Las Vegas, May 8 (IANS) Mexican professional boxer Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez knocked out Britain’s Amir Khan in the sixth round in Las Vegas to retain his WBC middleweight title. Until the brutal ending, Khan had…
Istanbul, May 7 (IANS) After booking the Rio Olympic berth in women’s 48kg category, wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Saturday admitted that it was not easy to get over the overweight fiasco, but was glad to…
Las Vegas, May 7 (IANS) Ahead of the biggest fight of his career, British boxer Amir Khan has asserted that he wants to be the biggest name in the sport. The 29-year-old of Pakistani origin…
Istanbul, May 7 (IANS) Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik booked Rio 2016 berths in their respective categories at the second Olympic World qualifying tournament here on Saturday. Vinesh made amends for…
Visakhapatnam, May 7 (IANS) Refreshed and relaxed after a week’s break, a formidable Mumbai Indians will be raring to go when they take on a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad in a league tie of the Indian…
Hohhot (China), May 7 (IANS) More than 1,000 sports lovers from China and Mongolia participated in a friendly sports meet that kicked off on Saturday in Erenhot, a border city in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous…
Buenos Aires, May 7 (IANS) Argentinian President Mauricio Macri has predicted that the 3rd Youth Olympic Games 2018 here will be “a great party” for the South American nation. In 2018, young people from 207…
Bolton (UK), May 7 (IANS) Just one fight away from a shot at the WBO Asia title, star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will face an experienced Andrzej Soldra of Poland in his sixth professional bout…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) In the run-up to the Under-17 World Cup set to be hosted in the country next year, India and Japan on Friday decided to exchange sportspersons, coaches, experts and administrators…
Suhl (Germany), May 6 (IANS) The Indian squad ended their campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup with a creditable fourth place finish in the medal’s table. The Indian juniors had…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Rio Olympics-bound Soumyajit Ghosh jumped 20 places to be 65th in the world table tennis rankings released on Thursday, upstaging his icon Achanta Sharath Kamal, who was down 12 places…
Beijing, May 5 (IANS) The Chinese sports industry will amount to over three trillion yuan ($460 billion) by the end of 2020, according to the Asian country’s five-year sports development plan released on Thursday. “China’s…
Suhl (Germany), May 5 (IANS) Indian shooters took bronze in the women’s 25m Pistol event on the fourth day of the ISSF Junior World Cup here. The Indian women’s team of Sanjana Sehrawat, Chinki Yadav…
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…