Lausanne (Switzerland), Jul 16: The Asian Football Confederation says the Qatar Football Association has lost its appeal against forfeiting a qualifying match against Oman for the London Olympics because it fielded an ineligible player.The AFC
New Delhi, July 13 : Indian tennis has turned into a soap opera in the lead up to the London Olympics, with insults and accusations of treachery flying and some players openly seething at their
Doha, Jul12: One of Qatar's first female athletes to compete at the Olympics will be the flag-bearer for the opening ceremony at the London Games.Qatar's Olympic Committee posted a statement late Wednesday on Twitter saying
Kolkata, Jul 8: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that Mahesh Bhupathi should have agreed to play Leander Paes in the Olympics as the latter is a terrific doubles player.Heaping praise on Paes who along
New Delhi, Jul 1: He was not quite sure if training abroad before Olympics would help much but after spending a fortnight preparing in Ireland, London-bound Vijender Singh on Sunday said the experience has done
Kolkata, July 6 : The Calcutta High Court today directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit within two weeks on the progress of investigation to determine the gender of athlete Pinki Pramanik.A division
Helsinki, Jun30: Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva says she is at 90 percent of her best shape and intends to resume pole vaulting at a small meet in France on July 10, less than four weeks
London, Jun27: Olympic 110 meter hurdles champion Liu Xiang of China says he will race at the London Diamond League meeting two weeks before the Olympics.Liu won gold at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He
Sydney, Jun 27: A day after Bernard Tomic and Lleyton Hewitt lost first-round matches at Wimbledon, they were officially confirmed among six Australians to return for next month's Olympics tournament at SW19.The fifth-ranked Samantha Stosur
New Delhi, Jun 26: Sania Mirza, who got a wild card entry for the Olympics, today indicated she has no problem in partnering Leander Paes in the mixed doubles event in London but hit out
NAIROBI, (Kenya) Jun 23: World 800-meter champion and record-holder David Rudisha made sure of his place on Kenya's Olympic team by winning the final at the national trials on Saturday, but 1,500 Olympic champion Asbel
Rome, Jun 22: Olympic fencing champion Valentina Vezzali will carry the Italian flag at the opening ceremony of the London Games.Italian President Giorgio Napolitano handed Vezzali the flag she will carry at a special ceremony
New Delhi, Jun 21: The embattled All India Tennis Association (AITA) today claimed to have worked out a compromise formula to resolve the selection crisis for the Olympics by deciding to send two men's doubles
London, Jun 20: Like a runner or a swimmer, you would need to be physically fit. Like a goalie or a boxer, you should be prepared for close calls. But if you are coming to
New York, Jun 19: The last time Justin Gatlin took the stage at the Olympic trials, he was a kid on the brink of becoming the next big sprinter in track.Those days seem long ago.So
New Delhi, Jun 19: India's ongoing tennis selection muddle took a curious turn when the game's national body requested help from the sports ministry to finalize the men's doubles team for the Olympics.National sports bodies
New Delhi, June 18: Mahesh Bhupathi today blamed the All India Tennis Federation for the selection row ahead of next month's Olympics, saying that it has resulted due to AITA's insistence on sending only one
New Delhi, Jun 8: The timing of a Grand Slam title victory could not have been better for Sania Mirza, who is desperately seeking a wild card into the London Olympics, which in all probability
Oregon, June 3: Oscar Pistorius is trying to become the first double-amputee to run in the Olympics this summer in London. The chances are dwindling for the South African.Pistorius ran the 400 meters at the
New Delhi, May 31: Her participation in the Olympics may have been jeopardised by a shock first-round exit from the French Open but top Indian tennis player Sania Mirza today asserted that she has done
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