New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Georgia’s Rio Olympic gold medallist Vladimer Khinchegashvili emerged as the costliest buy till the halfway mark of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) auction, joining team Punjab for a whopping Rs….
London, Dec 16 (IANS) Britain’s Carl Hester won the fifth leg of the FEI World Cup Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League with Nip Tuck on an emotional night when the retirement of his stable-star Valegro…
San Juan (Puerto Rico), Dec 16 (IANS) Puerto Rico star Monica Puig, the surprise winner of the Rio Olympics women’s singles tennis tournament, sent a message of hope to residents of the Caribbean island who…
Hong Kong, Dec 15 (IANS) India beat Thailand 86-65 to progress to the semi-finals of the 21st Super Kung Sheung Cup International Basketball Invitation Championship here on Thusday. It was yet another superlative performance by…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) A total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medallists will go under the hammer at the second Pro Wrestling League (PWL) player auction to be held here on Friday. Besides,…
Moscow, Dec 15 (Tass) The Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) intends to take up with the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) the issue of compensation for relocating the 2017 World Championship from Sochi, RBF President…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has lashed out at the Jammu and Kashmir government for its decision to give compensation to slain terrorist Burhan Wani’s family for the death of his…
Pune, Dec 14 (IANS) Army shooter Manjit pipped teammate and star Olympian Jitu Rai to the gold medal in the mens 50m Pistol event at the ongoing 60th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) here on…
Moscow, Dec 14 (IANS) Anti-doping bodies of the United States and Canada conspired against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, according to documents leaked…
Moscow, Dec 14 (IANS) South Korea is going to boycott the 2017 bobsleigh World Championships in Sochi due to the Russian doping scandal, according to local media reports, citing an official from the Korean Bobsled…
Moscow, Dec 14 (IANS) The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has decided to move the 2017 world championships in bobsleigh and skeleton to another location, the press service of the federation has said. The…
Guwahati, Dec 13 (IANS) Commonwealth Games medallist Manoj Kumar was on Tuesday elected as the Players’ Representative in the Boxing Federation of India (BFI). Manoj managed to garner 16 votes from the total of 27,…
By Tridib Baparnash Guwahati, Dec 13 (IANS) Asian Games gold medallist boxer and local favourite Shiva Thapa clinched the gold medal in the Lightweight (60kg) category after thrashing Haryana’s Ankush in the final of the…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Indian boxing star Vijender Singh on Tuesday said that he is well prepared to face Tanzanian Francis Cheka as he bids to defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia Pacific…
Salzburg (Austria), Dec 13 (IANS) The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has decided to appoint an expert working group to deal with the fresh doping allegations in the second part of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA)…
By Tridib Baparnash Guwahati, Dec 12 (IANS) Local favourites Shiva Thapa (60kg), Laishram Devendro Singh (52kg) battled odd injuries to storm into the finals of their respective new weight categories at the ongoing Senior National…
Vadodara, Dec 12 (IANS) Delhi’s Bhatnagar International School emerged as the senior boys champions beating Goa’s Loyola High School 3-1 to lift the Inter-School National Table Tennis Championships trophy here on Monday. The senior girls…
By Tridib Baparnash Guwahati, Dec 12 (IANS) Local favourites Shiva Thapa (60kg) and Laishram Devendro Singh (52kg) registered contrasting wins to storm into the finals of their respective weight categories at the ongoing Senior Boxing…
Moscow, Dec 12 (IANS) Latvia will boycott the upcoming Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships in Russia due to doping allegations against the host country, according to official statement. The tournament will be held in Sochi…
Budapest, Dec 12 (IANS) China and Russia clinched gold medals at the 2016 Wrestling World Championships here for weight categories not contested at the Rio Olympic Games. Pei Xingru of China was victorious in the…