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…
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 15 (IANS) Brazil has been banned from international basketball tournaments for “serious” rule breaches, the sport’s world governing body International Basketball Federation (FIBA) said. In a statement on Monday, FIBA said…
Cape Town, Nov 14 (IANS) South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been transferred from a detention centre to a correctional centre, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) confirmed on Monday. After a very careful consideration…
Aizawl, Nov 14 (IANS) Thirty-two qualifiers in the men’s singles and 24 in the women’s section took their appointed place in their respective groups to enter the main draw of the National Ranking (East Zone)…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will defend his WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title against former world champion Francis Cheka on December 17 at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex here. Cheka,…
By Veturi Srivatsa Indian sport will flourish only when the athletes start making a living out of it. Cricket has shown the way with the highly popular Indian Premier League (IPL) and others have quickly…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Nigeria’s Odunayo Adekuoroye is looking forward to repeating her performance of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) inaugural edition when the second season begins on December 15. The 2014 Commonwealth Games…
Kigali (Rwanda), Nov 14 (IANS) American Timothy Rugg won the prologue as the eighth edition of Tour of Rwanda cycling race kicked-off at the Amahoro National Stadium here. The rider of the Canadian team Lowest…
Sao Paulo, Nov 14 (IANS) Lewis Hamilton produced a masterful performance to win a wet, chaotic, crash-strewn Brazilian Grand Prix and take the title fight to the final race. His ninth win of 2016 came…
Aizawl, Nov 13 (IANS) Paddlers in need of valuable points will look to cash in on the National Ranking (East Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the R. Dengthuama Multipurpose Indoor Stadium here from Monday. Around…
Bangkok, Nov 13 (IANS) The Indian U-18 women’s basketball team went down 58-67 to hosts Thailand in their opening match at the 23rd FIBA Asia U-18 Championship here on Sunday. Rattiyakorn Udomsuk top scored for…
Jaipur, Nov 13 (IANS) India’s shotgun shooter Seema Tomar won the womens trap title at the 60th national shooting championship competition (NSCC) here on Sunday. Seema, who is fresh from a silver-winning effort at the…
New York, Nov 13 (IANS) The second game in the World Chess Championship between Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin and Norways Magnus Carlsen has ended in a draw. The score after the second game was 1:1….
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Sports Ministry on Friday asked Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and National Sports Federations (NSFs) to fully comply with suo moto disclosure of their activities, in an attempt to bring…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) As many as 105 Indian amateur golfers will be participating in the seventh edition of the ladies open amateur golf championship at the Delhi Golf Club here, starting Tuesday. The…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Asserting that preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics must start at the earliest, Sports Minister Vijay Goel said on Thursday that the government will have a say in selecting foreign…