Olympics

Indian boxing takes blows galore in disappointing 2012

Indian boxing saw a sudden fall as a disappointing Olympic campaign was followed by international suspension. ...  

Shooter Karmakar all set for National Championship

India's Joydeep Karmakar finished 4th in the 50m prone shooting event at the London Olympics. ...

Murray's golden year and Nadal's regret

Murray strode into New York and when a fifth shot at a grand-slam final duly arrived he rose to the occasion. ...  

Anand hopes for IOC-IOA conflict solution before Olympics

Anand hoped the conflict between the IOC and the IOA will be sorted out before the 2016 Olympics. ...  

Only a medal gives you recognition: Olympian Sudha Singh

The national record-holder in the 3000m steeple chase, who finished 13th in her event at the London Olympics, speaks to IBNLive about her future plans. ...  

Tennis rules may change for 2016 Rio Olympics

Tennis officials are considering adding third-set tiebreakers at the 2016 Rio Olympics after marathon matches in London this year. Also, bronze-medal matches could be eliminated to lighten the loads of players entered in multiple events. ...  

Roger Federer hopes to play 2016 Rio Games

Federer has competed in four Olympics for a doubles gold in 2008 and singles silver this year. ...  

Four Athens Games athletes stripped of medals: IOC

Four 2004 Games medallists, including Ukraine's shot put gold medallist Yuriy Bilonog, have been stripped of their medals. ...  

Chautala elected IOA president, Bhanot secretary general

Chautala was unanimously elected president of the IOA while Bhanot became the new secretary general. ...  

Athletes in India hope IOC ban brings change

Indian athletes have lamented the ban dished out to their national Olympic association by the IOC but hope that it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise and lead to a clean-up of the organisation which runs sport in the country. ...  

IOC to suspend IOA

India's apex sports body, the IOA faces suspension for deciding to go ahead with elections despite a warning from the IOC. ...

IOA faces suspension

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday made it clear that it will propose the suspension of IOA in its Executive Board Meeting early next month. ...

Gary Player excited about inclusion of golf in Olympics

Golf legend Gary Player said that he's looking forward to see the golf returning to the Olympics in 2016. ...

Focus now to win gold in Rio Olympics: Vijay Kumar

Kolkata: Silver medal winner in shooting in London Olympics, Vijay Kumar on Monday said his main aim is now to win a gold in the Rio Olympics in 2016. Speaking to reporters after being felicitated by the West Bengal government and Calcutta Sports Journalists Club for winning the silver medal in rapid fire pistol event in the London Olympics, Vijay said he was grateful to the Army for providing him...  

Dhanraj Pillay is against foreign coaches in India

Kolkata: Former captain Dhanraj Pillay is not interested in talking about Indian hockey anymore after India's forgettable London Olympics performance and also questioned the rationale behind appointing foreign coaches. "Please don't ask me anything about Indian hockey. 12 teams mein se 12th finish karna ... Ab isse bhi bura kuchh ho sakta hai kya (When the country finishes 12th out of 12... Can it be worse than this)?" asked Pillay....  

Bhupathi-Bopanna prove their point to AITA with Paris win

Mahesh Bhupathi continues to laugh in the All India Tennis Association’s face. The Indian stalwart combined with Rohan Bopanna to come up trumps at the Paris Masters on Sunday, beating the Pakistani-Dutch pair of Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6 (6), 6-3. It was the Indian pair's first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. For Bhupathi every success post-London Olympics is a strong statement towards the tennis governing body, which...  

Ask HI about India's Olympic flopshow, not me: Nobbs

Jalandhar: India's hockey coach Michael Nobbs on Saturday refused to dwell on the team's London Olympics flopshow, saying that all queries on the matter should be directed to Hockey India, not him. Nobbs, who was here to witness an exhibition match, sidestepped queries on India's s worst ever Olympic performance. "I cannot answer any question. Any question on India's poor Olympic performance should be asked to Hockey India. I have...  

Usain Bolt to cut down on his training programme

Rio de Janeiro: Sprint champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica has revealed plans to diminish his training programme in a bid to prolong his career. Bolt, 26, said Tuesday his best chance of adding to his haul of six Olympic gold medals was to avoid over-exerting his body between now and the Rio Games in 2016, reports Xinhua. "I'm going to try to not train too hard and not force my...  

IOC mulls stripping Armstrong of 2000 Games medals

Berlin: Lance Armstrong should come clean with a full doping confession, while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will look into ways of taking away the former Tour de France champion's 2000 Games medal, IOC vice president Thomas Bach said on Tuesday. American Armstrong, who won the Tour a record seven times from 1999 to 2005, is set to lose his titles after the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) accused him...  

I was dragged into controversy, says Sania Mirza

Indian tennis star has broken silence about the London Olympics controversy. ...