Actor-Producer Farhan Akhtar says he needed to get in a certain shape for the role in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, and he worked hard for it. ...
08:14 PM, May 11, 2012
Beijing: Chinese athletes training hard to take part in London Olympics virtually turned vegetarian, giving up meat products due to fears of disqualification by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Yang Hongbo, head of catering for 700 always-hungry, high-performance athletes at the Jiangsu Sports Training Centre, said he is having a terrible time to find beef that is "safe" for his charges to eat. He is worried if the athletes eat the...
10:03 PM, May 07, 2012
London: Syrian athletes will be able to take part in the London Olympics this summer but any of the country's officials covered by a European Union travel ban will not be welcome at the Games, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday. The presence of the Syrian delegation at the London Games starting in July is set to be controversial after more than a year of protests against President...
01:21 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Yuvraj Singh's recent cancer diagnosis " "mediastinal seminoma", a germ-cell tumour located between his lungs " has come as a major setback for the Indian batsman. However, the 30-year-old can seek inspiration from a host of athletes who have battled cancer to return to the sports arena, some even going on achieve historic landmarks. Here, we take a look at famous athletes who battled adversity to make stirring comebacks to...
12:51 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: Indian para-athletes have clinched five medals, including one gold, at the second Kuwait International Open Athletics Championship and so far booked four Paralympic quota places. Para-athletes Jagseer Singh, Mahabir Singh, Subbaiah Thirumalai under Grade A and Surjeet Singh under Grade B have made the cut for the London event, a Paralympic Committee of India release stated. Jagseer clinched gold in the long jump event with a leap of...
06:49 PM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: A 52-year-old extreme athlete from South Africa is running 4000 kms across the country to raise funds for children born with cleft lips. And believe it or not, this man who runs almost a marathon a day, is an asthma patient. David Greir, a celebrity chef from South Africa, in the last 6 years, has run through several countries like, Madagascar, South Africa and China. Always looking for...
09:16 AM, Jan 18, 2012
The actor-director turned 38 earlier this month. He plays the lead in Rakesh Omprakash's next 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'. ...
04:01 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Monaco: Jamaican Usain Bolt and Australian Sally Pearson were named Athletes of the Year by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Saturday. Bolt, winning the award for the third time, bounced back from disqualification for false starting in the world 100 metres final to retain his 200m title, before anchoring Jamaica to win the 4x100m relay in a world record time. Pearson enjoyed a phenomenal season, winning 15...
12:58 PM, Nov 13, 2011
CNN-IBN and IBN7 honours the relationship between students and their teachers. ...
06:21 PM, Aug 21, 2011
New Delhi: Arunima Sinha, also known as Sonu Sinha, the sportswoman who lost her left leg after being pushed from a running train has set her eyes on the Paralympics. More than three and a half months after she was hospitalised athlete Sonu was discharged from the AIIMS Trauma Centre on Wednesday. Questions are still being raised on the credibility of Sonu's side of the story. But Sonu has bigger...
07:41 AM, Jul 28, 2011
New Delhi: National level athlete Arunima Sinha alias Sonu Sinha on Wednesday said that the Uttar Pradesh Police, which has been claiming that she is telling the truth about the incident in which she lost her leg after reportedly being thrown out of a train near Bareilly. Claiming that the police have been lying, Sonu said that no police personnel was present in the train compartment when she was apparently...
11:45 AM, Apr 27, 2011
New Delhi: Two weeks after her tragedy forced the Government to act, the UP government's Railway Police are now claiming to have solved the mystery behind athlete Sonu Sinha's accident on a moving train on April 11. AK Jain, ADG Railways, says, "She claimed that she was robbed, but there was no robbery. Her chain, her watch, her money were all found in her purse. The ITBP test has brought...
02:22 PM, Apr 26, 2011
Lucknow: National-level volleyball player Arunima Sinha alias Sonu, who lost her leg after being pushed out of a moving train on April 11, is being shifted to AIIMS hospital after it was detected that her amputated left leg had been infected and swollen. "Arunima is being shifted to AIIMS, New Delhi for better treatment. Her condition is stable," CSM medical university Chief Medical Superintendent SN Shankhwar said. The decision to...
07:03 PM, Apr 18, 2011
Bareilly: A day after Sonu Sinha was promised a job by the Railways and a compensation of Rs 2 lakh by the sports ministry, the injured athlete is still to hear from the goverment. The national level female athlete lost her leg after being thrown out of a moving train near Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Even as 23-year-old Sonu lies on the hospital bed battling pain and recovering...
10:06 PM, Apr 15, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai talks to ADG Railways UP Police AK Jain on the Sonu Sinha thrown out case. ...
10:18 PM, Apr 13, 2011
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