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August 18, 2012 9:17 AM

Under-19 – Cricket WC: West Indies defeat Zimbabwe

The West Indies defeated Zimbabwe by six wickets in Under-19 - Cricket World Cup at Townsville in Australia. With the victory, the West Indies finished on top of Group C and will now face New Zealand in the second quarterfinal on Monday. Chasing 149 to win, Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite batted till the ...

August 17, 2012 8:19 PM

Under-19 – Cricket World Cup: West Indies defeat Zimbabwe<br/>

The West Indies defeated Zimbabwe by six wickets in Under-19 - Cricket World Cup at Townsville in Australia. With the victory, the West Indies finished on top of Group C and will now face New Zealand in the second quarterfinal on Monday. Chasing 149 to win, Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite batted till the ...

August 17, 2012 7:52 PM

Olympic medal winners meet PM, Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi

London Olympic medal winners today met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi at the PM&apos;s residence in New Delhi. On this occasion, the all six medal winners including Silver medallists shooter Vijay Kumar and wrestler Sushil Kumar and the bronze-medallists wo...

August 17, 2012 7:47 PM

Under-19 – Cricket World Cup: West Indies defeat Zimbabwe

The West Indies defeated Zimbabwe by six wickets in Under-19 - Cricket World Cup at Townsville in Australia. With the victory, the West Indies finished on top of Group C and will now face New Zealand in the second quarterfinal on Monday. Chasing 149 to win, Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite batted till the ...

August 17, 2012 7:31 PM

Cincinnati Masters tournament: Andy Murray lose to Jeremy Chardy

Olympic champion Andy Murray was sent crashing out of the Cincinnati Masters Tennis tournament in Ohio, going down to a shock 6-4, 6-4 defeat at the hands of French lucky loser Jeremy Chardy. Murray, the defending champion at this key US Open warm-up event, won just one match in Toronto last week be...

August 17, 2012 7:26 PM

Australian Open: Dipika Pallikal enters semifinals

Dipika Pallikal today became the first Indian to enter the semifinals of a Gold Series event when she recorded a straight sets win over Amanda Sobhy in the Australian Squash Open tournament at Canberra .Dipika recorded a convincing 11-5, 11-7, 12-10 win over her American rival, who had earlier cause...

August 17, 2012 5:20 PM

Advani suggests time-bound approach to project country as sporting superpower

Senior BJP leader L K Advani today suggested a time-bound approach to project the country as a sporting superpower. In an interaction with the London Olympics medallists in New Delhi, the BJP leader praised the efforts of the six sportspersons who won two silver and four bronze medals for the countr...

August 17, 2012 10:12 AM

Under-19 Cricket World Cup: India defeat Papua New Guinea

India sealed a comfortable victory against Papua New Guinea in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Townsville city of Australia on Thursday. In a Group C encounter, the Indian cricket team registered a comprehensive 107-run win over Papua New Guinea and secured a quarterfinals berth . Its their second...

August 16, 2012 7:34 PM

Delhi Govt to double amount of cash award for wrestler Sushil

Delhi Government has decided to double the amount of cash award, announced for the the wrestler Sushil Kumar who has won a Silver Medal in the London Olympics. Mr Kumar will now get two crore rupees instead of one crore rupees as announced earlier. The decision to this effect was taken at a Cabinet ...

August 16, 2012 4:59 PM

SAIL to sponsor medal winners of London Olympics for next Olympics in 2016

The Steel Authority of India, SAIL will sponsor all medal winners of the London Olympics for the next Olympics to be held in 2016 at Rio De Janeiro. This was announced by the Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma in New Delhi today. He was speaking at a felicitation function of Medal winners in Lon...

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