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Games India : Vijender Singh inks multi-crore deal

September 11th, 2009 admin No comments

After bringing laurels to the country in the Beijing Olympics and the World Boxing Championships, Indian boxer Vijender Singh has now inked a million-dollar sponsorship deal with the Percept Sports Management Co.
Vijender, the world number two, is the first boxer to have inked such kind of deal.
Top seed Vijender out-punched Ukrainian Sergiy Derevyanchenko 12-4 [...]

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Olympic Games 2008 : Sushil Kumar wins wrestling bronze

August 20th, 2008 admin No comments

Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Wednesday wins second medal for India in Beijing Olympics, a bronze, after defeating Kazakhstan’s Leonid Spiridonov in the Repechage match in 66-kg Freestyle Wrestling event.
Sushil’s campaign seemed nearly over when he lost his first round battle against eventual silver medallist Andriy Stadnik but repechage provided him a ray of hope [...]

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