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All eyes on Kerala duo

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It is destiny that brings veteran volleyball players Tom Joseph and K.J. Kapil Dev together in the Indian team after three years.

For more than three Olympics, the duo has won and been part of many

It's India vs Holland in Olympic hockey opener

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India will open their campaign in the 2012 Olympics hockey competition in London with a game against the Netherlands July 30, according to the schedule released by the International Hockey Federation

JJ Chakola tees off into the big league

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J.J. Chakola (27) is Coimbatore’s only golfer to make it to the pro series. A winner of the junior league, golf runs in JJ’s family. “My dad and granddad were both golfers.

Whenever I would come dow

Olympics: Relay hiccup as flame goes out

The Olympic flame went out on Monday for the first time since the torch relay for the 2012 London Games began before being relit from a ‘mother flame’ kept on standby for mishaps, organisers said.

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Johnson FC champs

Johnson FC held their nerve when it mattered the most to defeat Hyderabad Sporting 3-1 in a penalty shootout to clinch the Peter Thangaraj Memorial football tournament title at the Gymkhana Grounds, S

Olympics: London 2012 torch relay starts in Britain

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Sailor Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012 London Games.

The flame arrived in Britain from Gre

As a self-confessed hardliner, I must admit that being a part of the team engaged in Indo-Pak Track 2 dialogue has been very interesting.

In June 2012, world leaders along with thousands of participants from governments, NGOs and environmental groups as well as the private sector will come together in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for Rio+20