Category: Other Sports

Boxing: Mary Kom fails to qualify for Rio

Astana, May 21 (IANS) Indian boxing icon M.C. Mary Kom will not be able to represent India at the Rio…

8 years ago

‘Rio Olympic velodrome ready by end-June’

Rio de Janeiro, May 21 (IANS) Rio de Janeiro's Olympic velodrome will not be ready until the end of June,…

8 years ago

More than two thirds of Rio Olympic tickets sold

Rio de Janeiro, May 21 (IANS) More than two thirds of the tickets available for this year's Olympic Games in…

8 years ago

Rio Olympics ticket designs unveiled

Rio de Janeiro, May 21 (IANS) The organising committee for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has unveiled the…

8 years ago

Rio seeks 2,500 soldiers for patrolling during Olympics

Rio de Janeiro, May 21 (IANS) This capital city's government has requested that 2,500 members of Brazil's armed forces be…

8 years ago

FINA lifts Russian swimmer Efimova’s doping suspension

Moscow, May 21 (IANS) The doping panel of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) has lifted its temporary suspension of Russia’s…

8 years ago

Indian mountaineer Rajib dies in Nepal

Kathmandu, May 20 (IANS) Seasoned Indian mountaineer Rajib Bhattacharya died while descending from the summit of Mount Dhaulagiri, which at…

8 years ago

Brussels suicide bomber’s brother wins European gold in Taekwondo

Montreux (Switzerland), May 20 (IANS) A Belgian whose elder brother was a suicide bomber in the terrorist attacks carried out…

8 years ago

Players’ pay strike looms in Australia’s biggest sports competition

Melbourne, May 20 (IANS) Players in Australia's biggest sports competition, the Australian Football League (AFL), may go on strike if…

8 years ago

Rio wants armed forces in streets during Olympics

Rio de Janeiro, May 20 (IANS) Rio de Janeiro's government has revealed plans to deploy national armed forces in the…

8 years ago

National Welfare Fund to pay Rs,5 lakh to needy sportspersons

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The National Welfare Fund for sports persons scheme has been reviewed and revised extensively to…

8 years ago

National Welfare Fund to pay Rs,5 lakh to needy sportspersons

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The National Welfare Fund for sports persons scheme has been reviewed and revised extensively to…

8 years ago

Javelin throwers seek Olympics qualification in Halle, Warsaw meets

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) India's leading javelin throwers will be chasing their 2016 Olympics berth in two different qualification…

8 years ago

Argentinian basketballer Ginobili focuses on Olympics

Buenos Aires, May 19 (IANS) Argentinian basketballer Emanuel Ginobili, four-time champion of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United…

8 years ago

Olympic tickets go on sale for swimming, basketball, athletics

Rio de Janeiro, May 19 (IANS) Tickets for Olympic basketball, swimming and athletics have been put on sale, Rio 2016…

8 years ago

Sushil’s meeting with WFI fails to break the ice

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar's fate continued to hang in thea balance as the meeting…

8 years ago

Sports needs unified anti-doping system: Russian minister

Moscow, May 18 (IANS) The world of sports needs a unified system of fighting against abuse of performance enhancing drugs…

8 years ago

Australian swim coach barred from Rio Olympics

Rio de Janeiro, May 18 (IANS) An Australian swimming coach accused of child abuse has been barred from participating at…

8 years ago

Three Russian weightlifters suspended up to 8 years for doping

Moscow, May 18 (IANS) Three Russian weightlifters were issued suspensions of up to eight years after they were found guilty…

8 years ago

Russian weight-lifter Lovchev gets four-year ban over doping abuse

Moscow, May 17 (IANS) Russian weight-lifter Aleksey Lovchev on Tuesday disclosed his suspension for four years by the International Weightlifting…

8 years ago



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