New Delhi: Indian boxing's euphoric rise in the past four years met a sudden fall as a disappointing Olympic campaign was followed by international suspension in a thoroughly forgettable 2012, which was saved from being complete bummer by M C Mary Kom's bronze in London. Indian boxing had risen considerably in profile after Vijender Singh brought home its first Olympic medal -- a bronze -- from Beijing four years ago....
12:18 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Mumbai: Athletics Federation of India president Adille Sumariwala on Wednesday said the IOC's suspension of the IOA is a "short-term" problem which will be resolved in a couple of months. "This is a short-term problem. I think the less we debate on this issue the better it is. This is a short-term problem which will be sorted out soon. It will be done in a couple of months. There is...
06:39 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: Government on Wednesday said it was confident that issues between International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) can be resolved in time and promised steps to ensure participation of Indian sportspersons in international sporting events. Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) that government is working to resolve the issue soon so that Indian...
02:38 PM, Dec 19, 2012
India's Joydeep Karmakar finished 4th in the 50m prone shooting event at the London Olympics. ...
09:43 PM, Dec 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Olympic Council of Asia has barred officials of the suspended IOA from participating in OCA events, but said "as a special case" Indian atheltes will be allowed to take part in the OCA Games, including the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon under the IOC flag. The OCA's decision came in the wake of the suspension imposed on IOA by the International Olympic Committee earlier this month. "Taking...
06:07 PM, Dec 18, 2012
London: For Andy Murray 2012 marked a golden milestone, for Novak Djokovic the year was an emphatic reminder of his status as the world's best male player, and for Roger Federer and his army of fans it was proof that the old master's magic still sparkles. Serena Williams used the second half of the year to demonstrate that she continues to be head and shoulders above her rivals in the...
08:59 AM, Dec 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to form a committee to conduct the affairs of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), recently suspended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) owing to the government's alleged interference into its affairs and non-observance of Olympic charter by it. "We are not going to appoint any authority or committee or anybody to run the IOA," a bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice...
10:46 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Kolkata: Five-time world champion chess Grand Master Viswanathan Anand on Monday hoped the conflict between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will be sorted out before the 2016 Olympics. "We still have a couple of years to solve the problem, so I am not too concerned," said Anand, when asked about the IOC deciding to suspend the IOA for not following the IOC charter in...
10:17 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Will the infusion of big money into the Hockey India League help to raise the standard of the sport in India? CNN-IBN's associate editor(sports) Digvijay Singh Deo joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. The reason why Cricket is more popular than hockey is its ease of adoption. All you require is a tennis ball and a bat. Where as Hockey requires specific sticks a ground with...
03:20 PM, Dec 17, 2012
New Delhi: Sudha Singh, one of India's finest long-distance athletes and current national record holder for the 3000m steeple chase, finished 13th in the event at the 2012 London Olympics. Her timing of 9:55:67 was set while winning gold at the 16th Asian Games at Guangzhou in 2010, and in June this year Sudha qualified for London after breaking going even better with a timing of 9:47.70. Performing at the...
04:21 PM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: Chess legend Vishwanathan Anand is not too concerned about the suspension imposed on the IOA by International Olympic Committee as he feels the ongoing dispute is "more of a legal argument" which can be sorted out in due course of time. The World Champion heaved a sigh of relief about the fact that there isn't many international sporting activities lined up for Indian athletes in the upcoming months,...
07:45 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Rome: 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. ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti told The Associated Press at the European Olympic Committees meeting in Rome that the matches this year were "very balanced and very long and that ruins the scheduling somewhat."...
08:49 AM, Dec 11, 2012
Aligarh: Former India hockey captain Zafar Iqbal said the country's prominent athletes would write to the International Olympic Committee seeking its help for drawing up a blueprint for resurrecting sports here. Iqbal, who was here as the Chief Guest at the prize giving ceremony of the North Zone Inter University Cricket Tournament, told PTI that the entire sports community in India was deeply saddened by the recent events leading to...
11:20 AM, Dec 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Archery Association of India (AAI) on Friday hit out at the government for derecognizing the body, calling the decision "unconstitutional and arbitrary". Questioning the decision, AAI president Vijay Kumar Malhotra said Sports Ministry has no right to de-recognize the Association as "we have not violated any rule or law of the land and the decision is illegal". He said he was surprised at the Governments argument that...
07:25 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Sao Paulo: Tennis great Roger Federer is looking at reducing his playing schedule in a bid to extend his career till the 2016 Rio Olympics. The 17-time grand slam winner will be 35 at the next Games, but said the lure of competing at the first Olympics in South America could prove too difficult to resist. "I have to make sure that I take care of my schedule, my body,...
04:49 PM, Dec 07, 2012
New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee has refused to recognise the elections conducted by the suspended Indian Olympic Association, saying the "so-called" office-bearers have no legitimacy. The IOA went ahead and conducted its elections despite being suspended by the IOC and the world body has now even threatened legal action. "The suspended Indian Olympic Association is no longer entitled to exercise any activity or right conferred upon it by the...
02:19 PM, Dec 07, 2012
New Delhi: A delegation of the Indian Olympic Association will meet the Sports Secretary on Friday to discuss the suspension imposed by the International Olympic Committee and chalk out a plan of action to return to the Olympic fold. "A delegation headed by Abhay Singh Chautala will meet Secretary of Sports on 7th of December at 12 noon to discuss the issue and decide the plan of action" an IOA...
06:56 PM, Dec 06, 2012
Four 2004 Athens Olympic medallists, including Ukraine's shot put gold medallist Yuriy Bilonog, have been stripped of their medals after re-tested samples from eight years ago were positive, the IOC said on Wednesday. The other athletes are women's shot putter Svetlana Krivelyova of Russia, discus thrower Irina Yatchenko of Belarus and Belarussian hammer thrower Ivan Tsikhan who lost his silver medal. ...
01:12 AM, Dec 06, 2012
The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday suspended IOA for conducting elections under government's sports code. ...
12:01 AM, Dec 06, 2012
