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Olympics: Williams sisters win historic fourth gold medals

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Venus and Serena Williams became the first tennis players to win four Olympic golds on Sunday after a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Czech pair Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the women's doubles final

Mary Kom makes it to last-eight of 51 kg category

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India's medal contender M.C. Mary Kom stormed into the quarterfinals of the women's flyweight category (51 kg) in the boxing event of the Olympic Games with a comfortable 19-14 victory over Poland's K

Olympics: Murray routs Federer to take gold

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Britain's Andy Murray demolished Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the Olympic men's final on Sunday to win his first gold medal and avenge his Wimbledon final defeat against the world number one.

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Irfan finishes 10th in 20km race walk

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India's K.T. Irfan finished a creditable 10th in the men's 20km Race Walk competition with a new national record in the London Olympics here on Saturday.

Irfan clocked 1::20:21 in the race participat

Golden finish for Phelps in 4x100m medley relay

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Michael Phelps brought his Olympic swimming career to a close in style here Saturday, winning a record 18th gold medal as the United States stormed to victory in the 4x100m medley relay.

Japan took s

Fraser-Pryce retains women's 100m title

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Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won a thrilling women's 100m duel to retain her Olympic crown on Saturday, holding off a lunging Carmelita Jeter to win by just 0.03sec.

Fraser-Pryce, the fastest wo

Olympics: Poonia finishes 7th in discus throw

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India's Krishna Poonia finished seventh in the women's discus throw event in the London Olympics with a below-par performance here on Saturday.

Poonia hurled the discus to a distance of 63.62m, well

It's cheating, says livid Manoj after Olympic ouster

Indian boxer Manoj Kumar (64kg) cried 'cheating' as he made a controversial exit from the Olympics, losing a thrilling pre-quarterfinal bout to home favourite Thomas Stalker at the ExCel Arena here.

Prison makes me fat, says Brit inmate

A jailbird has complained that prison food is making him fat - after being fed a diet of chips, pies and rice.

In a letter to lags' mag Inside Time this week, John Bowskill said he was desperate for

Indians counter-protest AIBA decision against Vikas

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Stung by Vikas Krishan's controversial ouster from the Olympics, the Indian boxing team on Saturday filed a protest of its own against the International Boxing Association's decision to overturn his pre-quarterfinal win against American Errol Spence.

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