New York: Serena Williams was hailed as the greatest women's tennis player ever on Saturday before reacting angrily to criticism of her exuberant Olympic celebrations. Two days before the start of the US Open, Williams was testy with reporters, agitated by repeated references to her post-match dance in London. She claimed to be unaware of negative comments about the so-called Crip Walk she performed after winning the gold medal at...
06:33 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: Reacting to media reports about blaming coach Michael Nobbs for Indian hockey's Olympics debacle, star centre-forward Shivendra Singh denied having made any such statements, saying his comments have been "misconstrued." Local media reported earlier on Friday that Shivendra has blamed Nobbs for changing the team's strategy at the last moment, which led to lack of coordination. However, talking to IBNLive.com after those reports, the Indian striker said, "I...
10:29 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Chandigarh: It was a felicitation function meant to honour him but Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda created quite a flutter by taking a jibe at star boxer Vijender Singh's "under-performance" at last month's Olympics in London. At a function organised by Haryana police to honour its seven sportspersons for their performance at the London Games here, Hooda took a potshot at Vijender who was sitting among the players who...
06:13 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Usain Bolt is a definite starter for another Olympic Games in four years' time, opening up the possibility of more sprint records or an attempt at other events, the six-time gold medallist said on Wednesday. Speculation has been rife since the London Games that the Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion could quit athletics and not compete at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. His hunger for success, however, appears to...
10:08 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Will six medals at London 2012 draw the corporate world into the Olympic sports? ...
09:26 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Hyderabad: Badminton player Saina Nehwal on Sunday received a brand new BMW car for winning a bronze medal at the London Olympics from none other than batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, who said that the world is yet to see the best of the star shuttler. The felicitation function was organised by Vice President of Andhra Badminton Association Chamundeshwari Nath, who honoured the city girl by buying her the luxurious car....
10:57 PM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: Olympic heroes, shooter Vijay Kumar and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt were on Saturday jointly recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour. The names of pistol shooter Vijay Kumar, who won a silver in the 25m rapid fire event at the London Olympics and Yogeshwar, who bagged a bronze in 60kg free style event, were selected by the Arjuna Awards and Khel Ratna...
08:29 PM, Aug 18, 2012
CNN-IBN hosts six Indian London Olympics medallists on Saturday morning. ...
11:27 AM, Aug 18, 2012
India's Olympic winners will be on CNN-IBN. If you have a question, post it here.
10:50 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt won silver and bronze medal respectively in London Olympics 2012. ...
10:25 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Gagan Narang told CNN-IBN that outlook of people towards sports needs a change after successful Olympics 2012. ...
10:16 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt who won a bronze medal in repechage was felicitated with cash-award of 31 lakhs. ...
09:53 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Sonepat: Having realised his dream of winning a medal at the Olympics, star grappler Yogeshwar Dutt says, he would now be able to "sleep soundly" after having "sleepless nights" since Beijing Olympics where he lost in quarter-finals in the last 10 seconds. The 29-year-old from village Bhainswal Kalan in district Sonepat in Haryana said the absence of an Olympic medal from his cabinet gave him sleepless nights over the years...
06:29 PM, Aug 15, 2012
New Delhi: India's chief hockey coach Michael Nobbs on Tuesday vowed to carry on even as he prepares a stinging report on the eight-time Olympic champions worst ever finish in the Olympics at the 2012 London Games. "I come from a country where we don't take these things lightly. Success is defined from getting up the last time you were knocked down and that is what we are going to...
08:52 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Competing in his third Olympics, Yogeshwar Dutt won a bronze medal for India in the 60kg category of men's wrestling. ...
08:48 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: India captain Bharat Chetri doesn't want to point fingers at any individual for the hockey team's disastrous outing at the Olympic Games, instead he is forthcoming in accepting the blame and said the former champions could only play upto "30-35 per cent" of their potential in London. Eight-time gold medallist India touched a new low by finishing last in the 12-team men's hockey competition in the just-concluded London...
06:52 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Los Angeles: NBC's TV coverage of the London Olympics was the most-watched television event in US history, attracting some 219.4 million viewers, the network said on Monday. Despite complaints during the Summer Games of delays in broadcasting popular events until prime time hours, problems with online streaming, and edited versions of the opening and closing ceremony, NBC said that more people watched the 2012 Olympics on television than the 215...
06:16 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: Far from demoralising them, the failure to fetch a medal at the London Olympics has motivated Indian boxers to improve their performance, insisted national coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu after returning to the country on Tuesday. Seven Indian boxers -- L Devendro Singh (49kg), Shiva Thapa (56kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg), Vijender Singh (75kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) -- qualified for the Games but...
02:55 PM, Aug 14, 2012
London bronze medallist boxer MC Mary Kom arrives in New Delhi on Tuesday morning following her feat. ...
02:12 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: She is over the moon after becoming the first Indian woman boxer to clinch an Olympic medal but bronze is not the colour for M C Mary Kom, who feels she could have finished higher on the podium had it not been for the "confusion" that gripped her during the semifinals. 'Magnificent Mary' as she is called by the International Boxing Association, was the lone Indian in fray...
10:23 AM, Aug 14, 2012
