Rio De Janeiro: The 129th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) started officially got with a ceremony at the Cidade Das Artes in Rio de Janeiro. In his opening speech on Monday night, IOC President Thomas Bach paid tribute to the extraordinary work and efforts deployed by the Rio 2016 Organising Committee and the […]

Rio De Janeiro: Nepal earthquake survivor is the youngest competitor at the Rio Games. Gaurika Singh, 13, was born in Nepal but moved to London at the age of two. She survived a devastating earthquake in 2015 in Nepal, Xinhua news agency reported. She will make her Olympic debut on Sunday’s 100m backstroke preliminary. “That’s […]

Rio de Janeiro is a vastly different city to the one that won the right to host the Olympics 2016 Games in 2009, mayor Eduardo Paes has said. With just over a week to go until the opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium, Paes on Wednesday hailed the impact of 40 billion reais (around $12 […]

New Delhi, July 27: Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Wednesday said that no player in the Olympics squad can be substituted if he or she has been suspended by an anti-doping panel. “I don’t think any person is allowed as replacement of another if the original player has failed the dope test,” Goel told reporters […]

Moscow, July 26: Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 5. Although the International Olympic Committee (IOC) did not veto the participation of his country’s contingent in the Games, the Kremlin said on Monday that Putin will not attend Rio Olympics 2016 […]

Star Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s match-winning seven-wicket haul in the first Test against the West Indies helped him regain the No.1 spot among bowlers in the latest International Cricket Council, ICC Test rankings  2016released here on Tuesday. The Chennai-born tweaker not only regained the top spot in the bowler ICC Test Rankings 2016 but also […]

Six sportspersons from Odisha who are to represent India in Rio Olympics 2016 will get Rs 10 lakh each as a special incentive, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced on Tuesday. Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) would provide Rs 10 lakh to each player of Rio Olympics 2016 qualifiers, said a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office […]

Rio De Janeiro, July 25: The Olympic Village for the Rio Games was officially opened on Sunday and 3,600 apartments are ready to welcome athletes and officials from all over the world. The 47-year-old Basketball great Janeth Arcain, who is the mayor of the village, cut the ribbon together with Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor Eduardo […]

North Sound (Antigua), July 25: The following is the scoreboard of the first Test India vs West Indies 2016 at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium here on Sunday. India First innings 566/8 declared West Indies Second innings 21/1 overnight West Indies 2nd innings (following on) Kraigg Brathwaite lbw b Ishant 2 Rajendra Chandrika c […]

North Sound (Antigua), July 25: Ind Vs WI First Test Match 2016 Result came in favour fof India. The visitors have thrashed the home side with an Innings 92 runs. Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin starred with a seven-wicket haul as India defeated West Indies by an innings and 92 runs on the fourth day of the […]