Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday wished luck to his former-teammate Sachin Tendulkar after he accepted the Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) proposal to be one of the goodwill ambassadors…
Ho Chi Minh City, May 4 (IANS) A qualifying race of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship will take place in Vietnam’s central Da Nang city on May 8, with the participation of over 1,100 triathletes…
Rio de Janeiro, May 4 (IANS) The first of Brazil’s Rio 2016 Olympic torchbearers have described their emotion at carrying the fabled flame through the capital Brasilia. The torch began its 95-day journey to Rio’s…
Rio de Janeiro, May 3 (IANS) Japanese automaker Nissan presented the new Kicks crossover SUV in Rio de Janeiro as the official automobile of the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of an effort to boost…
Melbourne, May 3 (IANS) Some of the National Basketball Association’s biggest stars will journey to Australia this off-season to impart their skills on the nation’s next batch of promising players. The NBA, International Basketball Federation…
Seoul, May 3 (IANS) Cho Yang-ho, the chief of the organising committee of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, stepped down on Tuesday to focus on his role as head of one of South Korea’s biggest…
Rio de Janeiro, May 3 (IANS) At the Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in Greece last month, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said the flame was an eternal reminder that “we are all part of the…
Rio de Janeiro, May 3 (IANS) The office of the mayor of Rio de Janeiro has discovered that wastewater leaked into the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, where the Olympic rowing and canoeing event will be…
Sydney, May 1 (IANS) Teenaged Australian horse rider Caitlyn Fischer died after falling off her horse during the Sydney International Horse Trials competition for the Rio 2016 Olympics. The tragic incident took place on Saturday…
Shanghai, May 1 (IANS) Indian women’s recurve team settled for the silver medal in the final, while men’s team and mixed pair each won bronze medals in the first stage of Archery World Cup at…
Madrid, May 1 (IANS) Spain’s point guard Ricky Rubio has strongly criticised the world basketball governing body FIBA for its decision to exclude Spain from the Olympic Games. FIBA announced in April that Spain was…
London, April 30 (IANS) Vijender Singh registered the fifth consecutive win of his fledgling professional career with a technical knockout of Matiouze Royer of France at the Copper Box Arena here on Saturday. This was…
Rio de Jasneiro, April 30 (IANS) France and Croatia will resume their famous men’s handball rivalry at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio after they were drawn in the same group. Between them, the European…
Dubai, April 30 (IANS) China’s Xu Xin and Zhang Jike won the semifinals at the 2016 Nakheel Table Tennis Asian Cup here. Both Chinese players faced more resistance than in their matches before, with left-handed…
Geneva, April 29 (IANS) The Olympic Flame on Friday reached the United Nations Office in Geneva, as it starts making its way to the Olympic Games Rio 2016 in Brazil this August. The flame, which…
London, April 29 (IANS) Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh and his French opponent Matiouze Royer became embroiled in a confrontation during their official weigh-in at the Copper Box Arena here on Friday. The 29-year-old Royer…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The sports ministry on Friday announced that the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has launched an outreach programme to make Indian athletes aware about the pitfalls of taking substances which are…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Star shooter Abhinav Bindra on Monday agreed to become the goodwill ambassador for the Indian contingent for the Rio Olympics along with Bollywood star Salman Khan. With Salman’s appointment as…
Dubai, April 29 (IANS) Chinese male players Xu Xin and Zhang Jike and their female compatriots Liu Shiwen and Li Xiaoxia have won here their qualifying matches at the 2016 Nakheel Asian Cup. Xu Xin,…
Dubai, April 29 (IANS) Chinese male players Xu Xin and Zhang Jike and their female compatriots Liu Shiwen and Li Xiaoxia have won here their qualifying matches at the 2016 Nakheel Asian Cup. Xu Xin,…