Sports Boutique

Ashes 2015: Aussie skipper-in-waiting Steve Smith promises more aggression

Australia`s Steve Smith has vowed to be a more aggressive captain if he is appointed to lead the side as expected following a disastrous Ashes campaign which prompted Michael Clarke`s retirement.

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GB seek more funding after Special Olympics success in LA.

finished with a total of 179 medals at the biggest ever Special in Los .
In total, 115 competitors from Special Olympics GB won 68 , 69 and 42 bronze medals across 19 sports. The team were helped by a £2m government contribution towards the cost of the trip but Special Olympics GB president , the former manager, said more cash needed to be spent.
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set the first world record of his glittering distance running career on Saturday when he established a new indoor -mile mark in .

's double champion at 5,000m and 10,000m produced a splendid individual tour de force at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix in the National Indoor Arena, clocking 8 minutes 3.40 seconds for the rarely-run distance.
Farah's world best time surpassed by almost a second the previous record of 8min 04.35sec set by the great Ethiopian at the same venue seven years ago.

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The exact origin of hockey is harder to pinpoint. Some people say it started from hurling - an Irish game that is kind of like lacrosse. Others say it came from the English game of field hockey. One theory is that when the English came to North America they realized that they could move way faster on the ice covered ponds than the grass, so they started playing ice hockey. Yet another guess at how hockey was invented is that the name "hockey" came from the French word "hocquet" meaning "Shepherd's Crook", which is the shape of a hockey stick.
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Tendulkar pays last respects to APJ Abdul Kalam
Iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was among a host of dignitaries, who paid to late former APJ Abdul Kalam at his in New on Tuesday.

, aged 83, passed away on Monday in where he had gone to deliver a lecture to .

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Good fortune smiled on athletes at the on-going Special Olympics holding in Los Angeles, USA as her swimmer, won an Gold Medal in 100m swimming.

Aside his performance, Nigeria also won silver in Men and silver in Women swimming.
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County lady Jane Johnston was ’s initial award leader as a 2015 Special World Summer Games got underneath approach in Angeles.
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A delivery boy invented the international Roll Ball game, making India proud. Raju Dabhade used to deliver newspapers on roller skates. He rose through the ranks in roller-speed skating and after retiring from competitive skating, became a physical education teacher. However, the competitive edge never left him. He set his sights on creating an all-new sport, something that would “make a name for India, a game born in India that will be the pride of India’s sports identity.”
The idea for Roll Ball came to him one afternoon in 2003 when an errant basketball interrupted his skating instruction. on old school quads is still popular in India and ball sports are always well-liked. Therefore, he decided to combine the two. The game is a combination of roller-skating, and . It is the only sport in the world that has reached the World Cup stage after being around for only 12 years. It is, in short, a perfect “Made in India” sports model.
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Special Olympics World Games begins Today.
Every two years, Special Olympics delegations from all over the world gather for the World Games, alternating between Summer and Winter Games. This year, 7,000 athletes from 177 countries will gather in Los Angeles to compete in 25 different sports. It will be the largest sports and humanitarian event in 2015.

After Signing a Death Contract, Indian wrestler Sangram Singh made the country proud by defeating Joe the Boxing Legend to win the WWP,Heavyweight Championship.
How many of you Indians know that today is his birthday !!