Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) The iconic Howrah Bridge over Hooghly River shimmered in Olympic colours on Monday evening, making is a spectacle to watch for millions of people in the city, even as netizens took to so
TOKYO, July 20 (AP): The world needs to see that Japan can stage a safe Olympics, the country’s prime minister told sports officials Tuesday ahead of the Tokyo Games.
Tens of thousands of athletes, off
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Pre-Olympic talk about tennis in India has always been about controversies. Before the 2012 London edition, there had been a row over player combination in mens doubles and mixed doubles,
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Haryana's Deepika stunned the reigning Youth World Champion Alfiya Pathan, to cause a major upset at the 4th Youth men's and womens National Boxing Championships at Delhi Publi
TOKYO, July 19 (AP) — Kara Eaker, an alternate on the United States women’s gymnastics team, has tested positive for COVID-19 in an Olympic training camp in Japan.
Al Fong, the personal coach for
DIMAPUR, JULY 19 (MExN): The International Shito Ryu Karate Federation’s (ISKF-India) E-Kata National Karate Championship has concluded. According to a press release, more than a 1000 entries from 60-plus
Tokyo, July 19 (IANS) India's reigning world badminton champion and Rio Olympics silver medallist, PV Sindhu, and compatriot B Sai Praneeth hit the training facilities in Tokyo early on Monday for their fir
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia feels that not all foreign coaches are tactically very strong and that even Indians could make for good tacticians provided they have th
Tokyo, July 19 (IANS): Teenage American tennis star Coco Gauff, ranked 25th in the world, has tested positive for Covid-19 and will not be competing at the Tokyo Olympics, beginning July 23.
The 17-year-old,
Silverstone, July 19 (IANS): Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won a pulsating and controversial Formula 1 British Grand Prix, fighting back from a penalty for a first-lap tangle with Max Verstappen to take the le
Tokyo, July 18 (IANS): Two South African footballers -- right-back Thabiso Monyane and mid-fielder Kamohelo Mahlatsi -- have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus inside the Olympic Village on Sunday.
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Dubai, July 18 (IANS): Ireland cricketer Josh Little has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee while his team-mates, Mark Adair and Harry Tector, have been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of
Tokyo, July 18 (IANS): In a first major controversy to break out before the Tokyo Olympics have begun, a German football team player was allegedly racially abused during a warmup games against Honduras, and the
London, July 18 (IANS): After a spate of high-profile withdrawals, a revised list of tennis players that includes the likes of world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvede
Tokyo, July 18 (IANS): The first batch of athletes from India landed in Tokyo on Sunday. The 88-member contingent was given a warm send-off by Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur at the Indira Gandhi Internatio
Gros Islet (St Lucia), July 17 (IANS): West Indies scored a thrilling 16-run victory over Australia in the fifth and final T20I with Evin Lewis smashing a 34-ball 79 and Fabian Allen taking a breath-taking
Hamburg, July 17 (IANS): Serbian Filip Krajinovic, ranked 44th in the world, shocked top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 at the Hamburg European Open to reach the semifinals and claim a third to
Nyon (Switzerland), July 17 (IANS): Europe's football governing body UEFA has confirmed the list of host cities for the Champions League finals for the next four seasons till 2025.
Due to the shake-up in
Tokyo, July 17 (AP): The first resident of the Olympic Village has tested positive for COVID-19, Tokyo Olympic organizers said on Saturday.
Officials said it was not an athlete with the the Games opening in
Sydney, July 16 (IANS) The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) confirmed on Friday that tennis player Alex De Minaur has pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19.
As Australia'