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Tintu Luka hungry for top-class events

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Tintu Luka’s experience at the London Olympics has transformed her from a media-shy middle distance runner to one who is eager to explain what she needs to achieve her goals.

In her first-ever int

Irfan gets a hero’s welcome

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Thousands of people thronged Al-Anwar higher secondary school on Monday for a glimpse of their Olympian and national record winner K.T. Irfan who was given a rousing reception at Kuniyil, near Areekod

Gagan Narang wants to start an academy in Germany

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London Olympics bronze medallist Gagan Narang plans to start a shooting academy in Germany with the help of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).

"I have a plan to start an academy in Germa

Nothing less than a 'medal spring' awaits us in Rio: President

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Calling for creating a strong sporting nation with sound sports infrastructure, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday set the ball rolling for the next Olympics in Brazil expressing hope that India w

Shocking 'sexploits' that went on in Olympic Village revealed

While the Olympic Games will be remembered as one of the most successful events in British history, the Games Village was a hotbed of sexual activity, with athletes from every discipline and every nat

Antony awards Rs 30 lakhs for Vijay Kumar, says more to come

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Olympic silver medalist Subedar Major Vijay Kumar was on Friday given a cheque of Rs.30 lakh by Defence Minister A.K. Antony who said more will come his way for the ace shooter in the near future.

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Vijay Kumar wants officer-rank post

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Olympic silver medallist shooter Vijay Kumar was happy after being promoted to the post of Subedar Major but felt he deserved to be elevated to an officer-rank post after his exploits at the internat

I got confused in the semifinal bout: Mary Kom

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She is over the moon after becoming the first Indian woman boxer to clinch an Olympic medal but bronze is not the colour for M.C. Mary Kom, who feels she could have finished higher on the podium had i

SpiceJet announces life time free air tickets to medal winners

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Budget airlines SpiceJet on Tuesday announced that it would provide free air tickets for life to all Indian medal winners at the just-concluded London Olympics.

"SpiceJet Ltd is proud to be associate

London bids farewell to Olympics, US top of the world

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London said farewell to the Olympic Games on Sunday with a high-octane romp through British pop music, bringing the curtain down on more than two weeks of action at the end of which the United States

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Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.