Vijender Kumar ensured another medal for India at the Beijing Olympics when he beat Carlos Gongora of Ecuador in the quarter-finals of the 75 kg category in the boxing competition on Wednesday.

The victory assures him and India at least a bronze medal.

Earlier in the evening, just as the country celebrated wrestler Sushil Kumar's bronze medal victory in men's 66kg freestyle event, another Indian pugilist, Jitender Kumar, went down fighting to Russia's Georgy Balakshin in the quarter-finals of the 51 kg category.

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Rewards started pouring in for Sushil Kumar who won bronze medal in Beijing Olympics on Wednesday with the Railway Ministry and Delhi Government announcing cash awards to a total of Rs 1.05 crore for the wrestler.

Minutes after Kumar clinched the bronze medal beating Kazakhstan's Leonid Spiridonov in men's freestyle wrestling 66kg class, Railway Minister announced that the grappler will be promoted as a Assistant Commercial Manager from ticketing inspector.

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The generation of "2008- Bejing Olympics" can consider themselves fortunate for witnessing two "SUPERHUMAN INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS" in the Olympics. a once in a 100 years achievement.
Michael Phelps eight golds in Swimming and Ussain Bolt's "World trotting record " in the glamour "!00 metres sprint" are memories for a lifeline.
We Indians will also remember the Olympics-2008 for a shy "10 metre air rifle" shooter named Abhinav Bindra.

Congradulations Abhinav Bindra for winning India's first individual "GOLD MEDAL" in 100 years of Olympic History. At 25 years of age , you truely represent "Generation X".:- A fan member of "Bombay Rifle Club(Worli Shooting Range)".

The monsoons have converted a large portion of Mumbai's roads into natural "DIRT TRACKS" for dare-devil motorcyclists. Are there any prizes or is just "Staying Alive" the prize.?

what do u say about deccan chargers . superstars to dupers stars what went wrong can any body explain

The "I.P.L 20/20 Cricket" has emerged as the biggest box-office success for International sports let alone India, where "Cricket" has a fanatic fan base akin to Soccer in Latin America.
All the major International betting companies have legalised betting accepted on the "I.P.L" matches proving the fact that unlike "W.W.E" wrestling these Cricket matches are genuine and not "FIXED" as "TELIVISION ENTERTAINMENT" for the masses.

"Dancing Bar Girls" were banned in Maharashtra followed by other states on reasons of "IMMORALITY" which was partially true as most "DANCE BARS" were "Elite pick-up joints" in disguise.
"Sports Cheer Girls" are a Western phenomenon and are basically a "Side-Show" to a particular sport and no sane fan would be visiting a stadium just to oogle at the "Cheerleader girls" unlike "Dance bar girls".

"Horse-racing" is the only legalised gambolling on "SPORTS" allowed in India and wonder as to the reasons for Deputy Chief Minister Mr R.R.Patil not allowing "LEGALISED CRICKET BETTING" in Maharashtra, the cradle of "INDIAN CRICKET".
The "I.P.L" Cricket matches are being legally sold to punters all over the World by "INTERNATIONAL BETTING COMPANIES" except in India where "CRICKET BETTING" is still in the monoply of "ILLEGAL BETTING" and "BETTING TAXES" worth crores of rupees being lost by the Indian Government.

"20/20 Cricket" has done a reverse colonisation of the sport, both in terms of player incentives and "Cricket betting". The "Indian Premier League" invented in India as an answer to its own domestic competitor the "Indian Cricket League" has made "Millionaires" of common cricketeers and a source of gambolling revenue for International legalised betting corporations like "LADBROKES".
Cricket was the oldest British invented sport, the source of inspiration to "American Baseball" and even "Soccer" in the 1800's as its "Game Rule's Books" was the first to be "Copyrighted".