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After Asian Games feat, Hima Das eyeing Olympics
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Aug 27 (ANI): Indian sprinter Hima Das, who bagged a silver medal in the women's 400 m final at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games, said she was hopeful of giving her best performance for India in the 2020 Olympics to be held in Tokyo.
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Asian Games: Lakshmanan Govindan wins bronze in men's 10,000m final
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 26 (ANI): Indian sprinter Lakshmanan Govindan on Sunday bagged a bronze medal in Men's 10,000m Athletics event at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games. The 28-year-old finished third on the podium with a timing of 29:44:91.
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Asian Games: Hima Das, Muhammed Anas get silver in 400m race
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 26 (ANI): Indian sprinters Hima Das and Muhammed Anas bagged silver medals in their respective categories of 400m race at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games on Sunday.
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Usain Bolt wants to be treated as a footballer
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], August 21 (ANI): Former Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who recently joined A-League Club Central Coast Mariners to pursue his dream of playing football, has said that instead of being treated as world's fastest man, he would like to be known as a footballer.
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Usain Bolt arrives in Sydney for football trial
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 18 (ANI): Former Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has arrived in Sydney ahead of his football trial with A-League club Central Coast Mariners.
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Hima Das makes it to AAA list of athletes for IAAF Continental Cup
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Sprinter Hima Das, who recently became the first Indian woman to clinch gold medal in the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World U-20 Athletic Championships, has made it to the Asian Athletics Association's list of athletes who will b
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Indian sprinter Muhammad Anas sets new national record
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], July 22 (ANI): Indian sprinter Muhammad Anas broke his own 400m national record at the Cena Noveho Mesta nad Metuji event here on Saturday.
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Hima Das wins India's first ever gold in U-20 Athletics c'ship
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jul 21 (ANI): Sprinter Hima Das, from Assam, scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to win gold in the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World U-20 Athletic Championships.
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PM Modi moved by Hima Das' gesture of patriotism
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday tweeted a video of the final winning moments of Hima Das, who clinched gold at the IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships, and said that he was "touched deeply" with sprinter's gestures.
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Sports fraternity hails Hima Das's historic feat
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The sports fraternity has come in unison to congratulated sprinter Hima Das, who recently became the first Indian woman to win gold at the IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships.
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T-Mobile, Sprint ink $26 Billion Deal, agree to merge
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Apr 30 (ANI): US wireless carriers T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. have finally inked about a $26 billion deal after years of negotiations punctuated by two breakups.
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AFI selects Indian team for SAF Junior meet in Colombo
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 26 (ANI): The Athletic Federation of India (AFI) on Wednesday announced that national junior record breaker sprinter Gurindervir Singh will lead the Indian athletics team at the third South Asian Junior Athletics Championships to be held from May 5 to 6 in Colombo, Sri
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