Rio de Janeiro, April 6 (IANS) The Olympic Park facilities here are practically ready four months before the inauguration of South America’s first Olympic Games, announced Roberto Ainbinder, the director of projects for the Municipal…
Hanoi, April 5 (IANS) Vietnam is trying to bag more tickets to the Rio Olympics in 2016, according to the country’s General Department of Sports and Physical Training on Tuesday. For the purpose, Vietnam will…
Moscow, April 5 (IANS) Russia on Tuesday urged that politics be kept out of sport and the Olympic Games in particular amid the ongoing doping scandal involving dozens of its athletes. “We have always insisted…
San Juan, April 4 (IANS) Young Puerto Rican boxer Alexander “El Pollo” de Jesus was shot multiple times and killed on a street in San Juan’s Hato Rey district, where he lived. Police said on…
Lagos, April 4 (IANS) The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) will join their counterparts throughout the world to celebrate the World Table Tennis For All Day on April 6. The day was jointly set by…
Rio de Janeiro, April 4 (IANS) The Brazilian government is highly concerned with low ticket sales ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, with only five months to go before the opening of the largest…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has accepted a request by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for the exchange of Mens Rifle 3 Positions to mens Trap for…
Shimla, April 3 (IANS) The coolest and the costliest hobby of mountain biking is coming up in a bigger way as a sport in India, organisers of the fifth edition of the annual gruelling event…
Boston (Massachusetts), April 3 (IANS) Russian teenager Evgenia Medvedeva posted a record-breaking free skate score to capture the figure skating title in her debut season. The 16-year-old earned 150.10 points for her free skate, beating…
San Jose, April 2 (IANS) The Costa Rican cycling team will work hard to make sure of a ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the Costa Rican Cycling Federation (Fecoci) has said. Local media…
Melbourne, April 2 (IANS) The head of Australia’ s biggest sporting competition, the Australian Football League (AFL), has revealed that he and his key staff have agreed to be regularly tested for illicit drugs, following…
Qian’an (China), April 1 (IANS) Indian boxer Shiva Thapa signed off with the silver medal in the men’s Bantamweight (56kg) division at the Asia/Oceania qualifying tournament here on Friday. Thapa, who had qualified for the…
Rio de Janeiro, April 1 (IANS) Five-time Olympic medallist Catalina Ponor will be among the competitors at the final Rio 2016 gymnastics qualifying event. Ponor leads a Romanian team that will be vying for one…
Boston (Massachusetts), April 1 (IANS) French pair Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron earned the highest score so far for free dance to defend their ice dance title at the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships. Papadakis…
New York, April 1 (IANS) It is reported that former NBA star Yao Ming has been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. The official announcement will be made on Monday in Houston where the…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, March 31 (IANS) Chess grandmasters can heave a sigh of relief as Tata Steel Ltd’s decision to sell off its steel business in UK will not impact the famous and prestigious…
Canberra, March 31 (IANS) One of Australia’s most famous basketball players, Lauren Jackson, on Thursday announced her immediate retirement, after a knee injury ruled her out of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Jackson, 34, stands…
Qian’an (China), March 31 (IANS) Shiva Thapa became the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Rio Olympics when he entered the final of the men’s bantamweight (56kg) category at the Asia/Oceania qualifying tournament here…
Brazilia, March 31 (IANS) The Brazilian government announced the departure of Sports Minister George Hilton, just four months before the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Hilton last week left the Brazilian Republican Party (PRB)…
Madrid, March 30 (IANS) The president of the Spanish Olympic Committee Alejandro Blanco said on Wednesday that tennis star Rafael Nadal should bear the country’s flag during the opening ceremony of the upcoming Rio Olympics….