Vikas Gowda, India's only CWG gold medallist discus thrower, retires
Top discus thrower Vikas Gowda on Wednesday retired after competing at the highest level for more than 15 years, during which he became the first and only Indian male to win Commonwealth Games medals in the discipline.
May 31, 2018, 09:04 AM IST
Caster Semenya athletics testosterone drama angers South Africa
Anger is mounting in South Africa over new athletics rules prescribing maximum testosterone levels in female competitors widely seen as targeting the country's Olympic champion Caster Semenya.
May 04, 2018, 17:49 PM IST
Russian Olympic Committee chair will not run for re-election: Report
Alexander Zhukov's presidency coincided with a turbulent time for Russian sport as a doping scandal led to the country being banned from February's Winter Olympics in South Korea.
May 02, 2018, 15:25 PM IST
Vinesh Phogat wants medal, history at 2020 Olympics
Vinesh was touted as the brightest medal prospect for India at the Rio Olympics but her campaign ended in tears after she was stretchered off the mat following a career-threatening knee injury in the quarterfinals.
May 01, 2018, 15:48 PM IST
ICC hopeful of cricket's inclusion at 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
Cricket may finally return to the Olympics in Los Angeles 2028 after the ICC has expressed its strong desire to pitch for the sport's inclusion in the quadrennial Summer Games on the final day of its quarterly meetings on Thursday.
Apr 26, 2018, 18:06 PM IST
After CWG silver, boxer Satish now targets Olympic gold
Satish lost by a unanimous 0:5 verdict to Frazer Clarke of England after an extremely hard fought final in which both boxers pushed themselves to the limit.
Apr 18, 2018, 15:02 PM IST
Italy puts forward bid to host 2026 Games in Milan and Turin
It added that a feasibility study had already been carried out and would be handed to the new Italian government when it is eventually formed, this month`s election having produced a hung parliament. Turin staged the Winter Games in its own right in 2006.
Mar 29, 2018, 23:04 PM IST
Legendary British athlete Roger Bannister dies aged 88
British athlete Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, has died aged 88, British media reported on Sunday, citing a statement from his family.
Mar 04, 2018, 17:43 PM IST
Russia says International Olympic Committee reinstates its membership
Russians competed as neutrals in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after the IOC suspended Russia in December, saying it had found evidence of an "unprecedented systematic manipulation" of the anti-doping system.
Feb 28, 2018, 18:59 PM IST
Russia appeals to IOC for permission to march with its flag at closing ceremony of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Russia has appealed to Olympic authorities to restore its Olympic status and allow its athletes to march with the national flag on Sunday at the Winter Games closing ceremony, but it could be waiting until the last minute for a decision.
Feb 24, 2018, 19:27 PM IST
Love is love: Televised gay kiss lights up Olympics
Gay freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy said it was a moment that he "never dreamed" possible as a child after he was filmed kissing his partner on live television at the Olympics.
Feb 19, 2018, 14:21 PM IST
Donald Trump has a tweet for everything, but none yet for Olympics
President Donald Trump has a tweet for just about everything, but he's got nothing so far for Team USA a few days into the 2018 Olympic Games.
Feb 13, 2018, 13:43 PM IST
Korean unity, historic handshake at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony
The two Koreas marched together and South Korea's president shared a historic handshake with Kim Jong Un's sister.
Feb 09, 2018, 20:12 PM IST
Pence says US to announce new, tough sanctions on North Korea
US Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday that Washington would soon announce new, tough sanctions to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programmes, calling it the planet`s "most tyrannical and oppressive regime".
Feb 07, 2018, 16:02 PM IST
Former players ask BCCI to back Olympics push for cricket
The MCC World Cricket committee has asked the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to back the bid for the sport’s Olympics inclusion, saying it would greatly benefit the game.
Jan 10, 2018, 18:57 PM IST
Geeta will shine at Asian Games and Olympics, predicts Ritu Phogat
Upcoming wrestler Ritu Phogat on Monday came out in support of her elder sister Geeta Phogat and asserted that, despite failing to qualify for the Commonwealth Games, she will prove her mettle at the Asian Games and 2020 Olympics.
Jan 08, 2018, 19:29 PM IST
I like bit of dictatorship but in a positive way, says Arjuna Awardee boxer Akhil Kumar
Indian boxing's national observer will again take to the ring as a pro-boxer in a tournament hosted by Hope and Glory Boxing in association with WBC and Boxing Premier League in New Delhi on February 10.
Dec 20, 2017, 17:04 PM IST
Former Olympic champion cyclist Alexander Vinokourov to face corruption trial
The 44-year-old Kazakh, who won Olympic road race gold in London in 2012 having served a two-year doping ban from 2007-09, is accused of having paid Russian Alexander Kolobnev 150,000 euros ($178,000) to let him win the 2010 Liege-Bastogne-Liege prestigious one-day classic.
Dec 20, 2017, 00:47 AM IST
Russian Doping: FBI is controlling whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, says Vladimir Putin
Rodchenkov is the former director of the Moscow anti-doping lab. He fled to the United States in 2016 saying he feared for his life after the sudden death of two senior officials in the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). He then provided information which led to an investigation of doping at the Sochi Winter Games in 2014.
Dec 14, 2017, 22:50 PM IST
'No concerns' over Tokyo's Olympic preparations: IOC
Coordination commission chairman John Coates insisted he had "no concerns" over Tokyo's preparations after local organisers recently unveiled their first new permanent venue.
Dec 13, 2017, 18:31 PM IST
