Geneva, July 22 (IANS) A total of 45 athletes, who participated in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and London, respectively, tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs following the reanalysis of their…
Moscow, July 22 (IANS) Russia hopes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will allow its athletes not caught up in recent doping allegations to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympics, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Friday….
Moscow, July 22 (IANS) Russia hopes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will allow its athletes not caught up in recent doping allegations to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympics, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Friday….
Beijing, July 22 (IANS) The difficulties in Rio’s preparation for the upcoming Olympic Games should be fully understood, a senior Chinese sports official said on Friday. Gao Zhidan, China’s General Administration of Sport vice director,…
Jerusalem, July 22 (IANS) Israel will be participating in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with its biggest ever delegation, hoping to improve on the frustrating results in London four years ago where the…
Rio de Janeiro, July 22 (IANS) An Olympic rings sculpture made from 65 kg of recycled plastic bottles has been formally inaugurated on Rio’s world-famous Copacabana beach. Tourists congregated on the sand early Thursday for…
Mexico, July 22 (IANS) Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto met with the country’s athletes competing at the 2016 Olympic Games as part of the delegation’s official send-off. Pena Nieto on Thursday thanked the 126 Olympic…
Mexico, July 22 (IANS) Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto met with the country’s athletes competing at the 2016 Olympic Games as part of the delegation’s official send-off. Pena Nieto on Thursday thanked the 126 Olympic…
Rio de Janeiro, July 22 (IANS) Fans bought more than 100,000 tickets in less than five hours after the final major batch of Olympic Games tickets went on sale, the organisers said. The most sought-after…
Lausanne (Switzerland), July 21 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday rejected the Russian Olympic Committees (ROC) appeal against the ban on its athletes from track and field competitions at the 2016…
Prague, July 21 (IANS) The Czech Olympic Committee has described the ban on Russian athletes taking part in the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as “totally unacceptable and unjust”. “The punishment for all…
Lausanne (Switzerland), July 21 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday rejected the Russian Olympic Committees appeal against the ban on its athletes from track and field competitions at the 2016 Summer…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Star shuttler Saina Nehwal has been seeded fifth while P.V. Sindhu got the ninth seeding in women’s singles at the upcoming Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro. In men’s singles,…
Moscow, July 21 (IANS) The Kremlin considers the blanket ban on Russian field and track athletes from the upcoming Olympics in Rio de janeiro inadmissible, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary said on Thursday. Earlier in…
Lausanne (Switzerland), July 21 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday rejected the Russian Olympic Committees appeal against the ban on its athletes from track and field competitions at the 2016 Summer…
Montevideo (Uruguay) July 21 (IANS) Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez presented the official banner that the country’s flag-bearer will carry at next month’s opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Sailor Dolores Moreira,…
Manheim (Pennsylvania), July 21 (IANS) The Indian women’s hockey team beat the US girls 2-1 in their second game of the ongoing pre-Olympic tour in here on Thursday. Jill Witmer gave the hosts the lead…
Moscow, July 21 (IANS) Russian athletes can aspire to bag medals in almost all the disciplines at the forthcoming Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Russian National Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov has asserted….
By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) He has not only vaulted 130 spots in the world rankings after just six tournaments but has also become India’s first judoka in a decade to seal…
Rio de Janeiro, July 20 (IANS) Around 1,000 marines from the Brazilian army underwent a riot control test in Rio de Janeiro, as part of the security preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games to be…