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Indian Olympic Association chief Narinder Batra on Wednesday announced that he will "not run for a further term" as president of the IOA.

Updated On: 02 Aug 2023 | 10:13 AM IST

Since winning a gold medal in flyweight division at the Women's Junior and Youth World Boxing Championship in Turkey in 2011, it has been a difficult journey for Zareen.

Updated On: 24 May 2022 | 11:27 PM IST

The Spanish regional governments of Catalonia and Aragn have not been able to reach an agreement on a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics in the Pyrenees, the Spanish Olympic Committee said on Monday.

Updated On: 24 May 2022 | 11:53 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra's biography chronicles how he triumphed despite the deplorable state of Indian sports infrastructure

Updated On: 08 Apr 2022 | 10:53 PM IST

Women's Twenty20 cricket has been included at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham following on from the men's competition at the Kuala Lumpur CWG in 1998.

Updated On: 03 Apr 2022 | 10:54 AM IST

Aiming to achieve gender equality, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has increased the number of boxing events for women in the 2024 Paris Olympics from five to six as per a revised list.

Updated On: 02 Apr 2022 | 12:00 PM IST

The BCCI had earlier announced cash awards for the medal winners at the Tokyo Olympics

Updated On: 26 Mar 2022 | 8:43 PM IST

The Russian Olympic Committee made an urgent appeal Friday to overturn a ban on its athletes competing at a European winter sports festival in Finland.

Updated On: 11 Mar 2022 | 10:46 PM IST

China denounced a report that it asked Russia to delay invading Ukraine until after the Beijing Winter Olympics as fake news and a very despicable" attempt to divert attention

Updated On: 03 Mar 2022 | 4:19 PM IST

'The success in insulating the event from the virus and keeping disruption to sports events to a minimum also reflected the effectiveness and flexibility of China's overall zero-Covid policies'

Updated On: 20 Feb 2022 | 4:20 PM IST

India will host the session for the first time since 1983.

Updated On: 20 Feb 2022 | 6:36 AM IST

'This will be a significant development for India's Olympic aspiration and will herald the start of a new era for Indian sport,' says IOC member Nita Ambani

Updated On: 19 Feb 2022 | 3:35 PM IST

To minimise Covid transmission risks, Beijing 2022 has imposed a "closed loop" system that restricts all Games participants to certain zones in and around venues and accommodation

Updated On: 17 Feb 2022 | 10:47 AM IST

Russian teenager Kamila Valieva was on the ice for a final run-through of her short program hours before one of the most-anticipated events of the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday

Updated On: 15 Feb 2022 | 6:07 PM IST

With her doping case still to be decided, Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva broke down in tears Saturday after an emotional practice session at the Olympics.

Updated On: 12 Feb 2022 | 2:45 PM IST

Olympic hotels are surrounded by fences; police and guards are the only ones that open and close the gates for buses and other approved vehicles

Updated On: 07 Feb 2022 | 3:29 PM IST

Snowmakers have been deployed farther north in Zhangjiakou, which is hosting freestyle skiing, ski jumping and biathlon

Updated On: 05 Feb 2022 | 6:45 PM IST

Putin and Xi present united front in talks at Beijing Winter Olympics amid strained relations with West

Updated On: 04 Feb 2022 | 7:49 PM IST

The country where the coronavirus outbreak emerged two years ago launched a locked-down Winter Olympics on Friday

Updated On: 04 Feb 2022 | 7:34 PM IST

Days after quietly ringing in the Chinese New Year, Beijing is celebrating the Year of the Tiger on the Olympic stage.

Updated On: 04 Feb 2022 | 7:11 PM IST