Posts Tagged ‘olympics’

London, Nov 22 (IANS) The London Assembly has called for Twenty20 cricket to be included as a showcase sport in the 2012 Olympic Games. Members agreed a motion urging the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games ... Full story

Finally Indian Wrestler Won Bronze in Olympics After Beating Kazakhstan's wrestler n the men's 66 kg freestyle wrestling. Congratulation to Sushil Kumar Full story

Leander paes and Mahesh Bhupathi beat Melo-Sa 6-4, 6-2 in the Pre-Quarterfinals on Wednesday to Reach Quarterfinals.In Quartersfinals They will meet the winner of the match between fourth seeds Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland and Russia's Dmitry Tursunov/Mikhail Youzhny. Full story

Saina Nehwal Out of Olympics.India's Medal hope shattered.The 18-year-old Saina Nehwal last to Indonesian Maria Kristin Yulianti.In a nail-biting opening game, Saina frittered away a game point before getting her act together to go one up. The decider looked like going Saina's way as she led 11-5 at one point but nerves got the better of the world number 15 Indian in the closing stages ... Full story

Indian Swimmer Poncha From Bangalore Out of Olympics.22 year old Rehan Poncha Failed to Qualify in 200m butterfly.He finished 40th out of the 44 competitors.Niksa Roki of Croatia, who finished the race in 1:59.58 seconds. Full story

Saina Nehwal defeated Chen world no 5 21-19 , 11-21, 21-11 in 53 minutes and made a place in the pre-quarterfinals ,This is the first time that she has beaten Chen. Saina started slowly and allowed six points in a row to Chen.but stepped up her game to win next five points to regain the momentum for a 15-13 lead.And Finally she made it to Quater ... Full story