Nairobi, Feb 2 (IANS) Olympic 5,000 metres champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya is not under pressure to deliver when she debuts at the London Marathon on April 23. The 33-year-old expects a good performance as…
Nairobi, Feb 2 (IANS) A Kenyan lawyer is seeking to have officials from the country’s sports ministry charged over the Rio 2016 Olympics scandal that saw money and kit belonging to their team stolen or…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday allocated Rs. 1943.21 crore to the ministry of youth affairs and sports for 2017-18 fiscal, an increase of Rs 351 crore from the last…
Moscow, Feb 1 (IANS) Russian athletes will be able to take part in the 2018 Winter Games in South Koreas PyeongChang if the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) restores the country’s membership in May, a member…
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS) The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission have so far failed to give names of the athletes suspected of violating anti-doping rules to the Russian Paralympic…
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS) The Russian Paralympic Committee’s (RPC) membership of the International Paralympic Committee could be restored before the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in South Korea if Russia meets the reinstatement criteria in full,…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) World No.6 table tennis player Dmitrij Ovtcharov of Germany and No.8 Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus have confirmed their participation in the $120,000 India Open of the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World…
Moscow, Jan 30 (IANS) The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has been awarded a certificate of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) quality management system, it said on Monday. The audit of the Russian anti-doping agency’s…
Alappuzha (Kerala), Jan 30 (IANS) Differently abled swimmer E.D. Baburaj on Monday swam 25 km non-stop at the Punnamada lake here, the venue of the popular Nehru snake boat race. Soon after reaching the finishing…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Monday set up a Task Force comprising sportspersons like badminton coach Pullela Gopichand and Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra among others to prepare an…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Incheon Asian Games gold medallist Jitu Rai, London Olympics bronze medallist Gagan Narang and female shooter Heena Sidhu are among the top names in the India squad for the upcoming…
Gurugram, Jan 30 (IANS) A new set of office-bearers, led by president Dushyant Chautala, will take charge at the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), following an election during its annual general body meeting here…
Wijk aan Zee (The Netherlands), Jan 30 (IANS) Indian grandmaster Pentala Harikrishnas campaign in Tata Steel Chess ended on a sour note as he lost to Dutchman Loek Van Wely in the last round to…
Rabat, Jan 30 (IANS) Ethiopian athlete Adhiana Gebret Sadik claimed the 28th Marrakech International Marathon title here. Sadik crossed the finish line with a time of 2:08:55 on Sunday followed by Moroccans Hicham Laqouahi at…
Sydney, Jan 30 (IANS) The recent visa changes implemented by US President Donald Trump has led to wide-ranging consequences, with Australian NBA player Thon Maker, under threat of being affected due to his Sudanese origin….
The Hague, Jan 30 (IANS) Wesley So has won the 79th edition of the prestigious Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, a media report said on Monday. In the 13th and…
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) Siliguri lad Abul Hossain won the Kolkata Full Marathon as amateur runners from north Bengal and northeast India ruled the first edition of the meet here on Sunday. Hossain clinched the…
Wijk aan Zee (The Netherlands), Jan 29 (IANS) Indian grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna maintained his eighth position after he played a thrilling draw against Hungarian Richard Rapport in the penultimate round of the Tata Steel Chess…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra on Saturday said a collective expertise at the grassroots level is absent in Indian sport, a “missing link” that needs to be fixed. Bindra, India’s…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) A three-month stay at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG) village opened 2016 Rio Paralympics silver medallist shotputter Deepa Malik’s eyes and she started pushing the envelope for equal rights for…