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Invisible flame is burning issue of London Olympics

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The Olympic flame is nowhere to be seen.

The enduring image of the Summer and Winter Games, lit Friday night at the climax of the opening ceremony, is out of sight from the throngs of fans who hoped

Boxing: Vijender powers his way to pre quarters

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India's top pugilist Vijender Singh, touted as a serious medal contender, kept his reputation intact as he cruised into the pre-quarter finals of the boxing event in the Olympics with a comfortable win over Kazakhstan's Danabek Sukhanov here.

India's Olympics mystery woman revealed

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Everybody must be wondering who the mystery woman clad in red and blue was walking with the Indian contingent at the London Olympics opening parade on Saturday.

Now, here we reveal that the lady in r

Olympics: Opening ceremony in numbers

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Pieces of paper dropped: 7,000,000,000

Watts in the public address system: 1,000,000

LED pixels on the audience pixel screens: 640,000

Garments used the build-up to Friday's show: 57,000

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Games: Saina Nehwal starts off on Sunday

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One of India's brightest medal prospects at the Olympics, in-form badminton star Saina Nehwal will start her campaign on Sunday by taking on unheralded Swiss Sabrina Jaquet in her opening group match at the Wembley Arena here.

Men's archery team knocked out of Olympics

The Indian men's archery team was knocked out of the Olympic Games after losing to Japan in a tense pre-quarterfinal shoot-off at teh Lord's Cricket Ground here on Saturday.

The trio of Jayanta Taluk

India's Olympic campaign fails to take off

India's campaign in the Olympics failed to sputter to life on day one as the mixed doubles duo of V. Diju and Jwala Gutta lost their opening group game in badminton and the men's archery team was elim

Kashyap shines in easy opening game win

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Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap started his Olympic campaign in style, getting the better of Belgium's Yuhan Tan in straight games in a Group D match here on Saturday.

The 25-year-old Hyderabadi to

India clueless about mystery woman at march past

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The presence of an unidentified lady beside flagbearer Sushil Kumar in the Indian contingent during the opening ceremony of the Olympics has prompted the country's miffed officials to take up the issu

Vijay Kumar off target as shooting team makes shaky start

India made a shaky start to their shooting campaign in the Olympic Games with Vijay Kumar failing to qualify for the final of the men's 10m Air Pistol event at the Royal Artillery Barracks here on Sa

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