New Delhi: With seven more top boxers testing positive for Covid-19 at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports (NIS), the number of positive cases in boxing has...
Almaty: Indian female wrestlers Anshu Malik and Sonam Malik on Saturday made the country proud as they booked spots for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in the 57kg...
Mussanah (Oman): India’s KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 49er category by finishing atop the field at the Mussanah Open...
New Delhi: Russian Olympic champions Andrei Silnov and Natalya Antyukh have each been banned for four years for doping offenses, the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
Mussanah (Oman): Chennai-based Nethra Kumanan created history, becoming the first Indian woman sailor to secure an Olympic quota place by taking an unassailable lead in the...
New Delhi: Olympic-bound six-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) will spearhead the Indian women’s challenge in the Asian Boxing Championship slated to be held in...
New Delhi: Indian sprinters will finally get to test their form and fitness in a top-notch event after nearly two years when a 20-member squad competes...
New Delhi: The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Tuesday reiterated its support to the Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes, saying that it has all along “realised...
Lausanne: The international swimming federation, FINA, has cancelled three major aquatics events in Tokyo — which were supposed to double up as Olympic test events —...
Seoul: North Korea does not plan to take part in this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a media report. Pyongyang’s Olympic...
New Delhi: The BFI had conducted national selection trials in non-Olympic weight categories last weekend in New Delhi, but four women boxers including Mary Kom (51kg)...
Oman: Indian sailor Nethra Kumanan overcame the disappointment of a poor second race on Day 1, in which she had finished seventh, to get back into...
New Delhi: Elavenil Valarivan, the world No 1 in women’s 10m air rifle who didn’t win an Olympic quota, has been included in the national shooting...
New Delhi: Former world champion Mirabai Chanu will lead the Indian challenge in women’s 49kg category at the upcoming Asian Weightlifting Championships to be held at...
New Delhi: The 2023 men’s boxing World Championships will be held in Uzbekistan capital Tashkent, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) announced on Friday. AIBA President Umar...
Tokyo: Osaka city mayor Ichiro Matsui and Osaka prefecture governor Hirofumi Yoshimura on Thursday made a strong pitch for the Olympic Torch relay in their city...
New Delhi: The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) is looking at Incheon in South Korea as the final training-cum-acclimatisation hub for its shooters before they...
Seoul: Despite no perceptible thaw in their relations, Seoul said on Thursday it has submitted a joint bid with the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to...
Hamburg: Kenya’s Olympics medal favourite Eliud Kipchoge must wait at least a week more to return to action as the Hamburg Marathon was postponed from April...
New Delhi: Thirty sportspersons and support staff across disciplines were found to be COVID-19 positive after 741 precautionary tests were conducted at the National Centres of...
New Delhi: Boxing coach Dharmendra Yadav is staying back in Istanbul for another week in quarantine as his second report has also come positive for Covid-19,...
New Delhi: Shotgun shooters Prithviraj Tondaiman, Lakshay Sheoran and Kynan Chenai ended India’s campaign at the ISSF World Cup with a gold medal in the men’s...
Tokyo: Members of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including officials of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), as well as business executives belonging to sponsors will be...
New Delhi: Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik will compete in the 65kg freestyle event in next month’s Asian Wrestling Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wrestling Federation...
New Delhi: India’s Vijayveer Sidhu and Tejaswani claimed the gold medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team event of the ISSF World Cup in...
Lausanne: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to grant accreditation only to those people who have essential and operational roles at this summer’s Olympic Games...
New Delhi: Within 20 days, Haryana’s para javelin thrower Sumit Antil has broken the world record twice in the F-64 category. On Friday, in his sixth...
New Delhi: Host India continued dominance of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup, winning two more gold medals on Friday to take their tally...
New Delhi: The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Friday announced that it has postponed next month’s National Championships. This is a result of a...
New Delhi: India’s sports pistol aces Rahi Sarnobat, Manu Bhaker, and Chinki Yadav, all Tokyo Olympic Games quota winners, struck gold yet again in the women’s...
Doha: Para shooter Sidhartha Babu won a bronze as India ended their campaign with seven medals, including two gold medals, at the Al Ain 2021 Shooting...
New Delhi: The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in...
New Delhi: Promising rifle shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar on Wednesday won gold in the men’s 50 metres rifle 3-position while Chinki Yadav won the women’s...
Al Ain (UAE): Promising Manish Narwal stole the show on Tuesday as he set a new world record on way to clinching gold in the P4...
New Delhi: India’s Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Ganemat Sekhon on Tuesday won gold in the skeet mixed team event of the Shooting World Cup here....
Tokyo: Foreign volunteers will not be allowed to serve in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games this summer, a countermeasure against Covid-19, the organisers said. Tokyo...
Tokyo: Foreign volunteers will not be allowed to serve in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games this summer, a countermeasure against Covid-19, the organisers said. Tokyo 2020...
