Melbourne, May 20 (IANS) Players in Australia’s biggest sports competition, the Australian Football League (AFL), may go on strike if the Australian rules league bosses do not agree to pay them a fixed percentage of…
Rio de Janeiro, May 20 (IANS) Rio de Janeiro’s government has revealed plans to deploy national armed forces in the city’s streets to guarantee public safety during the Olympic Games in August. The request will…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The National Welfare Fund for sports persons scheme has been reviewed and revised extensively to financially assist outstanding sportsperson living in indigent circumstances with a maximum of Rs.5 lakh, the…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The National Welfare Fund for sports persons scheme has been reviewed and revised extensively to financially assist outstanding sportsperson living in indigent circumstances with a maximum of Rs.5 lakh, the…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) India’s leading javelin throwers will be chasing their 2016 Olympics berth in two different qualification competitions to be held in Halle (Germany) and Warsaw (Poland) on May 21. The athletes…
Buenos Aires, May 19 (IANS) Argentinian basketballer Emanuel Ginobili, four-time champion of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States with San Antonio Spurs, has confirmed his main goal is the Olympic Games in…
Rio de Janeiro, May 19 (IANS) Tickets for Olympic basketball, swimming and athletics have been put on sale, Rio 2016 organisers have said. Fans have the chance to buy tickets to the events — which…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar’s fate continued to hang in thea balance as the meeting between the grappler and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Wednesday failed to break the…
Moscow, May 18 (IANS) The world of sports needs a unified system of fighting against abuse of performance enhancing drugs in light of recently frequent doping scandals, Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko said on Wednesday….
Rio de Janeiro, May 18 (IANS) An Australian swimming coach accused of child abuse has been barred from participating at this year’s Olympic Games, according to a media report. Scott Volkers, who is head swim…
Moscow, May 18 (IANS) Three Russian weightlifters were issued suspensions of up to eight years after they were found guilty of performance enhancing drugs abuse, a senior official with the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) has…
Moscow, May 17 (IANS) Russian weight-lifter Aleksey Lovchev on Tuesday disclosed his suspension for four years by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for violating anti-doping rules. Lovchev is the gold medalist of the 2015 World…
Abuja, May 17 (IANS) A camp will be opened this week for seven Olympic-bound wrestlers from Nigeria, authorities in the West African country said. President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation Daniel Igali told reporters on…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Archery Association of India (AAI) on Monday announced a three-member women’s squad comprising Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi for the Rio Olympics after a series of selection…
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Japanese Kokoro Fujii and Miho Nonaka came out victorious in the mens and womens category respectively in the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup of rock climbing here. Japan…
Moscow, May 16 (IANS) The Council of Europes convention on an integrated safety, security and service approach at football matches and other sports events will be signed by some 40 countries on July 3 in…
Beijing, May 16 (IANS) Olympic champion Zhang Chenglong is going to lead China’s gymnastic squad at the Rio Olympic Games as the team announced the list on Monday. Five-time Olympic medallist Zou Kai missed the…
Patiala, May 16 (IANS) Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who on Monday visited the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports (NSNIS) here to take stock of preparations for the upcoming Rio Olympics, promised to send food…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Monday moved the Delhi High Court seeking to hold trials for the 74kg class to secure a berth in the Indian wrestling squad for the upcoming…
Sydney, May 16 (IANS) Australian Olympic athletes will be given Zika virus-proof condoms for the Rio Games to help fight against the spread of the virus. Australian pharmaceutical company Starpharma Holdings Ltd. has teamed up…