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
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
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06:21 PM, Aug 21, 2011
After much negative publicity, the Games have made history by being the biggest ever in terms of participants. ...
03:23 PM, Oct 02, 2010
New Delhi: The excitement is building up as the Queen's baton makes its way through Delhi in its final lap. The baton had reached the Games Village Saturday morning. After much negative publicity, the Games have made history by being the biggest ever in terms of participants. More than 6700 athletes have confirmed that they will be attending the mega event. Over 5800 foreign delegates have already arrived and many...
02:00 PM, Oct 02, 2010
New Delhi: A smile and a wave from a South African athlete -- the kind of warm image Games organisers are desperate for the world to see. Even as more athletes trooped into Delhi, work at the Commonwealth Games Village is on round the clock. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said: "It will take another 2-3 days and we will be up and ready." The Organising Committee (OC) has clearly...
04:33 PM, Sep 28, 2010
New Delhi: The countdown for the much-awaited Commonwealth Games has now begun. And with just eight days to go, Delhi seems to be beating negativism, and gets ready to put its best foot forward for the Games. While the government still needs to do a lot of fire fighting over the games, positive sentiments have started pouring into the capital city just ahead of the mega sporting event. Despite a...
07:44 AM, Sep 26, 2010
New Delhi: Nine days to go for the Games to begin and a certain amount of uncertainty about the Games taking place in the first place seems to be over. Delhi's Commonwealth Games will not be dented by the lack of athletes attending the Games. There wouldn’t be large scale pull outs. England's athletes arrived this morning and the delegation from New Zealand has confirmed that they will soon take...
09:01 PM, Sep 24, 2010
New Delhi: Finally some good news for the organisers of the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi. The Games Federation President Mike Fennell, who had described the Games Village as unlivable a couple of days back, says condition has improved significantly. "The briefing I received from my CEO Mike Hooper last night was that considerable improvements have been made within the Village, with further significant resources deployed by Delhi Chief Minister,...
01:36 PM, Sep 24, 2010
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has moved in to take control of the Commonwealth Games. He held a high-level meeting on Thursday to take stock of the fire-fighting measures. The PM also sent out a strong message -- leaving Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi out of the meeting and refusing to give time to Games Chief Mike Fennell. Instead he directed him to the cabinet secretary. With the final...
07:44 AM, Sep 24, 2010
Scotland and England have also cast doubt on their participation amid fears of poor facilities and safety. ...
10:42 PM, Sep 22, 2010
New Delhi: The Jama Masjid firing was carried out by locals to create panic, according to Delhi Police. Also, police claim to have specific leads and hope to crack the car fire case soon, maintaining ammonium nitrate was used in the incident. Police sources indicate the car could have caught fire due to a very low intensity explosion. Pressure cooker, clocks and a wire found in the car and are...
12:36 PM, Sep 20, 2010
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