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All Stories for Commonwealth Games 2014
Boxer L Devendro Singh goes philosophical, says he doesn't believe in sulking over setbacks in life
• 8 years ago"I have been unlucky but who isn't in this world at some point?", asked L Devendro Singh, trying to make sense of past rejections and near misses of an otherwise fine career so far.
Meet Dipa Karmakar: From a flat-footed 6-year-old to India's star woman gymnast
Vinayakkm • 9 years agoDipa Karmakar, who says she has been training at the vault table harder than ever, wants to make Gymnastics history.
Shuttler Kashyap ready for bigger things post clinching CWG gold
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe Commonwealth Games gold medal is a big motivating factor for top Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap to prepare for the tougher World Championships and the Asian Games.
Syringes confiscated from the rooms of Indian athletes at CWG 2014: Report
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAccording to the report, the Village housekeeping staff confiscated syringes and needles on three occasions - at first in a para athlete's room, then in a lounge and the third time in the Wrestler's room.
Ministry seeks report from IOA on officials' arrest in Glasgow
Fp Archives • 11 years agoSports Secretary Ajit Sharan said that the IOA has been told to furnish details of the officials, who were sent to Glasgow by IOA/NSFs along with the amount paid such as air fare, boarding and lodging, local transportation, daily allowance.
Ignored by UP government, star shooter Jitu Rai mulls migrating to Haryana, Punjab
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe shooter is now looking forward to the World Championships, to be held in Granada, Spain, from September 6. The tournament assumes significance as 64 quota places for the 2016 Rio Olympics will be up for grabs.
CWG gold medallist Amit Kumar's rise heralds India's wrestle mania
Ashishmagotra • 11 years agoThe roughest road often leads to the top and Amit doesn't seem to mind that at all -- rather he seems to relish it.
After winning 13 CWG medals, India's wrestlers aim for better show at Asian Games
Fp Archives • 11 years agoHaving put up a great show at the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games, the Indian grapplers are now eyeing an even better performance at the upcoming Asian Games, to be held in Incheon, Korea.
CWG 2014: We never thought winning gold would actually happen, says Dipika Pallikal
Fp Archives • 11 years agoSquash Doubles gold winner Dipika Pallikal on Wednesday said that Joshna Chinappa and she went to the Commonwealth Games with a goal of winning medals and to achieve the target was a dream come true.
We are good at CWG, Asian level but not yet world class: Yogeshwar
Dhar • 11 years agoWhile Rio 2016 remains his long-term target, Yogeshwar's immediate challenge will be the Asian Games in Incheon in September-October.