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France reclaims gold in Men's Team Sabre 2008-08-17 10:14:55 France took the final gold medal in Fencing at the Beijing 2008 Olympics by beating the United States 45-37 in the Men's Team Sabre final on August 17.France, gold medalist in this event at Athens 2004, has successfully defended its supremacy.In the outstanding Fencing final, France's Boris Sanson, Nicolas Lopez and Julien Pillet took a comfortable 20-11 lead after only four bouts.The US athletes Read more:France
Xiao Qin wins gold in Men's Pommel Horse 2008-08-17 10:14:41 Xiao Qin of China won the Pommel Horse
gold with a flawless performance Sunday. Filip Ude of Croatia and Louis Smith of Great Britain were tied at 15.725 points, but Ude won the silver with a better executed performance pushing Smith to bronze.Xiao has won the gold medals in the last three World Championships, earning him the nick-name "Pommel King". He scored 15.875 points during his performance
Williams sisters romp to doubles gold 2008-08-17 10:14:01 American sisters Serena and Venus Williams
thrashed Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2 6-0 to win the Olympic gold medal in tennis women's doubles on Sunday.The Williamses blazed to victory in a little over an hour. They have now won two Olympic doubles titles, having also achieved the feat in Sydney in 2000 when Venus also won the singles gold medal.The bronze medal we
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser won women's 100m gold 2008-08-17 10:11:39 Jamaica's Shelly
-Ann Fraser
won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 100 meters on Sunday.Shelly-Ann Fraser took Olympic gold in the women's 100m, leading home an unprecedented clean sweep for Jamaica. Fraser finished in a time of 10.78 seconds, with her compatriots Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart sharing the silver medal after a dead heat. "I'm so excited. I never dreamed this could happen to
Boxing Good Hunting Ground for India 2008-08-17 09:50:40 The boxing ring in the Olympics continued to be India
's happy hunting ground as Haryana hurricanes Jitender and Vijender scripted sensational all-the-way victories and booked a berth in the quarterfinals and need one win each to ensure India a medal.Making his Olympic debut, Jitender Kumar, the 21-year-old diminutive flyweight boxer from Haryana, swamped Uzbekistan's Tulashboy Doniyorov 13-6 in a
Olympics - Day Nine Photos 2008-08-17 09:43:59 Members of the Canadian team rowBen Ainslie prepares to competeBritain's men's cycling pursuit team, including Hoy, take more than a second off their own world record to reach the Olympic finalBack at Shunyi Olympic Park, Great Britain (bottom) hold off defending champions USA to take silver in the men's eightRebecca Romero becomes the first British woman to medal in two sports as she beats Wendy Read more:Olympics
, Day Nine
Golds fire Britain up medal table 2008-08-17 09:16:43 Britain's sailors, rowers and cyclists won four more gold medals on Sunday to match the team's Saturday surge and reach third in the Olympic medal table. There were sailing golds for Yngling trio Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson, and Ben Ainslie in the Finn. Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter took GB's first lightweight rowing gold, and Rebecca Romero won cycling's pursuit. Fellow cyclist Wendy Read more:Britain
Ilya Ilin Won Gold : Weightlifting 94 kg 2008-08-17 09:03:12 Ilya Ilin of Kazakhstan won the Men's Weightlifting 94 kilogram final on Sunday, August 17 with a total weight of 406kg.Nizami Pashayev of Azerbaijan lifted 181kg in the Snatch, followed by Asghar Ebrahimi of Iran and Ilin who tied at 180kg. Szymon Kołecki of Poland lifted 179kg.In the Clean and Jerk, Ilin lifted 226kg and locked first place. Kołecki lifted 224kg and took the silver medal with a
Rafael Nadal wins Olympic gold medal 2008-08-17 09:00:38 Reigning Wimbledon champion RafaelNadal
of Spain defeated Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3 to capture the gold medal in the Men's Single Tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympic
Games on August 17. Gonzalez took the silver medal.Courtesy : www.en.beijing2008.cn Read more:Rafael Nadal
Primoz Kozmus finds gold 2008-08-17 08:57:57 Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia has taken gold in the Men's Hammer Throw at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17, giving Slovenia its first ever Olympic track and field gold medal...Kozmus, a silver medalist at the world championships last August, produced a season-best of 82.02 meters on his second throw.Belarus filled out the rest of the podium, with Athens 2004 fourth-place finisher Vadim Devy
Romanian gymnast triumphs in Women's Floor Exercise 2008-08-17 08:52:19 Romania's Sandra Izbasa caused an upset today by winning the gold medal in the Women
's FloorExercise
. Izbasa, the last gymnast to perform, scored 15.650.The United States' Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin won the silver and bronze medals respectively.Johnson, who performed first, looked unbeatable when China's Jiang Yuyan and Liukin could not surpass her score of 15.500.However, Izbasa stunned the
Hong wins gold in Women's Vault 2008-08-17 07:56:38 Hong Un-jong of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea won the gold medal in the Women
's Vault
in Beijing on August 17. Hong's two vaults averaged 15.650.Germany's Oksana Chusovitina won the silver medal with an average of 15.575, while China's Cheng Fei won the bronze medal with an average of 15.562.An excellent first vault by Cheng scored 16.075 and the gold medal favorite looked unbeatable.
