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Olympic champion Balbir Singh passes away
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], May 25 (ANI): Three-time Olympic gold medallist hockey player Balbir Singh on Monday passed away at the age of 95 after battling multiple health issues.
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Top female pole vaulters to face the bar in Ultimate Garden Clash
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], May 15 (ANI): In the second edition of the Ultimate Garden Clash, three of the world's best female pole vaulters-- Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi, two-time US indoor champion Katie Nageotte and Commonwealth Games champion Alysha Newman-- will face-off in a virtual
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Three-time Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang handed eight-year ban by CAS
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], Feb 28 (ANI): The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on Friday handed Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, a three-time Olympic champion, eight years ban for missing an out-of-competition doping test.
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Sonam Kapoor announces beginning of Abhinav Bindra's biopic starring Harsh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 16 (ANI): Actor Sonam Kapoor on Sunday announced the beginning of ace shooter Abhinav Bindra's biopic with a picture of the Olympic Champion with her brother Harshvardhan Kapoor and father Anil Kapoor.
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Usain Bolt headlines star-studded event at the official opening of the new
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Dec 23 (ANI): Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt blazed his way around the brand-new track of the Olympic stadium last Saturday together with other star athletes like Marlou van Rhijn (Dutch Paralympian sprinter) and Hannah Cockroft (British Paralympian and wheelchair runn
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China Open: Carolina Marin defeats Sayaka Takahashi to reach final
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Changzhou [China], Sept 21 (ANI): Reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin defeated Japan's Sayaka Takahashi 20-22, 21-13, 21-18 in a semifinal match of women's singles in the China Open here on Saturday.
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China Open: Carolina Marin thrashes He Bing Jiao, proceeds to semifinal
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Changzhou [China], Sept 20 (ANI): Reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin defeated China's He Bing Jiao 11-21, 21-14, 21-15 in a quarterfinal match of the China Open here on Friday.
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Sumit Nagal showed we can produce singles Grand Slam champion from India:
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): After Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal's brilliant performance against Swiss star Roger Federer, Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra said that the 22-year-old showed that the nation can produce a singles Grand Slam champion.
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Body can't cope with demands of training, competition: Sally Pearson on re
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Former Olympic champion and Australia's track athlete Sally Pearson on Tuesday bid adieu to her 16-year long career, saying her body will not be able to cope with the demands of training and competition.
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Niti Aayog CEO praises Abhinav Bindra for contributing to Indian sports
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday praised Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra for contributing enormously to Indian sports.
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Apurvi Chandela expresses gratitude to Abhinav Bindra for sharing insights
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Indian rifle shooter Apurvi Chandela on Saturday expressed gratitude to Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra for sharing "fine detailed insights" from his journey.
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Caster Semenya loses landmark testosterone levels case against IAAF
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Atlanta [US], May 1 (ANI): Caster Semenya, the double Olympic champion has lost her appeal against the introduction of new rules regulating the testosterone levels for athletes with differences of sex development (DSD).
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