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Sports Minister lauds amputee Everest climber Arunima Sinha
Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh has congratulated Arunima Sinha for becoming the first amputee to scale Mount Everest. In a statement, Singh said: "Congratulations for having scaled the Mount Everest. This incredible achievement shows your sheer grit and indomitable courage against heavy odds." "Your efforts and achievements show that a physical handicap is not a deterrent to achieve ...
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Racist Oz broadcaster Morrow spared the sack but banned from marquee events this season
Veteran Australian sports commentator David Morrow will not be sacked by ABC Radio for his racist remarks, but will be banned from working during this season's marquee rugby league events so that he can complete training and cultural awareness programs. Morrow, Rugby League caller and the voice of National Rugby League (NRL) for ABC Radio, was suspended by the national broadcaster management ...
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Spot-Fixing row Sports Minister says my head hangs in shame today
Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said he has been forced to hang his head in shame due to the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal, which is becoming bigger and murkier with each passing day, insisting that a deterrent law could have prevented the credibility crisis that cricket is facing right now. "It is very shameful. As a young person, as a sports fan, as the Sports ...
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ESPN lays offs some of its employees to control costsAmendedESPN EmployeeUpdate
Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to some of its 7,000 employees as a cost cutting measure. In a statement, the Connecticut-based company said it is implementing the changes to enhance continued growth, while smartly managing costs. ESPN said it is confident that it would be more competitive, innovative and productive after this decision. According to a CNN report, about ...
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DC comics win court case over Melbourne gyms Superman workout
DC Comics has won a Federal Court case against a Melbourne gym over the term 'Superman Workout' which the company used to promote its products, allowing the fitness company to register 'superman workout' as a trademark. The gym Cheqout had had been using the phrase to describe its workout DVDs and video clips, but DC Comics challenged the trademark, saying Cheqout's consumers would think it was ...
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An increasingly rare specimen of old-fashioned Hollywood studio-produced entertainment, the type that leaves no room for irony or cynicism or thematic depth and instead resolves itself to warm hues of sentimentality, romance, and comfortably wrought eccentricity, Water f ... ...
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ESPN layoffs hundreds of employees as TV rights fees rise Re-issue with correction
Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to some of its 7,000 employees on Tuesday, the network said in a statement. The Bristol, Connecticut-based company said it was looking at the financial bottom line. In a statement the company said that they were implementing changes across the company to enhance their continued growth while smartly managing costs. It added that while difficult, ...
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How we relaunched our charity
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) .When I arrived, FSID was in good shape financially and was hugely respected in the healthcare world. In the early 90s, we had been in the forefront of spectacularly successful public health campaigns to persuade parents to place babies on their backs to sleep. This led to a 70% reduction in SIDS. However, the impact of our campaigning and the dramatic decline ...
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Fear of art sale sparked by Detroit emergency manager asking for appraisal
DETROIT (Reuters) - As part of his efforts to solve Detroit's financial crisis, the city's emergency manager Kevyn Orr has asked for an appraisal of the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, sparking fears in artistic and philanthropic circles that he means to auction off the city's artistic ...
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Elderly Korean women cancel meet with Osaka mayor over war brothel remarks
Toru Hashimoto after he refused to withdraw remarks asserting the brothel system was "necessary" at the time. Hashimoto sparked a firestorm of criticism at home and abroad when he said last week that ...
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Fox Sports spruiks its winter line up
Fox Sports has launched a new campaign spruiking its live, exclusive coverage of the The DHL Australia 2013 Lions Tour, the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and The ...
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