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Paes bestowed with 'Legend of Sport' award
Indian tennis star Leander Paes, who recently completed his career Grand Slam, was on Sunday chosen for 'Legend of Sport' award by NDTV, which announced the Spirit of Sport awards in New Delhi.
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'Full Metal Jousting' adds steel armour to 12th century sport
Washington, Feb 6 (ANI): Jousting, a sport from 9 centuries ago, is getting a modern day makeover thanks to History Channel's new series "Full Metal Jousting".
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Contador banned for two years over doping, set to lose Tour title
Spain's Alberto Contador has been given a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for failing a dope test during the 2010 Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Monday.
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From heaven to hell, Greek sport in freefall
ATHENS (Reuters) - Peeling paint flakes from Athens' Olympic park. Its entrances locked, this once sparkling edifice to sporting greatness lies rotting and largely unused -- maintenance costs too high for near-bankrupt Greece to operate. The rate of decay and dilapidation in just eight years provides a visual clue to the Greek scenario, one as effective as any economist's report or politician's ...
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Lance Armstrong cleared of doping charges
Los Angeles (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped an investigation centered on whether seven-time Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammates cheated the sponsor of their bike racing team with a secret doping programme. The decision means that Armstrong, a cancer survivor and one of his sport's greatest champions who has always vehemently denied using performance ...
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Contador gets two year ban over doping, set to lose Tour title
PARIS (Reuters) - Alberto Contador is set to lose one of his three Tour de France titles after being banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday for failing a dope test during the 2010 race. Contador, the Tour winner in 2007, 2009 and 2010 who tested positive for the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol, also faces losing his 2011 Giro d'Italia title and all the other ...
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U.S. prosecutors drop probe of Lance Armstrong team
Los Angeles (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped an investigation centered on whether seven-time Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammates cheated the sponsor of their bike racing team with a secret doping program. The decision means that Armstrong, a cancer survivor and one of his sport's greatest champions who has always vehemently denied using performance ...
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Karate kids on the prowl
Despite being a physical sport it tempers down aggression. "You are controlling your aggression by training your response. When you are angry or upset it is not an impulsive immediate response but you try to control your response in a more disciplined manner," said Ram.
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'Boxing will get bigger after the Olympics'
Vijender supported the initiative to give marks to sports in schools in the country and said he wants it as a subject in curriculum. "Giving marks to sports will help sportspersons take to studies and I hope sports can be a subject in schools in future," he said.
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Tata Steel game for reviving tribal sport
The boys and girls teams from St Peter English School, AYC Club, Sidhu-Kanhu High School and Sidhu-Kanhu Oriya High School, demonstrated the game in front a local audience, comprising mostly tribals, in Karandih on Sunday.
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