Tony Mccoy

Tony McCoy – A legend and a gentleman

 November 8, 2013   John Welsh

Mountain Tunes may be just a normal promising four year old gelding trained by Jonjo O’Neill and racing in the green and yellow colours of J P McManus, but from Thursday 7th November 2013 it will always be remembered as the horse on which jockey A.P McCoy claimed his 4,000th national hunt winner in Britain […]

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Treve beats favourite

International audience witnesses Treve claim Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe

 October 9, 2013   John Welsh

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In front of an international crowd gathered at Longchamp racecourse in Paris, French trained Treve was a comfortable winner of Sunday’s Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe, the richest horse race in Europe. The three year old filly stretched clear of the Japanese colt Orfevre who was runner-up for the second successive season with another French […]

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Rajat Chauhan in World Archery

Rajat Chauhan in World Archery Championships Turkey

 October 8, 2013   R K Gupta

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In dark skies and blistering winds, India’s Rajat Chauhan created a sensational upset, when he defeated World Cup Champion, Martin Damsbo of Denmark in compound elimination session of the ongoing World Archery Championships in Turkey on October 2, 2013. Chauhan took a one point lead in the first round, and maintained it through the end, […]

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costa-cycling

Costa displays greater strength to clinch World Cycling title

 September 30, 2013   John Welsh

Portugal’s Rui Costa proved his reputation for strength and durability when winning the Cycling Road Racing World Championship in Florence and the surrounding Tuscan hills, in a race which featured several punishing climbs during predominantly adverse weather conditions. Several of the favourites withdrew in a battle of attrition on treacherous roads over a distance of […]

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Chris Horner 2013 Tour of Spain

Fresh legs help Chris Horner claim Vuelta prize

 September 16, 2013   John Welsh

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Just a month short of 42nd birthday, American Chris Horner defied his age to win the Vuelta a Espana by 37 seconds from Italian Vincenzo Nibali. Over a demanding course featuring a considerable number of summit finishes, Horner perhaps proved that fresh legs at this stage of the professional cycling season matter more than reputations. […]

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Archery Gold medal winner Indian Team

India: The World Champions in Women Archery!

 August 31, 2013   Kruti Mehta

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There’s a saying that history repeats itself and our Indian Women’s Archery team has proved it by winning the Archery World Cup again in Wroclaw (Poland) a few days back. It was not an easy task as they were playing against one of the best teams in the world i.e., South Korea.  Both the teams […]

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