Kuala Lumpur, March 2 (IANS) Chinese men’s and women’s teams, both defending champions, advanced to the quarter-finals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships here on Wednesday, defeating Austria and Chinese Taipei respectively. Chinese women’s…
Paris, March 2 (IANS) The French judiciary has widened the scope of its investigations into accusations of corruption levelled at former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack to include the circumstances of…
Ho Chi Minh City, March 2 (IANS) The first world traditional martial arts championships will take place here from July 24 to 30, the World Federation of Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts (WFVV) said on Wednesday….
Lausanne, March 2 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that a new Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Anti-doping Division will handle cases from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro onwards….
Kuala Lumpur, March 2 (IANS) Indian women qualified for the main draw after topping group G with a 3-0 crushing victory over Croatia in the Table Tennis World Championships here on Wednesday. In the Second…
Kuala Lumpur, March 1 (IANS) China beat Spain 3-0 for their fourth straight win in the women’s event here on Tuesday at the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships, keeping their unbeaten record in the…
London, March 1 (IANS) Still remember the warm hearted British athlete who helped injured Chinese 110 metres hurdler Liu Xiang limp off the track at the 2012 London Olympic Games? Andy Turner, the third fastest…
Kuala Lumpur, March 1 (IANS) Seven-year-old Ylyas Allanazarov of Turkmenistan has become very noticeable at the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships here, even before his competition begins. When most of his peers are busy…
Kuala Lumpur, March 1 (IANS) It was a setback for the Indian men who went down 0-3 to Nigeria in their Group F third round match in Second Division of the World Table Tennis Championships…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) These are good times for Delhi table tennis. Four of its players — Parth Virmani, Shivjit Singh Lamba, Ishita Gupta and Sristhi Gupta — were selected to represent India in…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 29 (IANS) Indian men and women’s teams posted their second successive wins in the World Table Tennis Championships to enter the third round here on Monday. After winning their first Second Division…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 28 (IANS) Indian men paddlers had a perfect start to their campaign at the World Championships by blanking out Vietnam 3-0 in the first round of the Second Division here on Sunday….
Monaco, Feb 28 (IANS) Slovenian high-jumper Rozle Prezelj has been elected the new chairman of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes’ Commission. The 36-year-old, a three-time Olympian and a European Under-23 champion in…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 28 (IANS) Indian male paddlers had a perfect start to their campaign at the World Championships by blanking out Vietnam 3-0 in the first round of the Second Division here on Sunday….