Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Rahul Kumar Pal and Jyoti Chauhan emerged champions in the men’s and women’s category, respectively, of the inaugural Mumbai Half Marathon 2016 held here on Sunday. In the men’s Half Marathon…
Barcelona, Aug 21 (IANS) Spanish football champions FC Barcelona’s sporing director Roberto Fernandez has confirmed they are on the verge of selling goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to English club Manchester City. Shortly after Bravo helped Barcelona…
Lausanne (Switzerland), Aug 21 (IANS) The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has said it was watching the probe into a breach of the code of conduct by four American Olympic swimmers during the Rio Olympic Games…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) Legendary Brazilian footballer Pele described his country’s historic first Olympic men’s football triumph as the “perfect ending” to the Rio Games. Pele played an integral role in three of…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) Reinstatement of the Russian athletics federation in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is a priority, President Sebastian Coe said on Sunday. “The reinstatement of the Russian athletics…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) Russian shot putter Evgeniya Kolodko has been stripped of his 2012 Olympic silver for failing her anti-doping test, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said. The decision was taken…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) Brazil football superstar Neymar labelled winning Rio Olympic gold as one of the “best things” of his life as he hit back at critics following Brazil’s dramatic win over…
(160819) — RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 19, 2016 (Xinhua) — Australia’s Anthony Dean (L, front) competes during the men’s semifinal of Cycling BMX at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on…
By Subir Bhaumik Agartala, Aug 21 (IANS) Dipa Karmakar’s coach Bisheswar Nandi had once sought the intervention of the Tripura government to “save the career” of the promising gymnast from “unnerving conspiracies”. In a long…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) Spain’s Ruth Beitia surprised the field to win her maiden major title of high jump at an age of 37 at the ongoing Rio Olympics here. The Spaniard took…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Aug 21 (IANS) At a time when awards and accolades are being showered on the two Indian medal winners at the Rio Olympics, there exists a bunch of forgotten and unrewarded…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) The US won their sixth straight Olympic gold medal in the women’s 4x400m relay, streaking to a comfortable victory in the final here. The US team recorded a season’s…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) South Africa’s Caster Semenya set a national record to win the gold in the women’s 800 metres at the Rio Olympics. The 25-year-old on Saturday clocked one minute and…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) Turkey’s world wrestling champion Taha Akgul claimed the men’s freestyle 125kg title at the Rio Olympic Games, while Russian Abdulrashid Sadulaev added the 86kg gold to his medal collection….
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) Neymar converted the decisive spot-kick as Brazil ended their long wait for Olympic football glory with a dramatic 5-4 (1-1) penalty shoot-out victory over their 2014 World Cup tormentors…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) China’s 20-year-old diver Chen Aisen scored a highest 108.00 points in his last dive to win the men’s 10-metre platform at the Rio Olympic Games here. It’s China’s first…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) The powerhouse United States women’s basketball team was nearly as dominant in the final as it was in every other contest at the Rio Games, winning its sixth straight…
Watford (England), Aug 21 (IANS) English football club Watford presented their last two signings, Argentine midfielder Roberto Pereyra and French defender Younes Kaboul. A total of 20,000 supporters on Saturday welcomed Pereyra and Kaboul, who…
Port of Spain (Trinidad), Aug 21 (IANS) For the third consecutive day of the fourth cricket Test, the West Indies could not resume batting from 62/2 in the first innings against India due to wet…
Belo Horizonte, Aug 21 (IANS) John Obi Mikel and Umar Sadiq led Nigeria to a 3-2 victory over Honduras in the Rio Olympics men’s football bronze-medal match, demonstrating a greater thirst for goals and above…