<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title><![CDATA[merinews: Sports News Articles]]></title> <description><![CDATA[Latest News Articles from Sports ]]></description> <language>en-us</language> <link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catBrief.jsp?catID=5&category=Sports]]></link> <copyright><![CDATA[&#169;  Copyright 2006, Meri News]]></copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Boxer Vijender Kumar sniffs for Olympics Gold]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139787&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vijender Kumar revived hopes of another gold medal in the Olympics, after India's two other boxing hopes faded in the quaterfinals. Vijender Kumar defeated Ecuador's, Carlos Gongora in the quarterfinal of the men's middle 75kg category]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sushil brings home bronze in wrestling]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139770&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's party time again for one billion Indians. Wrestler Sushil Kumar won a bronze medal today (August 20) in Beijing Olympics. Sushil Kumar is the second Indian wrestler to win the wrestling bronze after Khashaba Jadhav in 1952 Helsinki Games.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olympics: India wins wrestling medal after 56 years]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139767&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[After Abhinav Bindra, it's wrester Sushil Kumar who has brought more joy to the Indian hearts. Kumar won the bronze medal in the mens 66 kg freestyle wrestling by defeating Leonid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sushil Kumar wins India's second medal in Olympics]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139766&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wrestler Sushil Kumar won the bronze medal in the 66kg freestyle category, cruising past Leonid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan 3-1. People across India erupted in joy and celebration, as the news of Sushil Kumars victory flashed on TV.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ramzi shines in Beijing: Wins gold for Bahrain]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139764&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[Athlete Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain made his country proud by winning the first ever Olympic gold medal for Bahrain in the Men's 1,500 metres. This is also his first appearance in the Olympics.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sushil Kumar wins bronze in wrestling]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139761&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little-known wrestler Sushil Kumar realised the hopes of a billion plus Indians by winning the bronze medal in the freestyle 66kg category. After Bindras gold, this is the second medal that has fallen into the kitty of the Indian contingent]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentina defeat Brazil in semifinal]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139729&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is being repeated again and this time also Brazil put aside its dream of winning the gold medal in the men's football event in the Olympics as it lost the semi-final match to Argentina today (August 19)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olympics: Nigeria enters men's football final]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139726&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nigerian strikers on Tuesday went ahead crushing Belgium 4-1 at the Beijing Olympics. They have now confirmed their berth in the men's football final match, which they will play against Argentina on Saturday]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anju gets disqualified in Beijing Olympics]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139717&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[She never dreamt of such an early exit, but she had to accept the bitter truth while she crashed out with three foul jumps in the qualifying stage of the women's long jump event on Tuesday (August 19) in the Beijing Olympics  2008.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olympics 2008: Sharath enters second round]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=139709&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[India's table tennis hope, Achanta Sharath Kamal, beat Alfredo Carneros in a six-set encounter. The lanky Indian finally wrapped up the game with two stinging forehands to draw parity and stay afloat]]></description></item></channel></rss>
