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2016 Summer Paralympics: Expectations high from Rio-bound Indian contingen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): As the Paralympic-bound Indian contingent heads for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, slated to be held from September 7 and 18 in Brazil, the country has pinned high hopes on its athletes winning a lot of medals in the prestigious quadrennial event.
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Russia barred from Rio Paralympics over doping allegations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug.8 (ANI): The International Paralympic Committee (IOC) has issued a blanket ban on all the Russian athletes from competing in the Paralympics games of the ongoing Rio Olympics because of widespread doping allegations in the country.
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Jailed Pistorius rushed to hospital with wrist injuries
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug 7 (ANI): Paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius, who is serving a six-year sentence for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, was yesterday rushed to a hospital with injuries to his wrists after it was reported that he tried to harm himself.
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Protecting animals at Rio Olympics 2016
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI-NewsVoir): World Animal Protection and the Organizing Committee for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic games have announced a partnership to keep the city's animals safe in the run up to and during the games.
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Oscar Pistorius could compete in 2020 Paralympics, says SA Sports chief
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, July 12 (ANI): Disgraced South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius may compete at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, according to the country's Olympic committee chief.
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Oscar Pistorius' sister `grateful` for judge's sentencing decisi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London, July 11 (ANI): The sister of Paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius, who is serving a six-year sentence for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, has said she is` grateful` to the South African judge for giving a lesser sentence to his brother.
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Disgraced Pistorius serving six-year sentence in single room cell
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, July 8 (ANI): Disgraced South African Paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius has been serving his six-year sentence for killing his girlfriend in the same single cell in the hospital section of Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru prison.
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Pistorius given six-year prison term for murder of girlfriend
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, July 6 (ANI): Former South African Paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in jail for the murder of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, the High Court in Pretoria ruled on Wednesday.
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Pistorius awaits sentencing for murder of model girlfriend
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg, July 6 (ANI): A South African high court on Wednesday will pronounce its order on the quantum of sentence for convicted Paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius, who killed his model girlfriend Steenkamp in 2013.
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