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Lok Sabha adjourned till 3 pm today after marathon midnight proceedings
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 3 pm on Monday after the proceedings stretched beyond midnight with members discussing matters of urgent public importance.
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Dominic Thiem defeats Alexander Zverev in historic US Open final
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], September 14 (ANI): Austria's Dominic Thiem defeated Germany's Alexander Zverev after making an unprecedented comeback in the five-set long marathon final 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(6) to lift his maiden US Open title on Monday.
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Peres Jepchirchir smashes women-only half marathon world record in Prague
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], September 5 (ANI): Long-distance runner Peres Jepchirchir smashed the women-only race world record in the half marathon in Prague on Saturday morning.
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US to seek death penalty again for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for Boston Marathon b
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 21 (ANI/Sputnik): US Attorney General William Barr will again seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon bombing, the Associated Press reported.
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7-Eleven parent to buy US convenience store Speedway for $21 billion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Texas [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): 7-Eleven Inc has entered into an agreement to acquire Speedway, a leading convenience store chain, from Marathon Petroleum Corp for 21 billion dollars in cash.
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Federal govt must again seek death penalty for Boston bomber, says Donald
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 3 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the federal government must again seek the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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BJP starts preparations for West Bengal assembly polls, sharp focus on 190
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): BJP has begun preparations for West Bengal Assembly elections scheduled for the next year with senior party leaders holding marathon meetings in the national capital.
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World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 launch virtual mas
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Gdynia [Poland], July 24 (ANI): World Athletics and the Local Organising Committee of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 have launched a new initiative - a virtual mass race on October 17, the same day when the world's elite runners will compete for the championship.
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2020 Chicago Marathon cancelled due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chicago [USA], July 14 (ANI): The 2020 Chicago Marathon and all race weekend activities have been cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic, the organisers announced on Monday.
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On this day in 2019: World witnessed marathon Wimbledon final
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): One year ago on this day, Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic won his fifth Wimbledon title after defeating Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer in a five-set thriller.
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Kenya's Wilson Kipsang banned for four years for violating anti-doping rul
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], July 3 (ANI): Kenya's former marathon world-record holder and Olympic bronze medalist Wilson Kipsang has been handed a four-year ban for Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Friday.
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New York City Marathon cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 24 (ANI): The 2020 New York City Marathon on Wednesday was cancelled due to the concerns regarding the spread of coronavirus.
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