Olympic gold is my ultimate target: Boxer Mary Kom
Mary's only appearance at the Olympics came at the London Games in 2012, when women's boxing was introduced for the first time at the quadrennial sports spectacle. Having moved up to the 51 kg category, she had ended up with a bronze medal.
Dec 13, 2017, 17:00 PM IST
Russian state TV to broadcast part of Winter Olympics with Russian athletes
The Russian Olympic Committee agreed on Tuesday to support Russian athletes who choose to compete under a neutral flag in February's Winter Games in South Korea after the International Olympic Committee last week banned Russia from the Games.
Dec 12, 2017, 17:21 PM IST
Russian Olympic Committee decides to support Winter Games athletes
A ROC official said on Monday most Russian athletes still wanted to attend, even as neutrals.
Dec 12, 2017, 15:36 PM IST
Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games: Don't underestimate me, Linsdey Vonn warns young athletes
Vonn, who won gold in the downhill skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, broke a bone in her arm last year but is training hard for Pyeongchang. She missed the Olympic Games in Sochi through injury.
Dec 11, 2017, 22:18 PM IST
European lawmakers slam FIFA, IOC for leadership issues
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said in two reports that "never before have sports faced such unprecedented loss of trust."
Dec 08, 2017, 21:10 PM IST
Tokyo unveils shortlisted mascots for 2020 Summer Olympics
The chosen mascots will be announced after the conclusion of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in February, with the selection panel subsequently deciding a name before a formal launch in July or August 2018.
Dec 07, 2017, 15:19 PM IST
Introducing Vitaly Mutko: Russia's controversial sports tsar
The 58-year-old Mutko, known for contradictory statements and diatribes against critics of Russian sport, has insisted in the past that Russia will reform its scandal-ridden anti-doping system but has denied state complicity in doping cover-ups.
Dec 06, 2017, 10:13 AM IST
Russia banned from 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, some athletes can compete under neutral flag
The IOC announced the decision after examining evidence of state-sponsored doping over several years that reached a high-point at the Winter Olympics hosted in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.
Dec 06, 2017, 00:22 AM IST
Olympics: International Olympic Committee will see more than 20,000 drugs tests in Pyeongchang lead-up
Russia has been in the spotlight since a report by a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission in 2015 found evidence of state-sponsored doping in Russia and accused it of systematically violating anti-doping regulations.
Dec 05, 2017, 19:24 PM IST
Olympics: How the Russian doping scandal has unfolded
The International Olympic Committee is expected to decide on Tuesday, whether to ban Russia from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games.
Dec 04, 2017, 20:46 PM IST
Kremlin says no plan to boycott Olympics because of doping scandal
The IOC is set to decide on Tuesday on the participation of Russian athletes at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Dec 04, 2017, 18:02 PM IST
Banned Abhay Singh Chautala shows up at Indian Olympic Association meeting
Banned Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Abhay Singh Chautala on Tuesday showed up at the association`s emergent executive council meeting without any invite.
Nov 08, 2017, 11:49 AM IST
International Olympic Committee considering e-sports for future Games
The rapidly growing world of e-sports and its popularity among young people has ignited the interest of the IOC as it looks to refresh its own ageing audience.
Oct 29, 2017, 11:22 AM IST
Pyeongchang 2018 Games torch lit in ancient Olympia
The run-up to the Feb. 9-25 Olympics has been overshadowed by the escalating crisis on the Korean peninsula triggered by North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile tests.
Oct 24, 2017, 18:09 PM IST
No room for Australia, New Zealand in Asian Games: OCA chief
Next year`s version of the quadrennial Asian Games, which is second in size only to the Summer Olympics, takes place in Indonesia with the 2022 edition scheduled for Hangzhou, China.
Sep 19, 2017, 21:40 PM IST
IOC picks Paris as 2024 Olympics host, Los Angeles gets 2028 Games
The 2028 Olympics will be the first held in the United States since the chaotic 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Sep 13, 2017, 23:45 PM IST
IOC to confirm Paris, Los Angeles as 2024, 2028 Olympics hosts today
IOC President Thomas Bach, the driving force behind the double award, described the candidacies as a "golden opportunity".
Sep 13, 2017, 10:25 AM IST
Sydney Games gave me belief to win an Olympic gold: Abhinav Bindra
Bindra was only 17 while competing in Sydney. Eight years later, at the Beijing Olympics, the air rifle shooter became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal.
Aug 21, 2017, 20:27 PM IST
PV Sindhu remembers most special day in her career exactly a year on
This day, August 19, last year, PV Sindhu won India’s most coveted medal at the Rio Olympics.
Aug 19, 2017, 16:40 PM IST
Here’s what Sakshi Malik posted to remember the most special day of her career
On the first anniversary of her bronze, Sakshi posted a picture with the medal on Twitter and captioned it as, “One Year of medal love. Aaj ek saal pura hogya...aap sabse bhout pyaar or samaan mila..Thank to everyone.”
Aug 18, 2017, 16:19 PM IST
