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Kolkatta Police have filed a charge-sheet against athlete Pinki Pramanik with rape on the basis of a DNA test conducted in Hyderabad in June, which said she was capable of a sexual assault Pinki was arrested on June 14 on a rape when her live-in partner had alleged that Pinki was a male and…
New York City Marathon 2012 was canceled Friday when Mayor Michael Bloomberg reversed himself and yielded to mounting criticism that this was no time to run a race,while the region is still recovering from superstorm Sandy. This is the first time the marathon has been cancelled in the event’s history. Mary…
Edwin Kipyego from Kenya won the men race in Delhi Half Marathon 2012 clocking 1 hr 55 seconds to pick up the prize money of $25,000.Leonard Langat (1:01:07) and Silas Kipruto (1:01:57) of Kenya took the second and third spots respectively. Yimer Wude of Ethiopia won the race in the women’s…
The third day penultimate day of 52nd National Open Athletic Championships held at the Nehri Stadium at Chennai saw some major upsets on Wednesday. London Olympian and National record holder Om Prakash (shot put), V.S. Surekha, National record holder in pole vault and Hari Shankar Roy, the National record holder…
London: South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius brought the curtain down on a summer of thrills in the Olympic Stadium when he won the final Paralympic track gold medal with a dominant display in the men’s 400 metres on Saturday. It was a happy ending for Pistorius who finished the Paralympic Games…
BANGALORE: Union sports minister Ajay Maken has offered athlete HN Girisha, who brought glory to India at the Paralympics inLondon on Monday, the job of a coach at the Sports Authority of India ( SAI). Maken, who had announced on Tuesday that the athlete would get Rs 30 lakh for his effort, said he join…
Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda wins a silver medal in the Men’s High Jump F42 event at the London Paralympic Games also India first medal in this games. The 24-year old from Karnataka , who has an impairment in his left leg, sailed over a height of 1.74m using scissors technique in the final…
Loading image. Please wait German police: Javelin kills official Berlin : Police in Germany say a sports official has died after being struck in the throat by a javelin at an athletics event on Monday. …
BHOPAL: Southern Railways’ KP Bimin set a new national record in pole-vault – scaling 5.13m to break Vijay Pal Singh’s record of 5.10m set way back in 1987 – in the ongoing all-India inter-railways athletics meet at the Tatya Tope Stadium here on Thursday. Bimin competed with two poles he…
Yohan Blake became the second fastest man over 100m when he clocked 9.69sec. World champion Blake, who was silver medallist behind Bolt at the London Olympics, finished ahead of America’s Tyson Gay in 9.83sec with Nesta Carter of Jamaica in 9.95sec. Blake, 22, improved his previous personal best of 9.75sec to…
Lausanne: Usain Bolt eased to victory in the 200m at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday as Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake became the second fastest 100m performer of all time. Bolt, fresh from his second successive triple gold haul at the Olympics, took victory in 19.58sec. Behind him this year’s…
Hosts Kerala outmuscled defending champions Tamil Nadu to win the 24th South Zone junior athletics overall title at kochi on Wednesday. After two days of running neck-and-neck with the neighbouring state, Kerala stepped up the momentum on the last day of the meet, winning a total of 52 gold, 46 silver…
