New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Terming it as “unfortunate” that two world class wrestlers are at loggerheads with each other over who will represent India at the Rio Olympics, the Delhi High Court on Monday…
Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) Indias shuttler P.V. Sindhu on Monday said that she is confident of a good performance and will give her 100 percent to clinch a medal at the forthcoming Olympics at Rio…
Madrid, May 30 (IANS) Spanish basketball icon Pau Gasol has expressed fears over the threat the Zika virus poses at the forthcoming Rio Olympic Games and his surprise at the relative lack of concern in…
Bern (Switzerland), May 30 (IANS) Russias men won the team final at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The Russia team, comprising Denis Abliazian, David Belyavskiy, Nikita Ignatyev, Nikolai Kuksenkov and Nikita Nagornyy, on Sunday won…
Rio de Janeiro, May 30 (IANS) It is called the a village but a city might be a more fitting name. Almost 18,000 athletes and officials will call Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic village home during…
Moscow, May 29 (IANS) Experts from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) say the Moscow anti-doping lab is the best in the world, Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko has said referring to the lab suspended by…
Hong Kong, May 28 (IANS) Ace Indian racqueteer Joshna Chinappa failed to bag the 12th Professional Squash Association (PSA) title after going down 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11 to New Zealand’s Joelle King in the hard-fought…
Geneva (Switzerland), May 28 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday rejected a call to move or postpone the impending Rio Olympics over the Zika virus outbreak. The health watchdog said in a statement…
Moscow, May 28 (IANS) The World Boxing Council (WBC) probe on Russian heavyweight boxer Alexander Povetkin, whose Sample A and B tested positive for banned substance meldonium, may take up to two months, Andrei Ryabinsky,…
Bucharest, May 28 (IANS) The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee has called anti-doping checks for all qualified or qualifying athletes for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Ioan Dobrescu, general secretary of the committee…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Narsingh Yadav is the best wrestler, as compared to Sushil Kumar, to represent the country in 74kg category for the upcoming Rio Olympics, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) told…
Astana, May 27 (IANS) India’s wait for a gold in the Women’s Boxing Championships continued as Sonia Lather settled for the silver after going down to Italian Alessia Mesiano in the 57kg category final here…
Astana, May 27 (IANS) India’s Sonia Lather settled for the silver after going down to Italian Alessia Mesiano in 57kg category final of the World Women’s Boxing Championships here on Friday. Sonia went down 1-2…
Caracas, May 27 (IANS) Fencer Ruben Limardo, gold medallist of the London 2012 Olympic Games, will carry the Venezuelan flag at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics, the country’s Olympic Committee has announced. In…
Astana, May 26 (IANS) Sonia Lather assured India at least a silver medal as she stormed into the final in the feather weight (57 kg) class at the Women’s World Boxing Championships here on Thursday….
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Assuring all support from Nehru Yuva Kendra and other youth centres, newly-appointed sports minister Jitendra Singh, who also holds the Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) portfolio, said on Thursday…
Medellin (Colombia), May 26 (IANS) The 21st BXM Cycling World Championship has opened with the participation of athletes from 60 countries and regions. Some 2,500 cyclists will take part in the competition, including 350 elite…
Rio de Janeiro, May 26 (IANS) A new round of tickets for Olympic tennis and handball have been made available to the public, Rio 2016 organisers have said. Brazilian citizens can buy tickets via the…
Madrid, May 25 (IANS) In order to accommodate the flow of fans who are heading to Milan to watch the Champions League final on Saturday, as many as 218 additional Milan-bound flights with 46,317 available…
Moscow, May 25 (IANS) Russian athletes caught using the banned performance enhancing drug Meldonium but cleared by Russias anti-doping agency (RUSADA) to return to competitions have the right to participate at the 2016 Rio Olympics,…