Category archives for: Other Sports

Manjit Kaur: Indian athlete stuck into NADA tests

Almost a year after Manjit Kaurdisappeared from the national athletics camp in Patiala evading doping control officers (DCOs) of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), the key runner in the gold medal winning 4x400m relay quartet at the last Commonwealth andAsian Games is facing a two-year ban for refusing to submit to sample collection. Even as the other three members of [...]

World Chess Championship: Anand, Gelfand split point yet again in draw

World champion Viswanathan Anand revealed his hand in the third game but all that he got was a draw after some excitement. Boris Gelfand of Israel fought gallantly and got a draw in 37 moves at theTretyakov Gallery in Moscow on Monday to tie the 12-game World Chess Championship series at 1.5-1.5. The fourth game, with Gelfand having white pieces, will be played on Tuesday. Anand [...]

MMA fighter must have heart: Daniel Issac

Has watching those MMA fighters on the telly left you feeling eager to know more? Do you think you could fight and pummel with your wits about you if given a shot? Daniel Issac, COO of the Super Fight League, says it’s not merely natural skill or talent that they look for in people who want [...]

World champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen dies of heart attack

New York: World champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen of Norway has died of heart attack after a practice session in Arizona. He was 26.A silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and winner of men’s 100 meters breaststroke gold medal at last year’s world championships in Shanghai, Alexander Dale Oen collapsed in a shower on [...]

London Olympics: Drug cheats given green light

LONDON: The BOA (British Olympic Association) has lost a trial ruling that could cause to several high profile athletes previously prohibited for doping offenses competing at London Olympic 2012. The Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS), a body centered in Switzerland that adjudicates on issues within the sporting community, decided that the BOA’s policy of [...]

Indian lifter gained two Olympic quota places

India earned two quota places for the London Olympics, one competitor each in the men’s and women’s sections, as the Asian weightlifting championships concluded at Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Monday. India finished fifth in the men’s team standings with 134 points and fourth in the women’s section with 93 points to earn the quota places. [...]

UK puts missiles on London rooftop to guard Olympic 2012

LONDON: Britain’s military has told people of an upscale apartment development near the Olympic Park in eastern London, it is installing up a missile battery on top of a tower within their building to secure the Olympic-2012 Games this season. The Ministry of Defence said, The site is one of a number around the capital [...]

Donald reclaims World No. 1 ranking in Golf

England’s Luke Donald took back the World No. 1 golf ranking that he lost toRory McIlroy two weeks ago with a strong finish among the leaders at the US PGA Zurich Classic on Sunday. Donald has exchanged the top spot with the Northern Irish star and reigning US Open champion for the past two months. The Englishman needed [...]

Sushil Kumar qualifies for the London Olympics

Former world champion and Beijing Olympics bronze medalist wrestler, Sushil Kumar finally managed to seal his London Olympics berth after winning the 66kg freestyle title at the World Qualifying Tournament in Taiyuan, China on Friday. Sushil Kumar defeated Georgia’s Otar Tushishvilli 3-0 in the final to be eligible for a the London Games in a [...]

Sania Mirza not to play singles till Olympics

The injury-prone Sania Mirza has given up playing singles in the lead up to theLondon Olympics following her third surgery in the last five years, adding that it was “impossible to pursue a singles and doubles career together” and preferred focusing on one. “Tennis, and the surgeries, take a lot out of you. I realized at the start [...]

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