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Special Olympics gold medalist striving to make ends meet
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India] Dec 27 (ANI): Many a times cases of sportsmen in India facing apathy have come to the fore and the recent victim is double gold medalist in cycling, Rajbir Singh, who won at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, and is working as a labourer in Ludhiana to make ends
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Mo Farah targeted with racial abuses over Christmas post
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 26 (ANI): The four-time Olympic gold medallist, Mo farah, was hurled with abuses for taking to social media to wish his followers Merry Christmas.
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Bindra calls for improvement in athlete support system
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra has called for improvement in the professional support system of the athletes so that India keeps winning a big haul of medals and producing a continuous line of top performers.
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Shah Rukh Khan offers financial aid to boxing legend Kaur Singh
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan recently helped boxing legend Kaur Singh, who was struggling to pay his medical bills.
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Saina Nehwal bows out of Japan Open
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 21 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a major blow as she crashed out of the Japan Open Super Series after going down against Rio Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin in the second round of the women's singles event here on Thursday.
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`Hated my coach, but stuck with him`: Bindra on Kumble-Kohli rift
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): After Anil Kumble stepped down from the post of Indian cricket team's head coach following a rift with captain Virat Kohli, Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra has revealed how he stuck with a coach he hated, for 20 long years.
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National shooting team detained at IGI Airport
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The national shooting team were on Tuesday detained at New Delhi's IGI Airport after they refused to clear their guns with the customs, informed Abhinav Bindra, the country's lone individual Olympic gold medallist, on Twitter.
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Sindhu dominates Marin to win India Open title
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 2 (ANI): Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu beat Rio Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin to win the India Open Superseries title on Sunday.
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Andy Murray, Mo Farah knighted
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec.31 (ANI): World number one Andy Murray and Olympic gold medallist sprinter Mo Farah have been knighted in the Queen's New Year Honour list.
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TN Govt. announces Rs. 2 cr cash reward for Paralympic Gold medallist Mari
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.10 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday announced a cash reward of Rs. two crore for Rio Paralympic Gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu.
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UWW quashes reports of Yogeshwar Dutt's Olympic gold medal upgradatio
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.6 (ANI): Veteran wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's chances of upgrading his London 2012 Olympic bronze medal into gold were thwarted after the United World Wrestling (UWW) quashed speculations that the gold medallist, Toghrul Asgarov of Azerbaijan, had tested positive fo
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Abhinav Bindra bids adieu to shooting, says 'it's time to move o
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Surajkund (Haryana) [India], Sept. 4 (ANI): Abhinav Bindra, India's lone individual Olympic gold medallist, on Sunday officially announced his retirement from shooting, saying 'it is time to move on and hand over the baton to the younger generation.'
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