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'Black widow' hot dog champ eats age in dogs
World champion hot dog eater Sonya Thomas crushed her previous record Wednesday in the annual showdown, wolfing down 45 dogs and buns in 10 minutes, to the cheers of an entranced crowd.
06 July 2012
Competitive eater from Canada retains hamburger title
A one-time anorexic from Toronto turned world-class competitive eater clinched his fourth straight hamburger title in Washington on Tuesday on the eve of New York's iconic hot dog classic.
05 July 2012
Boxing: Beibut Shumenov to defend his title on June 2
Kazakhstan boxer Beibut Shumenov, WBA and IBA champion, will defend his title once again.
10 May 2012
Kazakh Olympic champions will get twice as much as Russian ones
Kazakhstan 2012 Olympic champions will be rewarded with twice as much money as their Russian colleagues.
28 April 2012
Russian Olympic champion is training Kazakhstan synchronous swimmers for Olympics
Russian Olympics synchronous swimming champion Anastassiya Yermakova is training Kazakhstan team prior to the London Olympic Games.
26 March 2012
Kazakhstan Olympic prize-winners could get lifelong pensions
Head of Kazakhstan Sports and Physical Education Agency will push for a lifelong retirement benefit for Kazakhstan Olympic Champions.
15 March 2012
Kazakhstan promises $250,000 to 2012 Olympics winners
Kazakhstan athletes are promised $250,000 each for victory in the London Olympic Games.
22 February 2012
Nobody wants to fight against me: Gennady Golovkin
Kazakhstan boxer Gennady Golovkin is ready to fight against any boxer to gain all champion titles.
28 December 2011
11-y.o. Kazakh chess-player to fight for Grandmaster title in Singapore
11-year old Zhansaya Abdumalik, a four-time world chess champion will take part in Singapore Chess Tournament.
21 December 2011
Golovkin knocked down Simon in the first round
Gennady Golovkin defended his WBA champion title in middleweight for the third time by knocking down 32-year old American Lajuan Simon.
13 December 2011
Golovkin one kilo heavier than his WBA rival: PHOTO
Kazakhstan boxer Gennady Golovkin, a stated WBA world champion turned out to be one kilo heavier than an American Lajuan Simon.
09 December 2011
Nazarbayev and Massimov congratulated 11-y.o. Kazkah 4-time chess champion
Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a telegram to 11-y.o. Kazkahstan chess player Zhansaya Abdumalik, who won World Chess Championship in Brazil.
01 December 2011
Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin will defend his champion's title on December 10
Kazakhstan boxer Gennady Golovkin will defend his WBA champion's title on December 10 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
29 November 2011
11-y.o. Kazakh became four times world chess champion
Kazakhstan chess-player won gold at the chess tournament held in Brazil and became the world champion for the fourth time.
28 November 2011
Weight-lifting champion Ilya Ilyin gets 4 million tenge certificate
Ilya Ilyin, Kyzylorda-born renowned weight-lifter and weight-lifting world champion was honored in his home city.
22 November 2011
Kazakhstani sportswoman became World Powerlifting champion
Natalia Kuzmina, an alumni of Rudnyi Children and Youth Sport's School became World Powerlifting Champion.
21 September 2011
Podobedova set new weight-lifting world record
Kazakhstan weight-lifter Svetlana Podobedova set a new world record at the Spartakiad of Peoples of Kazakhstan.
21 September 2011
Judo: Revenge and history on the cards for home-boy Riner
French talisman Teddy Riner will have revenge on his mind when he bids to make history at the World Judo Championships.
22 August 2011
Beibut Shumenov defended his WBA world champion title
Kazakh boxer Beibut Shumenov won the fight by knocking out Danny Santiago in the ninth round in Las Vegas.
01 August 2011
World Chess Champion might lose her scholarship in Kazakhstan
Zhansaya Abdumalik, 12, who is a tripple World Chess Champion, might lose her state scholarship.
06 June 2011