Rio de Janeiro, Sep 14 (IANS) India’s Devendra Jhajharia cemented his legend status as he bettered his own world record to win the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw F46 event at the ongoing…
London, Sep 14 (IANS) The 2016 London Marathon raised a whopping 59.4 million pounds (about $ 78.4 million) for charity, setting a new world record for an annual single day charity fundraising event for the…
By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Devendra Jhajharia, who has emerged as the new poster boy of Indian athletics after bettering his own World record to claim his second Paralympics gold, feels it…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) The US won the gold medal on a better tie-break score over Ukraine while the top-seeded Russia won bronze at the 2016 World Chess Olympiad open category at…
Moscow, Sep 13 (IANS) Russian hacking group Fancy Bears’ Hack Team on Tuesday claimed to have accessed the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) database, alleging that American tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams and four-time Rio…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) The United States won the gold medal on a better median count over Ukraine while Russia won bronze at the 2016 World Chess Olympiad open category at Baku,…
Kolkata Sep 13 (IANS) Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who received accolades from across the country for her fourth-place finish in the Rio Olympics vaults final, will be presented a gold crown by a community Durga Puja…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 13 (IANS) Indian swimmer Suyash Jadhav failed to qualify for the final round of the men’s 200 metre Individual Medley competition at the Rio Paralympics here on Tuesday. Jadhav was below…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Hosts India were dealt a major blow ahead of the third edition of the Track Asia Cup, which gets underway from Wednesday at the Indira Gandhi sports complex velodrome here,…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) India ended their World Chess Olympiad campaign in the open section drawing their 11th round match against Norway at Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday. The team would not figure…
Moscow, Sep 13 (IANS) The Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk (western Siberia) will host the 2020 World Chess Olympiad, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), confirmed on Tuesday. “Congratulations to Khanty-Mansiysk. It beat…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 13 (IANS) China’s Li Guizhi set a new world record to win gold in the women’s 50m freestyle S11 at the Rio Paralympics. The 23-year-old, who is visually impaired, clocked 30.73…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 13 (IANS) Gunfire broke out near the Rio Paralympic archery venue, but the violence had no bearing on the ongoing archery event, organisers said. Discussing the violence near the Sambodrome on…
Rio de Janerio, Sep 13 (IANS) India’s Virender finished ninth in the men’s javelintThrow – F56/57 final at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games here. Virender scored 35.73 m in the first three attempts at the…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 13 (IANS) China’s Pan Shiyun smashed his own world record to win gold in the men’s 50m butterfly S7 at the Rio Paralympics. Pan touched the wall in 28.41 seconds to…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 13 (IANS) A Brazilian court has indicted International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Patrick Hickey for a ticket-scalping scheme that operated during last month’s 2016 Rio Games. Judge Juliana Leal de Melo…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 12 (IANS) India’s Deepa Malik bagged a silver medal in the Women’s Shot Put F53 event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games, clinching the silver with a personal best throw of…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 12 (IANS) Indian Suyash Narayan Yadav failed to advance to the final in the S7 50 metres butterfly swimming competition of the Rio Paralympics here on Monday. Suyash finished fifth in…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 12 (IANS) India’s Deepa Malik on Monday bagged a silver medal in the Women’s Shot Put – F53 event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games here, clinching the silver with a…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Refuting media reports of gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu being selected to carry the tricolour at the Rio Paralympics closing ceremony on September 18, Paralympics Committee of India (PCI) vice president…