Michael Phelps amazes world with Beijing eight 2008-08-17 07:47:05 Swimmer MichaelPhelps
went on Sunday where no one has been before to win a record eighth gold at one Olympics and surpass Mark Spitz's famous 1972 feat.The American stole the limelight even from Jamaican Usain Bolt's audaciously brilliant 100m win in the athletics showpiece that has been the Beijing
Games' other defining moment so far.On an unhappier note, American shooter Matt Emmons threw away
Michael Phelps vs Mark Spitz 2008-08-17 06:13:49 Following is a comparison between swimmer MichaelPhelps
, who broke the record for the most gold medals at a single Olympics on Sunday, and the previous record holder Mark Spitz:- Both swimmers are American. Phelps was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and Spitz in Modesto, California.- Phelps comes from a broken home. His policeman father Fred and school teacher mother Debbie separated when he was sev
China's Zou wins Olympic Men's Floor Exercise gold 2008-08-17 06:04:54 China's Zou Kai performs on the floor. (Photo credit: Xinhua)Chinese gymnast Zou Kai won the Olympic
Men's FloorExercise
with a score of 16.050 points here on Sunday.Spain's Gervasio Deferr claimed the silver with 15.775 points and Russian Anton Golotsutskov took the bronze with 15.725.Courtesy : www.en.beijing2008.cn Read more:China
Williams sisters claims gold medal 2008-08-17 06:03:39 Serena Williams
and Venus Williams (front) of the United States compete. (Photo credit: Xinhua)Reigning Wimbledon champions Serena Williams and Venus Williams of United States defeated French Open champions Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2, 6-0 to capture the gold medal in the Women's Doubles Tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17. Read more:claims
Elena Dementieva captures gold medal 2008-08-17 06:01:32 Elena Dementieva of Russia returns to Dinara Safina of Russia. (Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)Sydney 2000 silver medalist Elena Dementieva of Russia defeated teammate Dinara Safina 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 to capture the gold medal in the Women's Single Tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17. Safina took the silver medal.Courtesy : www.en.beijing2008.cn Read more:Elena
China gets gold in Women's Quadruple Sculls 2008-08-17 05:58:52 China (Tang Bin, Jin Ziwei, Xi Aihua and Zhang Yangyang) won gold in the Women
's Quadruple Sculls with a time of 6:16.06, edging out Great Britain with spirited row in the final sprint. The British crew grabbed silver with a time of 6:17.37; bronze went to Germany, which finished in 6:19.56.Britain started the race in the lead but China accelerated in the final 500 meters to grab gold in a thrilli Read more:China
Japan's Icho wins Women's 63kg Freestyle Wrestling gold 2008-08-17 05:49:21 Icho Kaori competes against Alena Kartashova. (Photo credit: Phil Walter/Getty Images)Japan
's Kaori Icho beat Alena Kartashova of Russia to win the Women
's 63kg Freestyle
Wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday.Kartashova took the silver while Randi Miller of the United States and Kazakhstan's Yelena Shalygina finished a joint third.Courtesy : www.en.beijing2008.cn
China's Wang Jiao wins gold in Women's Freestyle 72kg Wrestling 2008-08-17 05:44:30 China's Wang Jiao beat Bulgaria's Stanka Zlateva to win the Women
's 72kg Freestyle
Wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday.Zlateva won the silver while Japan's Hamaguchi Kyoko and Agnieszka Wieszczek of Poland both took a bronze medal. Read more:China
Canada wins Men's Eight Rowing gold 2008-08-17 05:43:21 Members of the Canadian team row. (Photo credit: Xinhua)The Canadian crew in the Men's Eight
Rowing led all the way crossing the finish line first in 5 minutes 23.89 seconds here on Sunday.Defending champion the United States won the bronze medal with 5:25.34. The British boat won the silver medal by finishing the race in 5:25.11. Read more:Canada
