Kigali, Nov 21 (IANS) Rwanda’s Valens Ndayisenga, riding for South Africa-based Continental Team Dimension Data, won the eighth edition of the Tour of Rwanda cycling race at the Amahoro National Stadium here. The 2014 winner…
Glasgow, Nov 20 (IANS) World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) President Craig Reedie was on Sunday re-elected for a second three-year term as head of the agency. Reedie has been involved in administration of sports activities for…
Jaipur, Nov 19 (IANS) Former World Champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu was crowned champion in the mens Trap event at the ongoing 60th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) for Shotgun here on Saturday. The four time…
Nairobi, Nov 19 (IANS) Top officials in the Kenyan Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts (Mosca) are facing charges and possible jail time for allegedly embezzling over $870,000 meant for the country’s team to…
Aizawl, Nov 18 (IANS) With the day’s matches having been rescheduled to accommodate stranded players in the sub-junior and cadet categories of the National Ranking (East Zone) Table Tennis Championships, the players and match officials…
Madrid, Nov 18 (IANS) League football returns to Spain following the international break with what could possibly be a season defining game for both Real and Atletico Madrid on Saturday night. The first Madrid derby…
Nairobi, Nov 18 (IANS) Kenya will do away with the trial system and instead use players’ rankings when selecting squash teams for international competitions, officials have announced. Kenya Squash and Rackets Association (KSRA) Chairman David…
Moscow, Nov 18 (IANS) Russian wrestler Khasan Baroev, a gold medallist at the 2004 Olympic Games, has said that he decided to petition against the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to strip him…
Moscow, Nov 17 (IANS) The Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS) has started to malfunction in the wake of hacker attacks, spokesperson of Russia’s Federal Medical and Biological Agency Veronika Loginova told the All-Russian Athlete…
Aizawl, Nov 17 (IANS) Twenty-two paddlers were left in the lurch when a private airline cancelled its flight bound for Aizawl from Guwahati, citing “technical reasons”. All the players who arrived from Delhi and Mumbai…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Mixed Martial Arts competition Super Fight League on Thursday announced the appointment of Rajesh Mehta as its chief operating officer. The league, which is also promoted by British professional boxer…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Mixed Martial Arts competition Super Fight League on Thursday announced the appointment of Rajesh Mehta as its chief operating officer. The league starts from January next year, according to a…
Aizawl, Nov 16 (IANS) PSPBs Manav Thakkar edged past West Bengals Arjun Ghosh 4-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4) to win his third youth boys title of the season while it was Moumita Datta who…
Aizawl, Nov 16 (IANS) Manav Thakkar was on course for the title as he overcame determined Birdie Boro 4-3 to enter the youth boys final in the National Ranking (East Zone) Table Tennis Championships here…
Doha, Nov 16 (IANS) Practical steps should be taken to restore Russia’s anti-doping system, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov said at a session of the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic…
Bucharest, Nov 16 (IANS) Former Olympic fencing champion Mihai Covaliu has been elected the new chairman of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (COSR). “I am aware that this feature is a huge responsibility,” he…
Abuja (Nigeria), Nov 16 (IANS) The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation has named eight players to represent the country at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world junior championships coming up later this month in Cape…
Bangkok, Nov 15 (IANS) The Indian U-18 women’s basketball team have suffered their third successive loss with a 80-46 defeat to Chinese Taipei at the 23rd FIBA Asia U-18 championship here on Tuesday. Meng-Hsin Chen…
Doha, Nov 15 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said it has suspended accreditation of the anti-doping laboratory of Qatari capital Doha for four months. “The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation…
Kampala (Uganda), Nov 15 (IANS) Uganda’s national rugby team will face some of the powerhouses of the game at the 2016 Dubai Rugby Sevens tournament slated to be held from December 1-3. The east African…