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Gowda qualifies for discus final, but shooters disappoint

Vikas Gowda qualified for the men's discus throw final round without much fuss, but Indian shooters, including 10m air rifle bronze winner Gagan Narang, were eliminated in the preliminaries at the

It's cheating, says livid Manoj after Olympic ouster

Indian boxer Manoj Kumar (64kg) cried 'cheating' as he made a controversial exit from the Olympics, losing a thrilling pre-quarterfinal bout to home favourite Thomas Stalker at the ExCel Arena here.

No Indian protest after Manoj’s Olympic ouster

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Fuming they might be after medal hope Manoj Kumar's controversial ouster from the Olympic Games, but the Indian boxing team decided against filing a protest against the pre-quarterfinal loss here.

I'll be fit for Federer, says Murray

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Andy Murray insists he will be fully fit for his Olympic final with Roger Federer after he battled through two hard-fought matches on Saturday to reach the mixed doubles final with Laura Robson.

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Sprint kings centre-stage for 100m shoot-out

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The race to be crowned world's fastest man takes centre stage at the Olympics on Sunday as Usain Bolt bids to defend his 100m title in what is being billed as potentially the quickest race in history.

Isinbayeva bids for third Olympic pole vault

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Russian pole vault legend Yelenya Isinbayeva will be bidding for a third Olympic gold medal on the fourth day of athletics action here on Monday.

Isinbayeva headed to London boosted by gold in the 20

Poonia says she will do better in next Olympics

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Ace discus thrower Krishna Poonia is satisfied with her seventh place finish at the London Games and said she will now aim to do better in the next Olympics in Brazil.

Poonia hurled the discus to a d

Mary Kom makes it to last-eight of 51 kg category

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India's medal contender M.C. Mary Kom stormed into the quarterfinals of the women's flyweight category (51 kg) in the boxing event of the Olympic Games with a comfortable 19-14 victory over Poland's K

Olympics: Murray routs Federer to take gold

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Britain's Andy Murray demolished Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the Olympic men's final on Sunday to win his first gold medal and avenge his Wimbledon final defeat against the world number one.

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Irfan finishes 10th in 20km race walk

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India's K.T. Irfan finished a creditable 10th in the men's 20km Race Walk competition with a new national record in the London Olympics here on Saturday.

Irfan clocked 1::20:21 in the race participat

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