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Corporate support important for betterment of sports: Abhinav Bindra
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra has called for good governance for the betterment of sports while urging the corporate houses to look beyond and invest in all forms of sports.
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Women's basketball legend Anne Donovan passes away
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [United States], June 14 (ANI): The New York Liberty Basketball team has condoled the demise of Hall of Famer and Olympic Gold medallist Anne Donovan, who recently passed away aged 56 of heart failure.
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Mo Farah targeted with racial abuses over Christmas post
Updated : 8 years, 4 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, 5 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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Saina Nehwal bows out of Japan Open
Updated : 8 years, 8 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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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Abhinav Bindra bids adieu to shooting, says 'it's time to move o
Updated : 8 years, 9 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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Abhinav Bindra to head NRAI committee to review India's shooting perf
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Aug 25 (ANI): Abhinav Bindra, the country's lone individual Olympic gold medallist, has been appointed as the chairman of a review committee formulated by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) to "examine and identify in a cold and ruthless manner" t
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Murray confident of clinching his second US open title
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug.25 (ANI): Newly-crowned Olympic gold medallist Andy Murray has said he is playing the best tennis of his career at the moment and is confident of clinching his second U.S. Open title.
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