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July 29, 2012 2:11 PM
India's lone woman wrestler at the London Olympics, Geeta Phogat on Thursday lost to Tonya Lynn Verbeek of Canada 1-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Women's 55 kilogram Freestyle event.Geeta had advanced to the last-16 stage after she got a bye in the opening round. But in the pre quarter...
July 29, 2012 2:11 PM
Indian campaign in the Table-Tennis event of the Olympic Games ended today with the defeat of Soumyajit Ghosh in the Men's singles. In the second round at ExCel in London, he lost to Bong Hyok Kim of North Korea. The Korean recorded a 9-11 11-6 11-5 11-9 victory in a tussle, which lasted for cl...
July 29, 2012 2:11 PM
China now hold the top spot in the medals tally of the London Olympics. At the end of Day 10 of the competitions yesterday, China had a haul of 31 gold, 19 silver and 14 Bronze. The United States of America were at the second place with 29 Gold, 15 Silver and 19 Bronze. Hosts Great Britain follow in...
July 29, 2012 2:11 PM
In Badminton, Saina Nehwal's hopes of winning an Olympic Gold were shattered as she could not make it to finals of Olympic Games badminton. World number one Wang Yihan of China defeated Saina 21-13, 21-13 in straight games at the semi-finals today.
July 29, 2012 2:11 PM
India's acting Chef-de-Mission Brig P K Muralidharan Raja today said MC Mary Kom's American coach Charles Atkinson will not join her at the Olympic Village here. According to Raja, Atkinson does not have an AIBA 3 Star Certification, which is a pre-requisite for accreditation. Raja, who is...
July 29, 2012 2:11 PM
Top Indian pugilists, Vijender Singh and MC Mary Kom will vie for glory at the London Olympics today as they play their respective quarterfinal bouts. In the Men's 75 kilogram category, 2008 Beijing Games Bronze medallist Vijender will face Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan at 2:30 am (IST), while five...
July 29, 2012 2:11 PM
In the London Games, Weightlifter Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan set a clean and jerk world record on Sunday to win the gold medal in the women's 53-kilogram category. 19-year old Chinshanlo, lifted 131 kilograms in her second clean and jerk attempt, bettering her own world record by 1 kilogr...
July 29, 2012 2:11 PM
Disgraced Chinese Yu Yang has decided to quit badminton while Chinese officials have told their Olympic team leaders and disgraced players to make a public apology for throwing matches at the London Games. Yu wrote on her Tencent microblog that this was last competition. Goodbye Badminton World Fede...
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