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Need to be consistent to qualify for Olympics: Pradhan

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One of the most experienced players of the present Indian women's hockey team, Subhadra Pradhan believes consistency will be key to the hosts' success in the London Olympics qualifers starting later n

Didn’t know of my selection, says Kothajit

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It was just another day for midfielder Kothajit Singh, who went about his training module at the SAI Centre in Lucknow, on Monday afternoon.

The national camp for the Olympic hockey qualifiers had br

I want at least my son to play squash in Olympics: Rodney

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Disappointment is palpable on Rodney Eyles face when the former world champion talks about squash fraternity’s agonising wait to get into the Olympics.

The racquet sport has been featured regularly

London Olympic travel plan: Be patient, drink beer

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Olympic organisers have some travel advice for the millions of people who work and live in London: Be patient. Have a beer. Work from home.

Rejecting suggestions of possible transport chaos during th

Olympics: 'Isles of Wonder' London ceremony theme

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The theme of the London Olympics opening ceremony will be ‘Isles of Wonder’, organisers revealed on Friday, exactly six months before the showpiece extravaganza kicks off the 2012 Games.

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London 2012 Olympics committee not to drop Dow sponsorship

Despite the resignation by a senior member of the sustainability commission on the Bhopal tragedy issue, organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have said there were no plans to drop 'Dow Chemical' as

London 2012 Olympics Games ethics commissioner quits

Sustainability Commissioner to the London 2012 Olympics, Meredith Alexander, quit on Thursday in protest of the sponsorship deal with Dow Chemical Company for its connection to the Bhopal gas disaster

IOA calls executive meeting to discuss IOC threat

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Faced with the threat from the International Olympic Committee to take action if it does not explain sacked CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi's status in the court cases, the IOA on Mon

Rogge urges Olympic rejuvenation at Youth Games

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New life needs to be breathed into the Olympic Games with younger athletes and audiences in mind, IOC chief Jacques Rogge said ahead of the opening of the first ever Winter Youth Olympics.

"We need t

UK police smuggle fake bomb onto Olympic site

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U.K. police managed to smuggle a fake bomb into Olympic Park in a security test, overshadowing a special Cabinet meeting on Monday at the park that marked 200 days until the Summer Games begin.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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