Food for fuel: Olympian Phelps' unusual diet 2008-08-17 05:40:46 As US swimming sensation Michael Phelps
sets his sights on more gold medal wins at the Beijing Olympics this weekend, the BBC's Michael Hirst examines the part an extraordinary diet has played in the sportsman's remarkable success. If it is true that you are what you eat, then here is the suggested intake if you want to become history's most successful Olympian
: For breakfast: three fried egg sand
Denmark delivers with gold in Lightweight Men's Four 2008-08-17 05:36:41 The Denish team row strokes. (Photo credit: Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua)After posting the fastest times of the heats and semifinals, Denmark
(Thomas Ebert, Morten Joergensen, Mads Christian Kruse Andersen and Eskild Balschmidt Ebbesen) posted the best time in the medal race to win gold in the Lightweight Men's Four. Their time of 5:47.76 beat out second-place finisher Poland, who finished in 5:49.39, and b
Britain wins Finn gold at Olympic sailing 2008-08-17 05:33:00 (Photo credit: Paul Gilham/Getty Images)Ben Ainslie of Britain
won the Finn gold medal at the Olympic
Sailing Regatta in Qingdao on August 17.Zach Railey from the United States took the silver medal and the bronze medal went to Guillaume Florent from France.
Sachin Tendulkar Fit to play in Irani Cup tie against Delhi 2008-09-08 06:24:39 A fit-again SachinTendulkar
is all set to get back into his groove after a poor run with the bat in the three-Test series against
Sri Lanka by taking part in the Irani Cup tie for Rest of India against Delhi at Vadodara later in September. "I will be participating in the Irani Trophy. Just now I'm fine," declared the master batsman at a promotional event for Aviva Insurance of which he is a brand Read more:Sachin Tendulkar
Serena Williams plans new era of dominance 2008-09-08 06:17:34 New world number one SerenaWilliams
warned her rivals she had a renewed passion for the sport after capturing her third US Open title. The 26-year-old's win over Jelena Jankovic earned her top spot in the rankings for the first time since 2003. "I feel like I have a new career. I feel so young and I feel so energised to play every week," she said. "I feel there's just so much that I can do in my Read more:plans
, Serena Williams
Ganguly,Yuvraj, Rohit left out of Rest of India team for Irani Trophy 2008-09-08 06:08:04 Sourav Ganguly
was not included in the Rest of India
squad for the Irani Trophy
match against Ranji Trophy champions Delhi, to be played in Baroda, from September 24-28.Yuvraj
Singh and Rohit
Sharma were also left out of the 14-man squad, announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in Mumbai on Monday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads India's charge at ICC Awards 2008-09-08 06:05:15 Mahendra SinghDhoni
leads India
's charge
at the LG ICC Awards
2008 with nominations in two categories, the International Cricket Council announced on Monday.Dhoni, India's one-day and Twenty20 International (T20I) captain, is nominated for two prizes ---- the ODI Player of the Year and the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year ---- the latter for his captaincy in leading India to the ina
Lewis Hamilton stripped of Belgian Win - Belgian Grand Prix 2008-09-08 05:58:47 Hamilton leads at the first corner in the McLaren while Kimi Raikkonen claims second spot from Ferrari team-mate Felipe MassaMcLaren's Lewis
Hamilton was stripped of a dramatic victory in the BelgianGrand
Prix after stewards handed him a 25-second post-race penalty. The Englishman was demoted to third place behind Ferrari's Felipe Massa and BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld. He was accused of gaining an Read more:Hamilton
, Lewis Hamilton
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