The 22-year-old Punjab shooter scored two points more than Athens Olympics gold medallist Kostevych Olena bag gold in the women's air pistol event at the World Universiade.
Tokyo 2020 organisers received the Olympic flame in a scaled-down handover ceremony in the Greek capital on Thursday, amid the coronavirus spread that has cast doubt on the global, multi-billion dollar event. In a brief ceremony closed to spectators in Athens' Panathenaic stadium, site of the first modern Games in 1896, the torch was received by Tokyo Games representative Naoko Imoto.
Japan is not making any preparations to postpone the 2020 Olympics, the government's top spokesman said on Wednesday, stressing Tokyo's resolve to host the event as scheduled despite the global spread of coronavirus.
In a freewheeling interview with Rediff.com's Harish Kotian, Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore reflects on his silver medal at Athens and reveals why he decided to make the foray into politics after a long and successful career in sports and the Indian army.
Manchester United took a big step towards the Europa League quarter-finals by thrashing Austrian side LASK Linz 5-0 on Thursday in their last 16 first-leg tie at an empty Linzer Stadium due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Greece's Football Federation (EPO) could be suspended from international football over government interference should a proposed new sports law be voted in, FIFA and UEFA have warned.
The situation in Greece worsened with banks closed for a 2nd week.
Without some firmer pledge of debt relief, neither Greece nor the IMF is likely to accept a deal
The country secured a euro 7.16 billion bridge financing from the European Financial Stability Mechanism
Belgian league leaders Antwerp secured a shock 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan extended their unbeaten run to 23 games as they won 3-0 against Sparta Prague in the Europa League on Thursday, while Arsenal cruised to a 3-0 win over Dundalk.
The vote leaves Greece in uncharted waters: risking a banking collapse that could force it out of the euro.
With 75 per cent of votes counted, the ND party was leading with 39.6 per cent of total votes heading towards a majority in the 300-member Greek Parliament, while Tsipras' leftist Syriza was behind with 31.6 per cent of total votes, CNN reported.
The hosts take on Olympic champions Australia in their opening match of the December 10 to 18 hockey tournament.
IAAF said explanations provided by Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou for missing tests in Tel Aviv, Chicago and Athens were unacceptable.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The list of 14 Arjuna award winners releases on Wednesday did not include a single men's cricketer.
Olympic judo medallist Flavio Canto is among those giving his time and money to battle the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil. Dunga is also working with business contacts and former players - including ex-Brazil internationals Jorginho and Edmilson and Paulo Cesar Tinga - to help disadvantaged communities in his home state of Rio Grande do Sul.
The postponement of the Tokyo Games was a bitter pill to swallow for Indian archer Tarundeep Rai as he will get one year older when he takes the field for his third Olympics. He has been forced to change his training due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic and the 21-day nationwide lockdown. His daily routine now is to search for videos on "how to build shoulder muscles" and train at the gym for long hours.
We present a set of pictures from around the world to show how the amazing 'super moon' enthralled the world last night.
Cypriot plane with 121 on board crashes in Greece
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The IOC, on it's part, would not be surprised if more violations of doping rules were found.
The vice-president of Russia's Olympic Committee did not name the athletes but said they would be identified if a second test also proved positive.
China's Olympic gold medal-winning hurdler Liu Xiang announced his retirement on Tuesday.
The Athens Olympics shooting silver medallist is among over 200 shooters vying for honours this week.
American Laura Ann Wilkinson added a world championship title to her Olympic gold on Wednesday.
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The Jamacian clocked 9.77 seconds at the Athens Super Grand Prix.
Save that one-lap race, most of the events at the Open National Athletics Championships lack quality fields.
When Greece's Fani Halkia won gold in the Athens Olympic Stadium, the wall of sound which followed sounded like an earthquake.
