New Delhi: Rowing Federation of India (RFI) has been de-recognised by the sports ministry for violating the Sports Code of 2011 during its elections held in...
New Delhi: Defending champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg) on Wednesday sailed into the quarterfinals of the Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament after her rival Sevda Asenova abandoned their...
New Delhi: Defending champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg) was off to a resounding start at the Strandja Memorial boxing tournament, outpunching Morocco’s Yasmine Mouttaki in Sofia, Bulgaria....
New Delhi: Indian shooters Divyansh Singh Pawar and Apurvi Chandela have clinched a gold medal each in Meyton Cup, a private tournament in Innsbruck, Austria. While...
Mumbai: A 64-year-old man died after suffering a heart attack while running in the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 on Sunday morning, officials said. Gajendra Manjalkar, a...
New Delhi: Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya won two gold medals for India on the final day of the Matteo Pellicone ranking series tournament in Rome....
New Delhi: Despite her defeat, Nikhat Zareen is glad that the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) atleast handed her a chance to fight against Mary Kom...
New Delhi: Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia on Thursday dispelled all rumours of retirement and said he has his eyes set on a hat-trick of world records...
Guwahati: Zeena Khitta continued her good form in the 10m air rifle event as she clinched gold at the Khelo India Youth Games with a score...
Kolkata: The World Archery has set the ball rolling for a conditional lifting of the suspension of the Indian federation by appointing its observer for the...
Paris: The Paris trial of Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics’ world governing body who is accused of accepting millions of dollars to cover up...
Madrid: Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto set a new 10km road world record of 26 minutes 24 seconds in Valencia. Kipruto bettered the previous fastest time set by...
New Delhi: On the back of its sparkling show through 2019, India finished the year as the top shooting nation in the world, leapfrogging Olympic heavyweights...
Nicosia: Iran’s only female Olympic medallist Kimia Alizadeh has announced she has permanently left her country, citing the “hypocrisy” of a system she claims humiliates athletes...
Los Angeles: United States World Cup icon Megan Rapinoe Friday vowed that athletes “will not be silenced” after the International Olympic Committee warned against political protests...
Lausanne: The head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach has insisted that protests should be kept out of this year’s Tokyo Games, saying that the...
London: British athletics great Mo Farah says he would have been the first athlete to leave disgraced coach Alberto Salazar’s camp had he known he was involved...
New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra on Friday asked the Rowing Federation of India (RFI) to review its decision to ban Dattu Bhokanal for...
Lausanne (Switzerland): No taking a knee at the Olympics. No hand gestures with political meaning. No disrespect at medal ceremonies. The International Olympic Committee published guidelines...
Montreal: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed Thursday it has sent its case for the exclusion of Russia from international sporting competitions to the Court of...
Tokyo: Tokyo Olympic athletes beware particularly larger ones. The bed frames in the Athletes Village at this year’s Olympics will be made of cardboard. Sturdy cardboard....
Pune: Ace paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal has admitted that going to Olympic qualifiers without a coach would be a tough situation. The 37-year-old, who was at...
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has disaffiliated the Karate Association of India for violating its constitution and guidelines. The IOA took the decision during...
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association has received full support from World Archery on its proposal to host a Commonwealth championships for the sport, which is...
Lausanne: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said the accusations made by a German broadcaster of corruption and doping cover-ups at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)...
New Delhi: The Mission Olympic Cell on Monday sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore as financial assistance for training, competition and equipment needs of several athletes, including wrestler...
Bhopal: Ace shooter Saurabh Chaudhary stamped his class to win the men’s 10m air pistol gold at the 63rd National Shooting Championship competitions. The 17-year-old from...
Lucknow: Two-time World Cadet champion Sonam Malik stunned Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik while another promising junior Anshu Malik knocked out World Championship medallist Pooja...
New Delhi: Young Indian paddler Manav Thakkar has jumped nine places to become the world no.1 in the Under-21 men’s singles category in the latest International...
New Delhi: Much-improved Jitender Kumar on Friday prevailed in an intense 74kg trial bout to qualify for the season-opener in Italy and the Asian Championship here...
New Delhi: On course to seal a berth for the Tokyo Games, former world champion Mirabai Chanu maintained her eighth spot in the Olympic qualifiers ranking...
New Delhi: The much-awaited elections of the Archery Association of India (AAI) will be held on January 18 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. The Delhi...
Montreal: Outgoing WADA President Craig Reedie says the Russian doping scandal shows that clean sport is under attack, but the anti-doping organisation now has the tools...
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association has withdrawn its threat to boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham over shooting’s exclusion while announcing that the country...
Bengaluru: Accomplished comeback-man Vikas Krishan (69kg) claimed a slot in the Indian men’s boxing squad for next year’s Olympic qualifiers after winning his final trial bout...
Bhopal: Vijayveer Sidhu of Chandigarh claimed the individual gold medal in the men’s 25m standard pistol event of the National Shooting Championship. Vijayveer shot 580 to...
New Delhi: MC Mary Kom remained combative long after winning the trial for Olympic qualifiers on Saturday, slamming the controversy that preceded her showdown with Nikhat...
