Sports / Olympics

1966 and all that as England eye rare World Cup title 10 Jun 2017 - 01:27 am

Seoul: England have shrugged off a dire record in the Under-20 World Cup to stand on the verge of ending a 51-year wait...

IOC approves new events in gender parity push for 2020 10 Jun 2017 - 01:16 am

Lausanne: The International Olympic Committee on Friday approved a mixed 4x400m relay along with 14 other events for Tokyo 2020, hailing the moves...

Discovery backs Paris bid for 2024 Olympic Games 09 Jun 2017 - 01:01 am

Paris: American media giant Discovery, the rights holder for the Olympics in Europe, yesterday announced its backing to the Paris bid to host...

Faster, higher, rustier: Medals from Rio Olympics damaged 24 May 2017 - 10:30 pm

New York: Kyle Snyder made history at the Rio Olympics by becoming the youngest American wrestler to win a gold medal. The medal...

Russia gets Winter Paralympic warning 22 May 2017 - 10:06 pm

London: Russia have been warned they will be barred from sending a team to the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London and...

More than 100 rusted or defective medals returned 20 May 2017 - 10:03 am

SAO PAULO: More than 100 medals won at the Rio Olympics have been returned to organisers because they have rusted or developed black...

Olympics-More than 100 rusted or defective medals returned 20 May 2017 - 09:46 am

SAO PAULO: More than 100 medals won at the Rio Olympics have been returned to organisers because they have rusted or developed black...

Olympics: Games chief shrugs off Korean tensions 20 May 2017 - 09:31 am

London: Military tensions on the Korean peninsula should not prevent the nuclear-armed North sending a team to the 2018 Winter Olympics in the...

Olympics: 2024 Olympic fight set to go to the wire 16 May 2017 - 01:52 pm

Paris: The fight between Los Angeles and Paris to host the 2024 Summer Olympics is set to go the wire after the head...

2024 Games: IOC officials commence three-day Paris visit to evaluate bid 14 May 2017 - 11:12 pm

Paris: The 11 members of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission yesterday began a three-day visit of Paris as they study the French...

IOC commission in Paris to evaluate bid 13 May 2017 - 10:44 pm

Paris: International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates arrived in Paris yesterday afternoon ahead of an inspection of the city's 2024 Games bid. Emmanuel Macron...

Los Angeles ready to shine for IOC evaluation visit 09 May 2017 - 10:29 pm

Los Angeles: It will be lights, camera, action with the Los Angeles 2024 Olympic bid in the spotlight when the International Olympic Committee...

Athletes warn Coates to bring in AOC change 07 May 2017 - 08:56 am

Sydney: Australia's athletes say they will hold John Coates to account after the country's most powerful sports figure was returned as president of...

UN signs up Syrian Olympic swimmer to shine light on refugees 27 Apr 2017 - 02:28 pm

Geneva: The UN said Thursday it had enlisted Yusra Mardini, the teenage Olympic swimmer who braved a Mediterranean crossing in a leaky dinghy...

Former Rio mayor probed for bribery in Olympics contracts 12 Apr 2017 - 04:38 pm

BRASILIA: Brazil's Supreme Court has opened an investigation into former Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes, who is accused of taking millions of...

Hungary to withdraw Budapest's 2024 Olympic bid: Government 23 Feb 2017 - 10:39 pm

Budapest: Hungary's government announced it would withdraw Budapest's bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, citing a lack of political and national unity...

Budapest's Games 'dream dissolves' 22 Feb 2017 - 09:55 pm

Budapest: Budapest's mayor was scheduled to hold talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to discuss ending the city's embattled bid to host...

OCA chief tentatively backs dual host city awards 21 Feb 2017 - 08:54 pm

Sapporo, Japan: Asia's most powerful sports official has given tentative support to the notion that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should award the...