The MLA who told the national kabaddi women's team coach that she should wear appropriate clothes - that is, a sari instead of shirt and ...
10:55 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The government seems to have major hopes attached to archery, boxing and shooting - increasing their budget by almost 100 percent. ...
04:48 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Himachal Pradesh has demanded setting up of new rail projects, especially in its industrial belt of Baddi-Barotiwala, besides expediting ongoing rail projects, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said in Shimla on Monday. ...
06:29 PM, Feb 18, 2013
For the third consecutive time, India won the men's final of the World Kabaddi Cup by crushing arch-rivals Pakistan 59-22. ...
11:45 PM, Dec 15, 2012
The Indian men's team stormed into the semifinals of the 3rd Kabaddi World Cup beating Denmark 73-28. ...
08:16 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Among major countries which are participating are Afghanistan, Argentina, Canada, Denmark, England, Iran, Italy, Kenya, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Scotland, Sierra Leon. ...
10:41 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Patna: India clinched the first women's Kabaddi World Cup championship title, defeating Iran 25-19 in the final played at Patlipura sports complex at Kankerbagh here on Sunday. In a thrilling encounter, the Indian eves held upper hand throughout the match and led their Iranian counterparts 19-11 at the half time. Cheered by the fans at the jam-packed stadium, the Indian women held out a strong challenge by the Iranian in...
08:44 PM, Mar 04, 2012
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The "Why this Kolaveri di" song has captured the imagination of the youth of the nation. With a view count of almost 20 lakh people ...
01:02 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Ludhiana: Hosts India defeated Canada 59-25 in the final to lift the World Cup in men's Kabaddi at Guru Nanak Stadium here on Sunday night. Indians maintained their dominance right from the start and were leading 28-13 by half-time over Canadians, who had lost a few players earlier to doping. Canadians, who had defeated Pakistan in the semi-finals in the tournament earlier, struggled to maintain momentum in the second half...
09:06 AM, Nov 21, 2011
Bathinda: A spirited Canada pulled off a surprise win over Pakistan to set up a clash with hosts India in the finals of the second World Cup Kabaddi to be played at Ludhiana on Sunday. India reached the finals of the 20-day tournament easily, defeating the Italian team 74-15 in their semi-final match played at the flood-lit multi-purpose stadium here Friday evening. But the big upset was in the second...
09:38 AM, Nov 19, 2011
Bhatinda: Tragedy struck the Indian women's Kabaddi team when the bus carrying the players met with an accident and caught fire. Two persons were killed and 14 members of the team were injured, 10 of them seriously, when their collided with an Army truck at Cantonment road on Thursday. The driver of the bus and a policeman escorting the team were killed in the incident, which occurred at a place...
05:45 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Chandigarh: The US men kabaddi team has been banned from the ongoing World Cup in Punjab after the players refused to take doping tests, an official said on Wednesday. The disciplinary action has been taken after the refusal of US team players to give urine samples to National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) officials in Hoshiarpur on Monday. "Taking a serious note of the refusal by the players, the technical committee (of...
02:51 PM, Nov 16, 2011
Chandigarh: The doping controversy at the ongoing kabaddi World Cup is growing wider with every passing day as four more players, including one Indian, tested positive for banned substances on Thursday, taking the list of offenders to a whopping 22. "There is one player from India among the four who have tested positive today. The sample of the Indian has tested positive for stanozolol," National Anti Doping Agency's (NADA) director...
10:02 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Muktsar: Hosts India stormed into the semi-finals of the ongoing kabaddi World Cup with an easy 51-24 victory over Canada at Doda on Thursday. By virtue of this win, India became the first team to reach the last-four of the second edition of the 14-nation World Cup. They are also the only side in the tournament to have registered victories in all five matches played so far. England and Germany...
09:14 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Chandigarh: The doping controversy at the ongoing World Cup Kabaddi seems far from over with five more players being tested positive for banned substances, taking the total list of dope offenders to 12. Two players from Canada, and one each from UK, Australia and Italy failed the dope tests. The players have been suspended and barred from taking part in the competition till their names are cleared. The tests are...
09:38 PM, Nov 08, 2011
Chandigarh: Three more players participating in the ongoing kabaddi World Cup have failed dope tests and have been stopped from taking any further part in the tournament on Monday. The organising committee of the event also issued notices to the players of Group B pool, who are from the United States, Spain and Argentina. On Sunday, the organising committee had temporarily suspended four players who tested positive for banned substances...
11:09 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Sangrur: India and Canada on Sunday continued their winning campaign by trouncing Australia and UK while Germany crushed Nepal in Pool 'A' matches of World Cup Kabaddi held here in War Heroes Stadium. In the first match, Germany trounced Nepal 58-23. Germany maintained its complete dominance as they lead by 36-8 at the half-time. German raiders Navroop Singh, Navdeep and Ranjit Bath scored 9, 6 and 6 points respectively whereas...
07:57 PM, Nov 06, 2011
New Delhi: Nine more kabaddi players were caught for using banned steroids on Thursday, taking the total number of dope-flunked players who were tested early this month during the selection trials of the World Cup to 19. On Wednesday, the National Anti-Doping Agency announced that 10 out of 21 kabbadi players whose test results were available have returned positive for banned substances. On Thursday, the results of the remaining 29...
10:18 PM, Oct 13, 2011
New Delhi: Half of the players tested during selection trials held early this month in Ludhiana for the second Kabaddi World Cup tested positive, the National Anti-Doping Agency said on Wednesday. "The Selection Trial (Men) of 2nd World Cup Kabaddi, Punjab 2011 was held at Ludhiana on 5th October 2011 and the Dope Control Programme was organised by NADA as per the request of Director, Sports, Punjab Government," NADA said...
11:07 PM, Oct 12, 2011
Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Tuesday announced a reward of Rs 25 lakh for the Indian kabaddi team that won the first Asian men's circle-style kabbadi tournament in Tabriz, Iran, beating arch-rivals Pakistan. The announcement was made by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is in Iran with the team. India crushed Pakistan 53-38 in the finals on Tuesday. The teams were a close 24-22 at half time....
10:56 PM, Sep 27, 2011
