Seven years ago, Vladimir Putin traveled all the way to Guatemala to woo Olympic leaders with his grandiose vision: hosting the Winter Games in Russia's little-known Black Sea summer resort of Sochi. Putin's personal pitch
Switzerland: Olympic bronze medalist and three-time world time trial champion Michael Rogers of Australia has tested positive for clenbuterol. The International Cycling Union said Wednesday that Rogers is provisionally suspended while his national federation investigates
Moscow: The Sochi Winter Games organizers say the Olympic flame has traveled to the North Pole aboard a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker.The Sochi organizing committee said in Friday's statement that the torch relay reached the North
Moscow: The Olympic flame commenced its 123-day relay from Moscow on Monday, a day after a bumpy ceremonial journey around the Kremlin.At noon, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin lit the torch in the Red Square and
Rio De Janeiro: Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has left open the possibility of continuing his career beyond the Rio 2106 Olympic Games.The six-time Olympic gold medallist earlier this month said the 2016 Games would
New Delhi: Beach volleyball was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at which Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the men's tournament, and Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno won the women's.Beach
Tokyo: The venues planned for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo both look to the future and incorporate the past. A futuristic 80,000-seat main stadium will be the centerpiece, touted by organizers as one of the
Buenos Aires: Wrestling, as expected, regained its place on the Olympic Games sports roster after a vote by International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Buenos Aires on Sunday.Wrestling, which is one of the rare sports
New Delhi: India's wrestling and squash fraternity is waiting with bated breath for the International Olympic Committee's highly-anticipated vote on September 8 todecide on the inclusion of one of the sports to the 2020 Olympic
New Delhi: India will continue to remain out of the Olympic fold as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rejected the request of the suspended Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to allow charge-sheeted officials to continue
Lausanne, Switzerland, July 10: The top rhythmic gymnastics official from the London Olympics has been expelled from the sport's governing body for what it called "irregularities" during coaching courses for judges late last year. The
Gurgaon, Mar 17 : India's only individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra here Sunday said it was unfortunate and sad that Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh's name emerged in a drug bust.Abhinav Bindra, the
London, Mar 1: Fresh moves are afoot to have cricket become an Olympic sport perhaps in time for the 2024 Summer Games.The popular Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) World Committee is lobbying for Twenty 20 cricket
Mumbai, Jan 23: Walker K T Irfan, who surprised everyone with his creditable 10th place finish at the London Games in the 20km walk race, is a new addition to the list of talented sportspersons
New York, Jan 18: American cyclist Lance Armstrong has been stripped of a bronze medal he won at the 2000 Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), hours before the airing of his interview
Sao Paulo, Oct 10: Brazil's Olympic Committee president Carlos Nuzman says preparations for the 2016 Rio Games are on track despite concerns over delays in key infrastructure projects.Nuzman told a Sao Paulo Industry Federation (FIESP)
Volos (Greece), Sep 18: In a sign that Russia's stranglehold on Olympic synchronised swimming gold could continue for years to come, the country's girls team won gold in every event at the junior World Championships.Russia
New Delhi, Aug 25: Olympic medalists wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt, badminton star Saina Nehwal and shooter Gagan Narang will get Audi Q5s for bringing laurels to the country.The country's largest realty firm DLF,
Cardiff, Wales, Aug 11: South Korea's football players won Olympic bronze medals Friday, but many admitted they were also celebrating an even greater prize: the chance to skip military service.Medal winners in South Korea are
London, Aug 11: The Netherlands was winning matches, but only just, in the defense of its women's Olympic field hockey crown. So coach Max Caldas warned some of his best players before the final on
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