Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Chinese women gymnasts are struggling with illness and injuries ahead of the Olympic competitions, but world champion Fan Yilin is upbeat about grabbing the silver medal of the team…
Rio de Janerio, Aug 5 (IANS) About 100 doping samples collected at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London tested positive for performance-enhancing substances following a recent reanalysis, the president of the International Olympic Committee…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Two new International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice presidents have been elected along with seven new members on the executive board at the world body’s 129th session ahead of the…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) With three established though squabbling players of the professional tennis circuit in its ranks, India hopes to bag at least a medal in this discipline at the Rio Olympics….
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) The Brazilian authorities presented the legacy plan for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, which will officially start on Friday. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes and Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani detailed…
Rio de Janerio, Aug 5 (IANS) Two second-half goals helped Portugal outplay Argentina 2-0 in the Olympic football tournament opener here. In the match at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday afternoon, however, it was Argentina…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday conveyed his good wishes to the Indian contingent for the Rio Olympics and urged them to do their best for the nation and to promote…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) The Rio Olympics organisers have launched a mobile app that allows fans to follow the competition results and check out the details of their favourite disciplines in real time…
Brasilia, Aug 5 (IANS) Brazil’s search for a first Olympic football gold medal got off to a goalless start as they were held to a frustrating draw against 10-man South Africa here. Brazil fielded their…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Hoping to realise his dream of getting Usain Bolt to visit the ‘favela’ or Brazilian slums, well known Rio restaurateur and chef David Bipso has launched a social media…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) The action is just not on-field but off it as well. The latest edition of the globe’s greatest sporting extravaganza promises to be the raunchiest in history with some…
Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) ISL club FC Goa has unveiled textile and casino tycoon Jaydev Mody as its new promoter while also announcing Brazilian football legend Zico as the team’s head coach. Mody, who operates…
Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) ISL club FC Goa has unveiled textile and casino tycoon Jaydev Mody as its new promoter while also announcing Brazilian football legend Zico as the team’s head coach. Mody, who operates…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) With the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza, the 2016 Summer Olympics, having just got under way, India will aim to better their earlier performance and the onus will lie to…
Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) Textile tycoon Jaydev Mody — known for his glitzy offshore casinos in Goa and his thoroughbred horses in elite derby circles — has made another big bet on FC Goa. Mody,…
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Brazil did its best to roll out the red carpet for athletes, officials and visitors from over 200 countries for the 31st Olympic Games being held…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Emblematic monuments and buildings in at least twelve countries such as Paris’s Hotel de Ville, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer and Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium have lit up with green and…
United Nations, Aug 5 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Brazil to take part in the Olympic torch relay on Friday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said. “The secretary-general has just arrived in Rio…
Rio De Janerio, Aug 5 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Thursday that 271 Russian athletes have been allowed to participate in the Rio Games which will officially open on Friday. “The result…
Geneva, Aug 5 (IANS) The international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne has ruled that some of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s criteria for Russian athletes to participate at the Rio games are…