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Hockey: India aim to avert bottom finish in Olympic campaign

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Their reputation in tatters, Indian hockey team would look to salvage at least one victory from their disastrous Olympic Games campaign that has pushed them into a playoff to avert the bottom place fi

Sebastian Coe says no drugs concerns over Bolt and Jamaicans

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London Olympics chief organiser Sebastian Coe said on Friday he was satisfied that double sprint champion Usain Bolt and his Jamaican team-mates were being properly drug-tested outside of races.

Coe

Wrestler Amit sails into quarters, Narsingh loses to Canada's Gentry

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Indian male grapplers started their Olympic campaign on a mixed note with the youngest member of the contingent, Amit Kumar Dahiya, progressing to the quarterfinals even as Narsingh Pancham Yadav lost

Prof Sunny sets a new target

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Having accomplished his mission with the national shooting team by helping them win medals in three successive Olympics, Professor Sunny Thomas has decided to retire, but only with the intention of ta

Britain's Nicola Adams wins flyweight gold

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Britain's Nicola Adams won the first ever women's Olympic flyweight final with a 16-7 win over China's world champion Ren Cancan on Thursday to claim the hosts' first boxing gold.

After losing May's

Third time lucky as Felix wins women's 200m gold

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America's Allyson Felix made it third time lucky to win the Olympic 200m crown here Wednesday and deny Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce a sprint double.

Felix, a silver medallist at the 2004 and 200

Grappler Geeta bows out meekly at London Olympics

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Country's lone woman wrestler, Geeta Phogat crashed out of the London Olympics after she was blanked 3-0 by Tetyana Lazareva of Ukraine in the repechage round two bout in the 55kg freestyle category a

Feisty Devendro Singh goes down fighting against Ireland's Barnes

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A brave-heart L. Devendro Singh put up a gallant fight against Ireland's Paddy Barnes before losing the fiercely-fought light flyweight (49 kg) quarter-final bout 18-23 at the London Olympics on Wedne

Olympics: Sahana, Geeta eliminated on another fruitless day for India

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High jumper Sahana Kumari and wrestler Geeta Phogat were eliminated before making any serious attempt to climb the medal podium as India drew a blank on Day 13 of the Olympic Games on Thursday.

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Usain Bolt edges closer to sprint history

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Usain Bolt moved to within one win of an unprecedented second successive Olympic sprint double here on Wednesday as he won his 200m semi-final in impressive fashion.

Bolt - who retained his 100 metre

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