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Putting behind the disappointment of the Olympic Games, shooter Gagan Narang won the gold in the men's 10 metre air rifle event with a world record score in the World Cup Finals in Bangkok ON Wednesday morning.

In a strong field dominated by Beijing Games medallists Chinese Zhu Qinan and Finn Henn Hakkinen, Narang shot a perfect 600 in the qualifying stage and 103.5 in the final for a world r read more »
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India's first-ever Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra is working on a roadmap to prepare other athletes to scale similar heights in future.

"I am working now on a structure which I can be directly involved with for the development of other shooters and athletes. I will actually try and groom people for the future. I am in the process of starting off with a shooting plan," he said.

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or to bowl out all other countries !!??!!

Get ready for competition India, here come the chinese...

As China laps up the plaudits for its staging of the Beijing Olympics, some within the world's most populous nation are turning their attention to cricket.

And having topped the overall medal table at an Olympic Games for the first time, the rest of the world ought to be aware of what Chi read more »
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Should Cricket Be An Olympic Sport ?

Any comments/suggestions/worries/questions ???

PS: Kiran can u add a Category called "Olympics" read more »
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rn१९५२ चा ' तो ' दिवस आणि २००८ चा आजचा दिवस बहुधा सारखंच ग्रहमान घेऊन आला असावा... कारण त्या दिवशीसारखाच चमत्कार, नव्हे पराक्रम आजही घडला... त्या दिवशी भारताचे मल्ल खाशाबा जाधव यांनी जर्मनीच्या पहिलवानाची पाठ टेकवली आणि स्वतंत्र भारतात पहिल्यांदा ऑलिंपिकच्या वैयक्तिक ब्राँझपदकावर देशाचं नाव कोरलं गेलं... आज त्यांच्या read more »
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rn१० मिटर रायफल रायफल शुटिंग स्पर्धेत भारताच्या अभिनव बिंद्राने गोल्डमेडल पटकावून ऐतिहासिक कामगिरी केली आहे. ऑलिम्पिकच्या तिस-या दिवशी पदकाचं खातं उघडलं आहे. दिल्लीच्या २६ वर्षीय बिद्राने फायनलमध्ये प्रवेश केला होता. read more »
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25 Tibetans were arrested in India's financial capital Mumbai today as they tried to storm the Chinese consulate.

The protest came amid nationwide demonstrations by Tibetan exiles coinciding with the India leg of the Beijing Olympics torch relay, which is set to take place under tight security in the capital New Delhi. read more »
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First time in the history of dhyanchand's india, indian hockey is disqualified for olympics. Sad part is TV channels or even portals for that matter wasn't updated with this news, worst we can be sure that not many would be interested even if they were featuring live updates. Boria majumdar has written this article on our national game and its slow death.

It was 3.30 a.m. on Monday and India read more »
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Chief Hockey Coach Joaquim Carvalho has blamed India's below-par performance and some serious blunders for their 0-2 defeat in the World Hockey Olympic qualifying final at the hands of Great Britain, who also did not put up an extra ordinary performance.

Following the defeat, India failed to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time in 80 years since their debut in 1928. "We played t read more »
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