Former international shooter and veteran sports administrator Randhir Singh is set to become the first Indian president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) after emerging as the sole candidate for the top post for the September 8 elections. The 77-year-old Singh, a former member of the International Olympic Council (IOC) and ex secretary general…
The 117-member Indian contingent is set to travel to Paris for the 33rd edition of the Olympics, being held from July 26 to August 11. Coincidentally, India’s debut appearance at the quadrennial event came in the French capital itself in 1900, the second edition of the Summer Games. Since then, the nation has participated in…
In an inspiring session, Olympians Yogeshwar Dutt, Manavjit Sandhu, Dilip Tirkey, Rani Rampal, Om Prakash Karhana and Ronjan Sodhi regaled everyone with their Olympic tales at the Manav Rachna Headquarters in a panel discussion on the Glory of Five Rings on Monday. The idea was to convey the best wishes to the Indian contingent, and…
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh produced superlative performances to secure victories over Malaysia and Thailand in group B and inch closer to the semifinal berth at the Women’s Asia Cup T20 tournament here on Monday. While host Sri Lanka thrashed Malaysia by a margin of 114 runs, Bangladesh outwitted Thailand by seven wickets later in the…
Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar on Monday pulled out of the Paris Olympics citing “tiredness”, his Slovenia team announced. “Unfortunately Tadej Pogacar has cancelled his participation because of a state of extreme fatigue,” Slovenian Olympic cycling coach Uros Murn said in a statement. Pogacar won a third Tour de France title in Nice on…
Shoaib Bashir may already be a Test-match winning bowler but the 20-year-old off-spinner insists he’s still learning “the tricks of the trade”. The towering Bashir ripped through the West Indies in the second Test at Trent Bridge, taking 5-41 on Sunday’s fourth day as the tourists lost all 10 of their second-innings wickets in 23…
English cricket chiefs confirmed on Monday they have held talks with Indian Premier League (IPL) owners about acquiring a stake in their domestic Hundred competition. The fourth edition of the 100-balls per side tournament, which features eight specially created teams — each with a men’s and women’s side — rather than the traditional 18 first-class…
Charlie Cassell broke the record for the best bowling figures by a men’s one-day international debutant as he took seven wickets for 21 runs during Scotland’s eight-wicket rout of Oman in Dundee on Monday. Pace bowler Cassell surpassed the six for 16 that Kagiso Rabada took for South Africa on his ODI bow against Bangladesh…
Indian shooting legend Abhinav Bindra has been awarded with Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for his outstanding services to the Olympic Movement. The award ceremony will be held during the 142nd IOC Session in Paris on August 10, a day before the closing of the Olympics. “It is with great pleasure that…
From Sun Shuwei’s historic win in Barcelona at 16, to Quan Hongchan’s three perfect scoring dives in Tokyo, here are some important record broken by the divers in Olympics. Barcelona, 1992 Sun Shuwei of China in action during the springboard diving competition of the Olympic Games in Barcelona on August 04, 1992. | Photo Credit:…
