Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) More than 2,000 drug tests have been conducted on athletes competing at the Rio Olympics, International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) spokesman Mark Adams has said. Adams gave out the information…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Soon after the Rio Olympics organising committee threatened to cancel Sports Minister Vijay Goel’s accreditation, Twitter went abuzz about the incident with Twitterati slamming the Minister for being “aggressive and…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Bulgaria’s Silvia Danekova, a 3,000-metre steeplechase athlete, tested positive for EPO in a doping control after arriving in Rio de Janeiro to compete in the Olympic Games, the media…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) US swimmer Simone Manuel and Canada’s Penny Oleksiak tied for the gold medal in the women’s 100m freestyle at the Rio Olympics. The pair set an Olympic record of…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi has failed a doping test at the Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese Swimming Association (CSA) announced in its statement on Friday. The Chen, 18, tested…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) More than 2,000 drug tests have been conducted on athletes competing at the Rio Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesman Mark Adams confirmed here. Adams on Thursday disclosed…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu were the lone bright spots along with the mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna as India endured another dismal…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Following is the medals tally of the ongoing Rio Olympics as at 12:00 am on Friday. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 11 11 10 32 China 10…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu were the lone bright spots as India endured another dismal day at the ongoing Rio Olympics with archers Deepika Kumari and Laishram…
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Over 15,000 runners are set to participate in the inaugural Mumbai Half Marathon 2016 schedule to be held on August 21. Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, the face of the event, will…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian boxer Shiva Thapa was beaten by Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez 0-3 in his men’s Bantam weight (56kg) category at the Rio Olympics here on Thursday. Shiva was on the…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian boxer Shiva Thapa was beaten by Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez 0-3 in his men’s Bantam weight (56kg) category at the Rio Olympics here on Thursday. Shiva was on the…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Retired Russian swimmer Yevgeny Korotyshkin, silver medallist at the 2012 London Games, on Thursday become the victim of an armed robbery here amid the 2016 Rio Olympics. “On my…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Deepika Kumari and Bombayla Devi were beaten in their 1/8 Eliminations round of the Women’s Individual category, ending India’s campaign in women’s archery at the Rio Olympics here on…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian archer Bombalya Devi bowed out of the Rio Olympics after going down to Alejandra Valencia of Mexico 102-104 in the 1/8 eliminations round of the women’s individual category…
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian boxers have overnight been given new jerseys after International Olympic Committee (IOC) objected to the lack of the country’s name on the reverse side. “There…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian archer Deepika Kumari bowed out of the Rio Olympics, going down to Taipei’s Ting Tan Ya in the 1/8 Eliminations round of the Women’s Individual category here on…
Moscow, Aug 11 (IANS) Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) chief Vladimir Lukin has written an open letter to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach after Russia was barred from the 2016 Rio Paralympics. The International…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Russian swimmer Yuliya Yefimova, who has won silver in 100-metre breaststroke at the Rio Olympics, has said she has already taken three doping tests. However, in her words, she…
Lausanne, Aug 11 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will have enough time to conduct the necessary arbitration procedure before the 2016 Games if it receives an appeal from the Russian Paralympic Committee…