Moscow, July 22: Russia hopes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will allow its athletes not caught up in recent doping allegations to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympics, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Friday. Moscow considers that athletes who have not been caught doping or are not suspected of doing so should have a right to […]

Segovia (Spain), July 23: Atletico Madrid captain Gabi has stressed the importance of maintaining the basis of the capital club for the new football season, adding that signing a good scorer will make things easier for his team. Gabi on Friday said that the base of the team is the same and this is what […]

London, July 23: Facebook Safety Check Tool was activated immediately after the news of Munich Attack for more protection. Social media giant Facebook on Friday activated its safety check for those caught up in the Munich shooting after a gunman opened up the fire near Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping mall in the Moosach district of Munich. Facebook Safety Check Tool […]

Manila, July 23: Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia is all set to make a smartphone comeback with two new Android 7.0 Nougat devices by the end of this year, a media report said on Saturday. The two unnamed devices will have premium metal designs complete with IP68 certification, which means they will be as water resistant as […]

Shillong, July 22: Meghalaya has asked the Uranium Corp of India Ltd (UCIL) to keep in abeyance the Expression of Interest (EOI) for Uranium Mining and processing plant of uranium ore in South West Khasi Hills district, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said on Friday. Sangma, who held a meeting with anti-uranium mining groups and pro-developmental group, […]

New Delhi, July 23: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday flagged off here a three-day bus yatra to Uttar Pradesh which is intended to inform the people about the failures of successive non-Congress governments in the state. The bus yatra, with a message ’27 saal, UP behal’, will travel through Ghaziabad, Hapur, Amroha and Moradabad on […]

Patna, July 23: As a part of Swach Bharat Abhiyan started by the Central Government of India, many in the country have become a part of it. In a rare move, a poverty-stricken woman chose to sell her four goats for financing the construction of a toilet at her house in a village in Bihar’s Rohtas […]

London, July 23: Kendra Harrison broke the 28-year-old 100m hurdles world record at the London Diamond League meeting but she won’t be able to run at the Rio Olympics. The United States athlete on Friday clocked 12.20 seconds to beat the old mark of 12.21 set by Bulgaria’s Yordanka Donkova on August 20, 1988, reports […]

Mexico City, July 23: Mexican men’s volleyball players are eager to make the country’s first appearance at the Olympic Games 2016 in 48 years during next month in Rio. Player Jorge Quinones on Friday said that the team has high expectations for the Olympic Games 2016 which open on August 5 and run through to […]

New York, July 23: Micro-blogging website Twitter will not use its live streaming video app, Periscope, to broadcast its Q2 earnings, which are set to land next Tuesday, a media report said. Midway through 2015, Twitter started broadcasting its earnings calls via Periscope. Not many companies use live video for earnings, and it was an easy […]