Rio de Janeiro, Nov 21 (IANS) Bernardo “Bernardinho” Rezende, who was the world’s most successful volleyball coach ever and the winner of six Olympic medals, admitted that he is contemplating running for governor of Rio…
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 21 (IANS) Chapecoense air crash survivor Jackson Follmann has revealed a desire to compete in the Paralympics as a swimmer. Follmann, 25, was one of the six survivors of last November’s…
Seoul, Nov 20 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will undertake a final technical visit to PyeongChang, the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Tuesday-Wednesday. According to local organizers on Monday, this will…
Guwahati, Nov 20 (IANS) India started the second day of the AIBA Women’s Youth World Championships on a grand note when Shashi Chopra, who recently picked a silver at the Ahmet Cormet boxing tournament in…
Innsbruck (Austria), Nov 20 (IANS) Indian luger Shiva Keshavan qualified for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018 after earning the necessary five points at the ongoing Viessmann Luge World Cup 2017-18 here. The three-time Asian Cup…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Achievers defeated Delhiites Polo to clinch the YES BANK Indian Masters 2017 title at the Jaipur Polo Ground here on Sunday. Achiever’s Matthew Perry opened the scoreboard followed by a…
Valencia (Spain), Nov 19 (IANS) Kenyan long-distance runner Sammy Kirop Kitwara won the Valencia Marathon on Sunday, breaking the race’s record. Kitwara clocked in at two hours, five minutes and 14 seconds, almost a minute…
Oslo, Nov 19 (IANS) Norwegians Sverre Lunde Pedersen and Sindre Henriksen took gold and bronze respectively in the Men’s 1,500m as Japanese Nao Kodaira and Miho Takagi dominated in Ladies’ speed skating, winning the 500m…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Ethiopia’s Berhanu Legese and reigning Olympic 10,000 metre champion Almaz Ayana clinched the respective elite men’s and women’s races at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon here on Sunday. Legese, who…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Ethiopia’s Berhanu Legese and reigning Olympic 10,000 metre champion Almaz Ayana clinched the respective elite men’s and women’s races at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM) here on Sunday. Legese,…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Sunday kept mum when probed about two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar’s mysterious gold medal-winning comeback at the national championships in Indore last week. A…
Guwahati, Nov 18 (IANS) Hosts India received an early shot in the arm when two of their boxers, Neha Yadav (+81kg) and Anupama in the 81 kg category drew a bye in the pick of…
Ankara (Turkey), Nov 18 (IANS) World and Olympic champion weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu from Turkey died on Saturday at the age of 50, local media reported. The Turkish champion underwent a liver transplant surgery last month…
Noida, Nov 18 (IANS) Over 350 children participated in HCL Foundation’s first national sports meet ‘Sports for Change’ here on Saturday. Union Minister of State for Culture, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Mahesh Sharma felicitated…
Paris, Nov 18 (IANS) Paris 2024 has unveiled the dates of the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Week for youngsters, the first major event of formal Paris 2024 Organizing Committee. The 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Week…
Guwahati, Nov 17 (IANS) India unveiled a strong 10-member contingent to lead the countrys charge in the AIBA Womens Youth World Boxing Championship, starting here on Sunday. Six pugilists from Haryana — Neetu (48kg), Jyoti…
Moscow, Nov 17 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee on Friday announced that its Executive Board will on December 5 announce its decision on the participation of Russian athletes in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in…
Jakarta, Nov 17 (IANS) A total of 1,485 athletes will compete in an international taekwondo tournament this month in Yogyakarta province of Indonesia, the organising committee announced on Friday. Among the participating nations are China,…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Four-time Olympic medallist swimmer Anthony Ervin on Thursday said running liberates him and he enjoys it more than swimming at times. “I may be one of the rare swimmers who…
Moscow, Nov 16 (IANS) Russian anti-doping agency (Rusada) will continue the dialogue on its reinstatement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and will work as normal, Chairman of the agencys Supervisory Board Alexander Ivlev said…