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Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin win gold medals – London Olympic Games

Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin win gold medals – London Olympic Games Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin won gold medals of Men’s 100m butterfly and Women’s 200m backstroke respectively at the 2012 London Olympic Games. With his impeccable pace, he stayed prominently ahead of his strongest rival, Chad le Clos of South Africa, and tapped […]

World number one Victoria Azarenka crushes Maria Kirilenko to grab bronze at London Olympics – Tennis News

World number one Victoria Azarenka crushes Maria Kirilenko to grab bronze at London Olympics – Tennis News Seeded top in the tournament, Victoria Azarenka, got the better of the Russian star, Maria Kirilenko, in straight sets at the London Olympics 2012, a major sports event taking place after every four years. The Belarusian number one […]

Olympic medal counts

China continue to maintain their dominance in sporting arenas. The secular state are closely followed by the United States of America, with the hosts Great Britain remaining in close pursuit. The Chinese have accumulated 64 medals so far, with 31 gold, 19 silver and 14 bronze medals. On the other hand, USA are one medal […]

Malia Manuel and Lakey Peterson qualify for Nike US Open of Surfing semi-finals

Hawaii’s Malia Manuel and America’s Lakey Peterson emerged victorious in their respective quarter-final heats at the Nike US Open of Surfing, the last of seven stops in the 2012 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women’s World Championship Tour, which went down at Huntington Beach in California, America, on Friday, August 3. Manuel got the better […]

Kevin Pietersen says ‘next Test may be my last’

England’s superstar batsman Kevin Pietersen has hinted his retirement, saying that the next Test against South Africa may his last international game. Pietersen has already announced his retirement from limited-over cricket. "I can’t rule out that my next Test may be my last," he said after winning the Man-of-the-Match award at Headingley. The South Africa-born […]

Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro shocks Novak Djokovic to capture bronze medal in Olympics – Tennis News

Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro shocks Novak Djokovic to capture bronze medal in Olympics – Tennis News Argentinean number one, Juan Martin Del Potro, upset the second seeded Novak Djokovic in straight sets at the London Olympics 2012 on Sunday. He recorded a 7-5, 6-4 victory against the second seeded Serb to capture the bronze […]

David Beckham: Specialist Free Kick-Taker is a strict father in real life

David Beckham: Specialist Free Kick-Taker is a strict father in real life David Beckham is a strict father. The soccer star and his wife Victoria want their children – Brooklyn, 13, Romeo, nine, Cruz, seven, and 12-month-old Harper – to be "down-to-earth" so try to instil in them the values they were brought up with […]

Tontowi Ahmad – Liliyana Natsir start their campaign in a tremendous fashion at Olympic Games

Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir, the top shuttlers from Indonesia, showed their elite class in their first match in Group C and overpowered India’s Jwala Gutta and V. Diju in a commanding manner at 2012 Olympics Games on July 28, at Wembley Arena, London. Tontowi and Liliyana, who are World Number Four in Mixed Doubles […]

Sun Yang and Ranomi Kromowidjojo win gold medals – London Olympic Games

Sun Yang and Ranomi Kromowidjojo win gold medals – London Olympic Games Sun Yang and Ranomi Kromowidjojo captured gold medals of the Men’s 1500m freestyle ad Women’s 50m freestyle respectively at the 2012 London Olympic Games. World champion of the 1500m event, Yang demonstrated his stupendous efforts and improved his own personal mark of the […]

Bhutia aims to secure I-League football for Sikkim

The United Sikkim owner claimed that he would himself play this season and help the side keep their top flight credentials for another year. Baichung Bhutia is one of the major stakeholders of the team and has voiced his concern as they prepare for the upcoming season. He also added that he was confident of […]

Arum: We’re hoping to get a Mayweather fight done

Bob Arum, who is often accused of being an impediment to Pacquiao-Mayweather, has said that he is hoping to get a Mayweather fight for his man on November 10 but on the same note he has admitted that the chances of setting up a mega-fight with the American are not very bright since he has […]

Duncan Fletcher impressed with Manoj Tiwary

Indian head coach Duncan Fletcher is impressed with Manoj Tiwary’s superb knock in the final One Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka. He described that the young lad has established himself as a very strong contender for a place in the one-day squad. "His temperament has shown that he is up to the big occasion, […]

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