Union Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Ajay Maken, took up the matter of supposedly meager amount of Rs.25000 each being given to the Hockey Team by the Hockey India (HI). Shri Narendra Batra, SecretaryGeneral, HIinformed that the HI is not in a financial position to grant more reward money. He [...]
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In a tight corner after the victorious Indian hockey team rejected it’s paltry cash reward, Hockey India today requested Sports Minister Ajay Maken to “announce a suitable reward” for the national side’s triumph in the Asian Champions Trophy. The Indian hockey players outrightly rejected HI’s meagre cash reward of Rs 25,000 each for winning the [...]
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The Ministry of Railways is considering to create a separate sports cadre for further giving impetus to sports in Indian Railways. This was announced by the Minister of Railways, Shri Dinesh Trivedi while speaking at a programme organized to felicitate the National Sports Awardees of Indian Railways. The Minister said that Railways is proud of [...]
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The Government has announced the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award,Arjuna Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards and Dronacharya Awards for the year 2011, here today. A large number of nominations were received for these awards this year, which were considered by three select panels of eminent sportspersons and sports administrators; one headed by Shri Dinesh Khanna, (for Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaAward, Arjuna Award), one headed by Shri Satpal (for Dronacharya Award) and one headed by Secretary (Sports) (for Dhyan Chand Award). Based on the [...]
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Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina clinched their first title in just their third WTA event as a team, lifting the BNP Paribas Open women’s double trophy after upstaging Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy in Indian Wells,USA. Sania and Vesnina beat eighth seeds Mattek-Sands and Shaughnessy 6-0 7-5. Mirza and Vesnina, who were [...]
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The expression Grand Slam, initially used to describe the winning of the tennis major events in one calendar year, was later incorporated by other sports, notably golf, to describe a similar accomplishment.The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and [...]
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Company / Industry News!! Health insurance policy portability from 1st July Bharti Airtel has maximum active customers RAPID GK SERIES 64 Economy Robust 32% rise in Jan exports to $20.6b Infra projects may get pension, insurance funds Industrial growth drops to 1.6 pc in Dec; lowest in 20 months Food inflation at 7-week low of [...]
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Somdev Devvarman jumped 30 places to reach career best singles ranking of 80 in the ATP charts following his stupendous show at the SA Tennis Open. Somdev lost the summit clash to local favourite Kevin Anderson but earned 150 ranking points, that helped him climb the ranking ladder up. Somdev had broken into top-100 in [...]
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TALENT TO THE FORE: ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa’ s son Aicheng Rajkonwar. Jailed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa’s son Aicheng Rajkonwar (also called Gadadhar Rajkonwar) has made it to the 13-member roller-skating squad of Assam that will take part in the National School Games to be held in Delhi from December [...]
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Beijing Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has been included in the Athletes Committee of the International Shooting Sport Federation. Bindra was nominated to the committee by the Nation Rifle Association of India with the aim to make contribution towards the development of the sport.
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Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar s record-breaking one-day International double century has found a place in Time magazine s ‘Top 10 Sports Moments’ of the year. In February, however, India s Sachin Tendulkar, the greatest run scorer of all-time, hit the magic milestone against a powerful South African squad. Tendulkar smacked three ˜sixes – the cricket [...]
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Their message of ‘Stop War Start Tennis’ fetched Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Of The Year award during the ATP World Tour Finals in London. The two players have been playing with the message of ‘Stop War Start Tennis’ for quite some time on the [...]
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Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull became the youngest Formula One champion in history with victory in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Vettel went into the F1 finale lying third overall but as one of four drivers capable of lifting the title and becomes the youngest champion in the history of the sport at age [...]
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Swimmer Zhu Qianwei wrote her name in the history books by winning China’s 1,000th Asian Games gold medal, a feat no other nation has achieved. The landmark was reached 36 years after China first competed in an Asiad at Tehran in 1974. They have progressively become more dominant over the years, culminating in winning 165 [...]
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Lee Westwood was officially confirmed as the new world number one, ending Tiger Woods’s five-year long reign at the top. The 37-year-old Englishman moved marginally ahead of the American despite not playing last week as he had amassed more ranking points over the last two years. He is the first European golfer to head the [...]
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