Mexico on Wednesday announced a bid to host the 2036 Olympics, more than half a century after first staging the Summer Games. “We’re starting on the...
Olympic great Mo Farah was illegally trafficked to Britain at the age of nine from Djibouti and forced to work as a child servant, he has revealed, saying...
New Delhi: India’s recent maiden Thomas Cup triumph was a surprise for every badminton enthusiast credits to the Chief National Coach for the India national badminton team...
New Delhi: Former India football skipper Baichung Bhutia on Saturday said that India should target individual sports like China to win more medals. Bhutia said that...
New Delhi: A profligate P V Sindhu faltered in the semifinals of the Thailand Open, going down in straight games to Olympic champion and world number...
New Delhi: The Indian women’s hockey team dished out a below-par performance to suffer a 1-3 loss to Olympic champions Netherlands’ second-string side in the shootout...
New Delhi: It was the best of moments – or the worst of moments – in soccer history, and now sports fans with deep pockets can...
New Delhi: The world number one Viktor Axelsen on Sunday defeated India’s Lakshya Sen to win the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships. It took the...
Star Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 55kg weight category on Friday by clinching the gold in the Singapore Weightlifting International. Competing...
New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee on Saturday awarded India the right to host the IOC Session in Mumbai next year. Nita Ambani, the Indian representative...
New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Wednesday announced it has appointed 398 coaches at various levels across 21 disciplines to prepare for important...
New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra, who also heads the International Hockey Federation, termed the Indian men’s hockey team’s performance in recent tournaments as...
Beijing: Six German athletes who arrived here on Thursday have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to seven cases among them so far, the team...
Beijing: For journalists covering the Beijing Winter Olympics, China’s strict pandemic measures are creating a surreal and somewhat frustrating experience. China requires electronic confirmation of the...
New Delhi: Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming said on Monday that tennis star Peng Shuai, who became the subject of concern after she accused a former...
New Delhi: Neeraj Chopra heralded a new era in Indian athletics with his colossal Tokyo Olympics gold that acquired him a superstar status in the country...
Cricket’s bid for an Olympic spot received a jolt when it was excluded from the provisional list of 28 sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games,...
Sprint legend Usain Bolt said he could have emerged from retirement to win a fourth straight Olympic 100m title in Tokyo this year, insisting the winning...
New Delhi: India’s double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will look to iron out her flaws when she competes at the French Open Super 750 badminton...
New Delhi: Hockey India has asserted that Belgium’s public expression of displeasure over Indians sweeping the FIH annual awards is nothing short of “racial discrimination” and...
New Delhi: Describing his German coach Klaus Bartonietz as the “best” for him, Olympic gold-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Friday said he would like to...
New Delhi: Sports minister Anurag Thakur will virtually interact with sports ministers of all states and union territories on Monday to prepare a roadmap for the...
New Delhi: Indian women’s hockey team midfielder Salima Tete, who played an integral part in India’s fine performance at the Tokyo Olympics, said on Tuesday that...
New Delhi: Iga Swiatek, the No.7 seed from Poland, got her US Open campaign off to a flying start with a 6-3, 6-4 win over American qualifier...
Los Angeles: Simone Biles said on Monday the mental health concerns that led to her dramatic withdrawal from several events at the Tokyo Olympics had begun before...
New Delhi: The legendary Kapil Dev feels removing duty on sports equipments will help the country produce more champions as more children will be able to...
Panipat: India’s first-ever gold medallist in athletics at the Olympics, Neeraj Chopra, has trashed claims that Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem was tampering with his javelin before his first...
Tokyo: The Tokyo Paralympics open Tuesday after a year-long pandemic delay and with the virus continuing to cast a long shadow as Japan battle a record...
New Delhi: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold-winning feat in the Olympics was listed as one of the 10 magical moments of track and field...
New Delhi: The scenes outside the international airport were chaotic. The sound deafening as bands, dholaks and songs pierced through the air. There were scores of...
Tokyo: Top Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri, who had finished joint 42nd in the men’s event at the Tokyo Olympic Games, has said that woman golfer Aditi...
Tokyo: India capped off its best-ever performance in the Olympics with a haul of seven medals, including a gold. As the Tokyo Olympics come to a...
Tokyo: Every two years, when an Olympics convenes, its organizers harness billions of dollars to make sure the entire affair is tightly, carefully scripted, clearing the...
Tokyo: The history-making Indian women’s hockey team’s dream of securing its maiden Olympic medal remained unfulfilled as it lost 3-4 to Great Britain in a hard-fought...
Tokyo: Overwhelmed by emotion after leading India to its first Olympic hockey medal in 41 years, skipper Manpreet Singh on Thursday dedicated the historic triumph to...
Tokyo: A brave Indian women’s hockey team put up a gritty performance but it was not enough to secure a maiden Olympic final berth as it...
Tokyo: Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur finished a creditable sixth in her first Olympics with the best throw of 63.70m in a rain-interrupted final here on Monday....
Tokyo: India’s brilliant run in the Tokyo Olympics men’s hockey tournament came to an end with a 2-5 defeat to world champions Belgium in the semifinals...
Tokyo: Their remarkable performances in the build-up to the Tokyo Games creating high hopes of multiple medals at the Olympics, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will...
Tokyo: Shattered after going down in the Olympics women’s singles final, world number one badminton player Tai Tzu Ying has revealed that Indian ace P V Sindhu’s...
