Wrestling officially became part of the inaugural 2015 European Games despite being axed from the 2020 Olympic Games last month by the IOC. ...
10:20 PM, Mar 12, 2013
A resounding 71.94 per cent of voters said no to the proposal with only 28.06 per cent in favour of the Games to be hosted. ...
07:27 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The IOC mulled over dropping hockey to the relegation zone for the 2020 Games but eventually put wrestling in that group. ...
01:40 PM, Feb 14, 2013
IOC mulled to remove hockey from the Olympic programme in 2020 but eventually put wrestling in the group of 8 sports fighting for one spot. ...
10:01 AM, Feb 14, 2013
Chennai: London Olympics bronze-medallist woman boxer M C Mary Kom is now aiming for a gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Sharing the dias with wrestlers Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt while interacting with students of Vellamal School here on Thursday, the five-time world champion talked about her future plans. "I am confident of winning gold medals in both Glasgow (CWG event slated for November 14) and then...
02:43 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: To bid farewell to the London 2012 Olympics, Google on Sunday has come up with the London 2012 closing ceremony doodle, which is apparently the last Google doodle this Olympics. Here are the top 10 interesting facts about the doodle and the ceremony that wraps up the so-far spectacularly successful London Games. 1. The doodle features a spate of athletes from different Olympic sports celebrating the last day...
11:53 AM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: With the view to bid farewell to the London 2012 Olympics, Google is going to come up with the London 2012 closing ceremony doodle, which is apparently the last Google doodle this Olympics, on Sunday. It is the seventeenth doodle by Google during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The doodle features a spate of athletes from different Olympic sports celebrating the last day of the world's biggest sporting...
05:31 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: After posting four interactive Olympic doodles is a row, Google is again back to static. The London 2012 rhythmic gymnastics doodle posted by Google on Saturday is a non-interactive doodle, and does not let you play and score. The doodle has a gymnast with her ribbon that swirls to form the two Os of the Google logo. Today's doodle is the sixteenth doodle posted by Google during the...
11:37 AM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: If your wrists are aching from all the canoeing on Thursday, Google has a new game for you to play that is not as taxing on your wrists. You can play the London 2012 football doodle using either the keyboard or the mouse or even a combination of both. Adding a fourth sport to its armchair Olympics, Google takes you to the the football field, where you as...
06:22 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Google has added yet another discipline to its armchair Olympics - basketball. After putting up the interactive London 2012 hurdle doodle on Tuesday, Google has come up with yet another interactive doodle - London 2012 basketball - that lets users score points playing basketball on their computers. This is the thirteenth doodle, and the second interactive doodle, posted by Google during the ongoing London 2012 Olympics. The interactive...
06:00 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Every four years comes a day when the world celebrates sports. Today is that day as the 2010 Olympic Games begin. ...
09:38 AM, Jul 27, 2012
London: A 13-member Indian boxing squad on Friday arrived in the Olympic Games Village here from their pre-games training centre at Bradford. The team travelled by train from Bradford to Kingscross, from where they were received by the officials of the LOCOG. At the village the squad was welcomed by Deputy chef de mission Brig PK Muralidharan Raja and other Indian contingent officials. Coach GS Sandhu was happy with the...
11:53 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: The government has decided to give out of turn promotions to sportspersons who win medals in international events like Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Championships. The union cabinet on Thursday approved a policy to give up to three out of turn promotions in the service for winning medals to sportspersons. The decision was announced on Friday. Officials said the sportsperson winning a medal or more...
03:10 PM, Jul 20, 2012
London: Muse's Survival will be the main official song for the London 2012 Olympic Games, the British rockers announced on Wednesday. Lead singer Matt Bellamy wrote the track "with the Olympics in mind. It's about total conviction and pure determination to win," the group said on its website. The tune will be played throughout the July 27-August 12 Games, including when athletes enter the stadium, in the lead-up to medal...
06:07 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Already assured of a berth in the Olympics, Saina Nehwal said she would look to beat the Chinese shuttlers in the run-up to the London Games to gain a psychological advantage ahead of the big event. With the Olympics about three months away, the world number five Indian said she is in the best position to win a medal this time around. "I played well in the Swiss...
06:29 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Dubai: Qatar has been ranked as the world's wealthiest country in a new list compiled by the prestigious US magazine Forbes. The Gulf State with a population of 1.7 million topped the list as the world's richest country per capita, thanks to a rebound in oil prices and its massive natural gas reserves. Adjusted for purchasing power, Qatar booked an estimated gross domestic product per capita of more than $...
09:59 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Shiva Keshavan is the first Indian representative to compete in luge at the Winter Olympic Games. ...
08:33 PM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has written to the 2012 London Olympics organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), complaining about sponsor Dow Chemicals lying that there are no pending cases over the Bhopal gas tragedy. In a letter sent to the IOC the IOA demanded that Dow chemicals should be dropped as sponsors for the London Olympics. "A false campaign has been launched by the Dow Chemical's ...
03:17 PM, Dec 20, 2011
