New Delhi: Olympic heroes, shooter Vijay Kumar and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt were on Saturday jointly recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour. The names of pistol shooter Vijay Kumar, who won a silver in the 25m rapid fire event at the London Olympics and Yogeshwar, who bagged a bronze in 60kg free style event, were selected by the Arjuna Awards and Khel Ratna...
08:29 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Sonepat: Having realised his dream of winning a medal at the Olympics, star grappler Yogeshwar Dutt says, he would now be able to "sleep soundly" after having "sleepless nights" since Beijing Olympics where he lost in quarter-finals in the last 10 seconds. The 29-year-old from village Bhainswal Kalan in district Sonepat in Haryana said the absence of an Olympic medal from his cabinet gave him sleepless nights over the years...
06:29 PM, Aug 15, 2012
New Delhi: India's chief hockey coach Michael Nobbs on Tuesday vowed to carry on even as he prepares a stinging report on the eight-time Olympic champions worst ever finish in the Olympics at the 2012 London Games. "I come from a country where we don't take these things lightly. Success is defined from getting up the last time you were knocked down and that is what we are going to...
08:52 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: Low-cost carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday announced it would provide free air tickets for life to Indian medal winners of the London Olympics. Making the announcement, SpiceJet CEO Neil Mills said, "The nation is proud of their unprecedented performance. It is a matter of great honour for us to be associated with the sportspersons who brought recognition for India at London Olympics." The victory of Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt,...
08:16 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: India captain Bharat Chetri doesn't want to point fingers at any individual for the hockey team's disastrous outing at the Olympic Games, instead he is forthcoming in accepting the blame and said the former champions could only play upto "30-35 per cent" of their potential in London. Eight-time gold medallist India touched a new low by finishing last in the 12-team men's hockey competition in the just-concluded London...
06:52 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Los Angeles: NBC's TV coverage of the London Olympics was the most-watched television event in US history, attracting some 219.4 million viewers, the network said on Monday. Despite complaints during the Summer Games of delays in broadcasting popular events until prime time hours, problems with online streaming, and edited versions of the opening and closing ceremony, NBC said that more people watched the 2012 Olympics on television than the 215...
06:16 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: Far from demoralising them, the failure to fetch a medal at the London Olympics has motivated Indian boxers to improve their performance, insisted national coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu after returning to the country on Tuesday. Seven Indian boxers -- L Devendro Singh (49kg), Shiva Thapa (56kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg), Vijender Singh (75kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) -- qualified for the Games but...
02:55 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: She is over the moon after becoming the first Indian woman boxer to clinch an Olympic medal but bronze is not the colour for M C Mary Kom, who feels she could have finished higher on the podium had it not been for the "confusion" that gripped her during the semifinals. 'Magnificent Mary' as she is called by the International Boxing Association, was the lone Indian in fray...
10:23 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Hyderabad: The bronze medal at the London Games has taken off a big stone on his chest and now shooter Gagan Narang wants to focus on reviving 'dying sports' in his home city of Hyderabad. Narang said he would like to nurture young talent by starting sports academy in the state with the support of the government. "I would like to nurture talent in the state by opening sports academies...
08:35 AM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: Wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt were Monday night accorded a grand welcome as they returned after their historic exploits at the London Olympic Games. Hundreds of fans gathered at the Indira Gandhi International Airport to receive the star wrestlers along with the family members of the grapplers. The fans, who came with garlands, bouquets and sweets, danced to deafening drum beats while they waited for the wrestlers...
08:27 AM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: A day after India finished the Olympics on a rousing note, with Sushil Kumar clinching a historic double, the country's former wrestlers said that the feat would inspire many more to follow in the footsteps of those who tasted success at the British capital. With his silver in 66kg freestyle category, Sushil on Sunday became the first Indian to win back-to-back individual medals in the world's biggest sporting...
06:10 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: Brazil's football confederation (CBF) has refused to guarantee the future of under-pressure coach Mano Menezes. Menezes, who is one of the few international coaches to be also in charge of his country's under-23 team, has faced calls for his sacking after Brazil's 1-2 loss to Mexico in Saturday's Olympics final, Xinhua reports. "The team is on the right track but that doesn't mean Mano will stay," CBF...
05:19 PM, Aug 13, 2012
London: Olympic women's shot put champion Nadzeya Ostapchuk has been stripped of the gold medal she won at the London Games a week ago after testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid. Two urine samples taken from the Belarussian before and after her win last Monday tested positive for metenolone, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a statement on Monday, the day after the Games ended. "Ostapchuk is disqualified...
04:50 PM, Aug 13, 2012
London: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday hailed the 'pathbreaking' performance of its contingent in London and said it will give tremendous boost to sports in the country. "Our sportspersons did us proud. We won six medals - two silvers and four bronze - which is the biggest ever medal haul by India in the Olympics," said IOA acting chief Vijay Kumar Malhotra. The shooters and wrestlers gave India four...
03:59 PM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar lauded his dedication while Virender Sehwag was in awe of his "mental strength" as India's star cricketers gave a collective round of applause to wrestler Sushil Kumar for clinching a silver medal at the just-concluded London Olympics. Sushil, who had bagged a bronze in the 2008 Beijing Games, became the first Indian athlete to notch up back-to-back Olympic medals with silver on the final day of...
01:55 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Chandigarh: Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh burst into tears after grappler Sushil Kumar won the silver medal in 66kg freestyle wrestling competition at the London Olympics on Sunday. "I could not control my emotions. My eyes were moist and I burst into tears. I was really happy that this boy and other athletes have made our nation proud," the 'Flying Sikh' told PTI here. Congratulating Sushil, Milkha Singh said that...
01:16 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Mumbai: Sushil Kumar would have made greater history had he conquered Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu in London on Sunday. But the 66-kg wrestler was up against much more than just a fiery Japanese opponent in the gold medal bout. Moments after Sushil became the countrys first Olympic silver medal-winning wrestler and the only Indian athlete to win back-to-back Olympic medals (he won bronze at Beijing 2008), the Indian wrestling camp in London...
12:04 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Following are some of the fun and memorable quotes from the London Olympics: "It's what I came here to do, I'm now a legend." - Jamaica's Usain Bolt permits the world to proclaim him a sporting legend after becoming the first man to retain the 100- and 200 metres titles. "There was no pressure. You should play in my country, then you will see pressure. They throw bricks at you."...
10:46 AM, Aug 13, 2012
"Our hockey is dead." When you have Leslie Claudius saying it, its got to be serious. Leslie was there during the Indian team's Olympics send-off ceremony. With his arm around Bharat Chetri, who helped Leslie off the dais, the legend asked for a promise from the Indian skipper: a medal around his neck when the team returns from London. But that was then. There was hope - hope to end...
10:11 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Wrestling capped India's campaign at the London Olympics on a brilliant note, with the five-strong contingent winning two medals - a bronze and a silver - on the last two days of the quadrennial event. First Yogeshwar Dutt won a bronze medal on Saturday and then Sushil Kumar, a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, added another by claiming silver on the final day of the 16-day event. Along...
09:55 AM, Aug 13, 2012
