Home » Olympics News » Beijing Olympics Advertisement Sports Ministry announces award of Rs 50 lakhs New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has announced prize money of Rs 50 lakhs to Abhinav Bindra, for his gold medal in the Beijing Olympics 2008, under the scheme of special award to medal winners .... We won Olympic Gold medal by fluke: M M A Fatmi New Delhi: The whole country may be endlessly celebrating its first ever individual Olympics Gold medal, but the achievement could not convince M M A Fatmi, Minister of State for Human Resource.... Jitender second boxer to make into quarters Beijing: Jitender Kumar became the second Indian boxer after Akhil Kumar to enter the quarterfinals and put himself within striking distance of an Olympic medal. The youngster, who turned 20 l.... Poor start by Indian athletes in Olympics Beijing: It was a muted start, almost as usual at this level, for the Indians on Friday, the opening day of the Olympics athletics competition. Neither the heptathlon trio nor the discus du.... Indian boxer Akhil stuns world champion in Beijing Beijing: Indian boxer Akhil Kumar gave the country the best Independence Day gift stunning world champion Sergey Vodapoyanov of Russia to enter the quarterfinals of the men's 54 Kilograms cate.... Paes, Bhupathi knocked out of Olympics Beijing: India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of Beijing Olympics 2008 after losing in straight sets to the Swiss pair Roger Federer and Stanislas Warwinka in men's doubles tenn.... Narang, Rajput fail to qualify for 50 metre Prone Rifle Beijing: Indian shooters continued to misfire as Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput failed to make it to the finals of the men's 50 metre Prone Rifle at the Olympics today. Rajput scored.... Sania, Sunitha knocked out of women's doubles Beijing: Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao crashed out of the Olympic tennis competition, losing to top-seeded Russians Svetlana Kuznentsova and Dinara Safina 4-6, 4-6 in the second round match at Ol.... Abhinav returns to a rousing welcome New Delhi: A band played and people cheered as shooter Abhinav Bindra, who won India its first ever individual Olympic gold, returned to the country to a hero's welcome in New Delhi today. .... Rain gives Paes-Bhupathi a reprieve Beijing: A patchy Indian pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were saved by the rain as their quarter final match against Roger Federer and Stanislas Warinka was suspended with the Indians .... Paes-Bhupathi advance to doubles quarters Beijing: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have slowly but surely blown the cobwebs away. The Indian pair looked the champions they were not long ago as they swept aside the challenge of Brazili.... Khade sets national record in the Olympics Beijing: Indian swimmer Veerdhawal Khade came up with his best performance, setting a new national record in 100-metre freestyle in the Olympics, but that was not good enough to take him to the.... Archers Dola, Bombayla out of Olympics Beijing: India's women archers Dola Banerjee and Laishram Bombayla Devi made first round exits from the individual event, going down to lower-ranked opponents at the Beijing Olympic Games in th.... Beijing Olympics: Abhinav Bindra wins first individual gold medal Beijing: Abhinav Bindra created history today by winning first ever gold medal in individual category for India. The win is also significant, as with this win India has entered into the medal t.... Saina Nehwal stuns Wang to sail into quarterfinals Beijing: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is just one win away from ensuring another individual medal for India after she stunned fourth seed Chen Wang of Hong Kong to move into the quarterfinals of t.... India clinches first gold in individual category Beijing: Abhinav Bindra clinches first gold in men's 10m air rifle. The ace shooter has created history by winning the first ever individual Olympic gold medal for India. Abhinav won the gold .... Saina enters pre-quarters of Beijing Olympics Beijing: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal continued her fine form, beating Ukrainian Larysa Gryga in straight games to advance to the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the badminton competit.... "Despite being 'right' Monika can't go to Beijing" New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Saturday stressed that Monika Devi cannot join the Olympics contingent even as it was reported that she has been cleared of the dope charges. .... Indian women archers lose to China Beijing: The Indian trio of L Bombayla Devi, Dola Banerjee and Pranitha Vardhineni came agonisingly close to a place in the medal rounds before hosts China shattered their hopes with a nail-bit.... Lee Cooper unveils Beijing collection New Delhi: Leading lifestyle apparel and accessories brand Lee Cooper has formally unveiled its Team Great Britain's formal wear for the Beijing Olympics 2008 to the world, a statement issued b.... India should host the 2020 Olympics: Chidambaram Bangalore: Even as the Beijing Olympics 2008 got underway on Friday, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram expressed hope that India would be able to stage the Olympic Games in 2020. Recalling h.... Beijing Olympics opening ceremony: Beijing says 'we did it' Beijing: A day after, China basked in the glow of all-round praise for a visually enchanting opening ceremony show of the 29th Olympiad that left over 100,000 spectators and participants breath.... Beijing Olympics: Shooters continue to disappoint Beijing: In a big setback to India's medal hopes, Samresh Jung failed to make the finals of the men's 10m air pistol (rpt pistol) event following the poor show by Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur.... Beijing Olympics: Shooters continue to disappoint Beijing: In a big setback to India's medal hopes, Samresh Jung failed to make the finals of the men's 10m air pistol (rpt pistol) event following the poor show by Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur.... Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka arrive in Beijing Beijing: India's ruling Congress party president Sonia Gandhi arrived in Beijing today, along with son Rahul, daughter Priyanka, son-in-law Robert Vadra and their two children to attend the ope.... Incredible India campaign in Beijing subways during Olympics New Delhi: Cashing in on the tourist inflow in Beijing during the Olympics, India has planned a month-long Incredible India campaign, showcasing the country's rich heritage and culture, which w.... Lifter Monica fails dope test, withdrawn from Olypics New Delhi: Weightlifter Monica Devi was today withdrawn from the Indian squad for Beijing Olympic Games hours before she was to board the flight to the Chinese capital for failing a dope test, .... Tibetans to march against Beijing Olympics New Delhi: Tibetans living in exile in India are expected to turn out in large numbers for a protest march against the Beijing Olympics in Delhi on Thursday, a day ahead of the inaugural ceremo.... 'Scientific training needed for success in Olympics' New Delhi: India's first certified Olympics trainer L Subramanium feels that athletes who want to make it to the Olympic Games require a scientifically-based, balanced and systematic trai.... Parallel torch relay by Tibetans steals the show New Delhi: More than 5000 Tibetans and prominent Indian personalities like George Fernandes, Kiren Rijiju, Ramdas Athavale, Jaya Jaitley, Kirti Azad, Swami Agnivesh and Nafisa Ali held a parall.... Amid high security Olympic Torch relay ends peacefully New Delhi: Finally the most talked about Olympic Torch made its run at India Gate in the national capital. Though there were speculations and fear that the Tibetan protesters might create distu.... 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