Moscow, Oct 28 (IANS) A recently published report of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) proves that efforts implied against violations of anti-doping regulations were successful at the 2016 Rio Games in Brazil, the International Olympic…
Cap d’Agde, Oct 27 (IANS) Grand Master Harika Dronavalli played a hard-fought 87-move draw against Marie Sebag of France to qualify for the 14th Anatoly Karpov rapid international chess tournament semi-finals here on Thursday. She…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The Sports Ministry on Thursday announced that financial assistance to the 26 disciplines under ‘others’ category, which was stopped in 2014, will be restored. The decision was taken after Sports…
Lausanne, Oct 27 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sanctioned nine more athletes who failed the retests of their 2008 Beijing Olympics samples. The IOC disqualified and deprived the athletes on Wednesday, six of…
Moscow, Oct 27 (IANS) The President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Russian Kirsan Ilyumzhinov hopes that the United States will grant him an entry visa next week. “I spoke with Washington yesterday,” Ilyumzhinov said…
Moscow, Oct 27 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stripped Russian runner Ekaterina Volkova of her bronze medal won at the 2008 Olympic Games in 3,000-meter steeplechase, following positive results of her doping samples…
Moscow, Oct 27 (IANS) The second part of a report by an independent commission headed by Richard McLaren on alleged doping abuse in Russia will be published in early December, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)…
Cap d’Agde (France) Oct 26 (IANS) Grand Master Harika Dronavalli won a complex game against Spain’s Sabrina Vega Gutierrez and played a draw against local favourite Matthieu Cornette on day five of the 14th Anatoly…
Vilnius, Oct 26 (IANS) Dainius Adomaitis has been appointed the head coach of the Lithuanian basketball team following the departure of Jonas Kazlauskas. Ten of the 14 executive committee members of Lithuanian basketball federation on…
Moscow, Oct 26 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has said it fully supports the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to reward Russias whistleblowing pair Vitaly and Yulia Stepanova, whose testimonies uncovered a…
Moscow, Oct 26 (IANS) Russia is waiting for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to send the requirements necessary for its reinstatement in the global body, Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) Vice President Pavel Rozhkov has said….
Moscow, Oct 26 (IANS) The fight against doping abuse in sports should be waged by common efforts on a global scale and not be restricted by awareness-raising work in Russia only, two-time Olympic Champion Yelena…
Moscow, Oct 25 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has put forward a set of questions regarding the anti-doping work in Russia between 2010 and 2015, the head of the Russian Independent Anti-Doping Commission Vitaly…
Cap d’Agde (France) Oct 25 (IANS) Indian chess Grand Master Harika Dronavalli produced an inspiring performance to hold former world champion Anatoly Karpov on the fourth day of the 14th Anatoly Karpov Rapid International Chess…
Moscow, Oct 25 (IANS) A personal meeting between International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Russia’s whistleblowing pair Vitaly and Yulia Stepanova, whose earlier testimonies instigated a doping-related scandal in Russian sports, took place…
Jakarta, Oct 25 (IANS) Indonesia Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi on Tuesday said he expected the country’s athletes to bag at least 20 gold medals when they host the 2018 Asian Games. The minister said the…
Daqing (China), Oct 24 (IANS) Ronnie O’ Sullivan beat Xiao Guodong 6-4 in an impressive first appearance at the 2016 World Snooker International Championship with a crucial respotted black here on Monday. In his first-ever…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Sports Ministry on Monday gave away cash awards to the medal winners of Rio Olympics and Paralympics. The funds were distributed under the central government scheme of special awards…
Cap d’Agde (France), Oct 24 (IANS) Indian Grand Master Harika Dronavalli came up with a determined performance and played out two draws on day three of the 14th Anatoly Karpov rapid international chess tournament here….
Austin, Oct 24 (IANS) Britain’s Lewis Hamilton, driving for Mercedes, on Sunday won the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, moving up seven points on the world Formula One leader, his German teammate Nico Rosberg,…