenya knew she`d blown her first Olympic final by starting out too slowly.
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 Olympic athletics: Farah adds 5000m title to 10000m gold
Britain`s Mo Farah added the 5000 metres title to his 10000 metres gold medal at the London Olympics Saturday.
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 London Olympics athletics: Russia`s Savinova wins gold in women`s 800m
Russia`s Mariya Savinova took Olympic gold in the women`s 800 metres final Saturday, edging out South Africa`s Caster Semenya as the bronze also went to Russia.
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 Olympic athletics: Russia`s Lashmanova wins walk in record time
Russia`s Elena Lashmanova won Olympic gold in the women`s 20km race walk Saturday, beating the world record of her fellow Russian Vera Sokolova in the process.
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