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'OMG' was first used 100 years ago in a letter to Churchill!

The popular phrase OMG, colloquial abbreviation for 'Oh My God' does not have its origins in modern-day chatrooms but was first used in 1917 in a letter to former British Prime Minister Winston Church

Triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary exits after fouling all attempts

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Renjith Maheshwary crashed out of the men's triple jump competition at the Olympic Games after fouling all three attempts in the qualification round here on Tuesday.

Maheshwary, who won a bronze in t

Olympics: Bolt and Blake ease through 200m rounds

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Imperious Usain Bolt eased through the first round of the Olympic 200m on Tuesday as the Jamaican took the next step towards a sprint double after having already retained his 100m title in style.

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Indian medal hopes diminishing by the day

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Boxing hope Vijender Singh crashed out of the 75kg competition after losing his quarter-final bout to Uzbek rival Abbos Atoev while Renjith Maheshwary flopped in men's triple jump on Day 11 of the Oly

Hopes of boxer Vikas dashed, CAS rejects India's appeal

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India's hopes of boxer Vikas Krishan being restored to the Olympic Games competition after he was controversially eliminated on a protest by his American opponent were dashed when the Court of Arbitra

Gowda qualifies for discus final, but shooters disappoint

Vikas Gowda qualified for the men's discus throw final round without much fuss, but Indian shooters, including 10m air rifle bronze winner Gagan Narang, were eliminated in the preliminaries at the

Mary Kom creates history, assured of bronze medal

M.C. Mary Kom on Monday created history as she assured India its fourth Olympic medal after winning her quarterfinal boxing bout against Maroua Rahali of Tunisia by 15-6 margin in the women's 51 kg

King Bolt retains 100m title with Olympic record

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt sealed the legendary status he so craves after sprinting to a convincing victory in the men's Olympic 100m to retain his title on Sunday.

The 25-year-old world record holder turn

Brit mum gives birth to rare 'tridentical tots'

A couple in UK has given birth to identical triplets whose birth has defied odds of 200 million to one.

According to the statistics, the odds of triplets from a natural pregnancy are 4,000 to one, wh

Michael Phelps gets started on the rest of his life

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On the first day of the rest of his life, Michael Phelps found old habits are hard to break. He popped out of bed around 6 in the morning Sunday, as if it were another normal training session.

"I wis

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.