Rohini Rau wins sailing bronze medal

September 15th, 2009 Obama to give Mass. soldier Medal of HonorWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is giving his first Medal of Honor to a soldier who sacrificed his life saving a comrade in Afghanistan.

July 25th, 2009 China wins 7th gold to wrap up divingROME — Huo Liang and Lin Yue have given China its seventh diving gold medal of the world championships, cruising to an easy win in men's 10-meter synchro. The Chinese duo led through all six rounds and finished with 482.58 points Saturday.

July 23rd, 2009 He Chong wins men's 3-meter springboard goldROME — China's He Chong has won the men's 3-meter springboard at the world championships. He scored 505.20 points Thursday to beat Troy Dumais of the United States, who had 498.40.

May 21st, 2009 MUNICH - World shooting powerhouse China finished at the top of the medal standings at the Munich leg of the ISSF World Cup, with four golds, four silvers and one bronze. China was way ahead of Ukraine and Israel, who came next with two golds each in the eight-day competition which ended here Wednesday.

May 8th, 2009 Pro beach volleyball star Holly McPeak retiresLOS ANGELES — Pro beach volleyball star Holly McPeak is hanging up her bikini for good. McPeak is retiring from the AVP tour immediately, it was announced Wednesday.

May 4th, 2009 Zhang into final at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic champion Zhang Yining of China advanced to the women's singles final with a six-set win over compatriot Liu Shiwen at the table tennis world championships.on Monday The top-seeded Zhang beat Liu 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 10-12, 11-8 and will meet another Chinese player, second-seeded Guo Yue, in Tuesday's final at Yokohama Arena. Guo defeated third-seeded Li Xiaoxia of China 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9 in the other semifinal.

April 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian shooter Vijay Kumar won the silver in the men's 25 meters rapid fire pistol event in the ISSF World Cup in Beijing Wednesday. Vijay, who had won a gold in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, shot 581 in the qualifying round and was at the fourth position.

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rifle-shooter Gagan Narang Wednesday won the gold in the three position event in the Chongwon World Cup in South Korea, becoming the first Indian to win two medals in a single ISSF World Cup. Gagan, who had won the bronze in his pet 10 metres air rifle event Friday, shot 1166 in the qualification round and 98 in the final, including two perfect 10s, to finish with a total of 1264 points for the gold.

April 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's Gagan Narang won the bronze in 10-metre air rifle event in the shooting World Cup in Changwon, South Korea, Friday. Gagan was eighth and the last to qualify for the final after he shot 594 out of 600.

April 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Indian men's recurve team of Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar clinched the gold medal, beating Great Britain 221-215 in the World Cup archery (Stage 1) final at Santo Domingo. There were more medals for India as the women's compound team of Jhano Hansdah, Bheigyabati Chanu and Manjudha Soy took the team bronze defeating Venezuela's 219-208 in the play-off Sunday, according to information received here Monday.

April 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Indian men's recurve team reached the final of the team championship in the World Cup archery meet (Stage 1) at Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The top seeds drew a bye in the opening round and went on to annihilate Turkey 222-203 in the quarterfinals before overcoming a strong US 219-215 points in the semis Saturday, according to information received here.

February 16th, 2009 LAUSANNE - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said that a Swedish wrestler would not get back a medal he won last year at the Beijing Olympics. Ara Abrahamian, who won a bronze medal in the middleweight Greco-Roman wrestling competition in Beijing, caused a scandal at the victory ceremony when he took off his medal and placed it on the floor and walked away from the ceremony, which was still in progress.

February 4th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's Olympic medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe Thursday announced her retirement from athletics, ending nearly 18 years of excellence on the field, an official here said. 'Susanthika today (Thursday) announced her retirement from athletics and was felicitated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees for her contributions to fly the country's flag high,' Secretary General of Sri Lanka's Athletic Association, Prema Pinnawala told IANS Thursday.

January 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday requested the central government to award the Padma Bhushan to Olympic bronze medal winner Vijender Kumar and others who performed well at the 2008 Beijing games since they were left out of the national honours list this year. Hooda appealed to the centre that Vijender Kumar as well as boxers Akhil Kumar and Jatinder Kumar, and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt - all of whom made it to the quarterfinal events in respective categories in the 2008 Olympics - be suitably honoured.

January 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday wanted the Padma Bhushan for Olympic bronze medal winner Vijender Kumar and others who performed well at the 2008 Beijing games since they were left out of the national honours list this year. Hooda appealed to the union government that Vijender Kumar as well as boxers Akhil Kumar and Jatinder Kumar, and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt - all of whom made it to the quarterfinal events in respective categories in the 2008 Olympics - be suitably honoured.