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Indian luge athlete, Shiva Keshavan qualifies for Sochi Winter Olympic Games

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 11:47

India`s sole luge athlete, Shiva Keshavan has qualified for the Winter Olympics to be held in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi from February 7 to 23.

Man gets 10 yr`s RI for raping deaf and dumb athlete

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 22:05

A North Dinajpur district court on Saturday sentenced a 28-year-old man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a deaf and dumb athlete in June.

Bolt targeting to smash own 200 m world record in 2014

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 12:45

World`s fastest man Usain Bolt has said that he wants to break his own 200m World record of 19.19 seconds in 2014.

Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce win 2013 World Athlete awards

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 10:59

Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned male and female World Athletes of the Year for 2013 by the sport`s governing IAAF at a ceremony in Monaco on Saturday.

Bolt shortlisted for 'Athlete of the Year' award

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 23:44

Usain Bolt, the world`s fastest man, joined world high jump champion Bohdan Bondarenko and double Olympic and world 10,000 and 5,000 metres champion Mo Farah on the shortlist for the male Athlete of the Year award announced on Monday.

Bolt and Farah in running for IAAF award

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 08:40

World and Olympic champions Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Mohamed Farah of Britain have both been named among those on the 10-man shortlist for the IAAF 2013 World Athlete of the Year Award.

Sharapova tops Forbes rich list for 9th straight year

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 18:25

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova has topped the Forbes list of highest-paid female athletes for the ninth straight year, the magazine reported Tuesday.

Jamaican athlete Smikle tests positive for drugs following Powell, Gay

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 12:08

Olympic discus thrower Traves Smikle has revealed a positive drug test, becoming the fourth Jamaican athlete exposed to be doping, although he denied that he did not knowingly ingested a banned substance.

Two youths arrested for eve-teasing athlete

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 23:25

An 18-year-old national level sprinter was allegedly eve-teased by five youths in a car and left seriously injured after they tried to run over her.

Woods reclaims ` world`s highest-earning athlete` position in Forbes list

Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2013, 12:35

Golf`s world No. 1 Tiger Woods has reclaimed his position as the world`s highest-earning athlete, according to Forbes, along with climbing back to the top of golf`s rankings in the last 12 months.

Dhoni richer than Alonso, Hamilton, Bolt, Nadal, Djokovic!

Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2013, 09:14

Indian cricket team’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been ranked at 16th place on Forbes` list of highest-paid athletes in the world. Golfer Tiger Woods is the highest paid athlete, according to Forbes.

Omar re-initiates Award function to oblige a Gymnast

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 23:34

In a goodwill gesture, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, `re-initiated` the investiture ceremony seconds before its culmination to oblige a late-comer gymnast and handed over the citation and a medallion to her, on Tuesday.