Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens on Monday.
Nikhil Kanetkar and Abhinn Shyam Gupta begin their campaign in the men's badminton tournament.
All athletes in the Indian team for Athens Olympics are clean, a top Athletics Federation of India official said.
Lauryn Williams clocked 10.93 seconds to join men's gold medallist Justin Gatlin as a world champion.
Anju tops the list of women's long jumpers while the US-based Gowda is the top-ranked men's discus thrower.
Dilip Tirkey will lead an 18-member team for the eight-nation hockey tournament in Holland, from August 14 to 21.
The 366-building complex on 400 acres of public land at the foot of Mount Parnitha will house more than 17,000 athletes and officials and will employ 10,000.
The Olympic silver medallist was honoured with the Ati Vishist Seva Medal.
Indian tennis ace Leander Paes on his new doubles partner Martin Damm and goals for 2006.
Sobha Developers, a Dubai-based real estate company, will fund the ace Indian long junper's training ahead of the Athens Olympics.
India should do what we can to ensure that our two friends do not get into a confrontation that is meaningless and ultimately damaging to everyone including us.
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu will have an outside chance of a podium finish for India when the weightlifter begins her campaign in the women's 48kg category at the Rio Olympic Games on Saturday.
Last season's runners-up Liverpool, big-spending French league champions Paris St Germain and Carlo Ancelotti's Napoli were thrown together in the pick of the groups while holders Real Madrid must face last season's semi-finalists AS Roma.
The decision over Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou is expected on Tuesday.
The Olympic silver medallist scored 191.0 points, his best since 2002, at the National Shooting Championships.
The German was axed after the team slumped to fourth in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament.
India will begin their campaign in the 2004 tournament with a match against Germany.
Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were among a group of Greek athletes to be tested by doctors from WADA.
Dilip Tirkey and Gagan Ajit Singh have been nominated for the International Hockey Federation's Best Player of the Year award.
Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, the most successful doubles team in men's tennis history, have pulled out of the defence of their title at the Rio Games saying their family's health is their top priority.
Rathore said the government was 'leaving no stone unturned' to train 200 elite athletes for the 2020 Olympics
The two Indian pugilists reached the finals in the third Asian qualifying event for the Athens Olympics.
The mercurial forward and Baljit Singh Dhillon are among nine players named for a pre-Olympic camp in Cologne from May 27 to June 21.
The main interest ahead of the AGM is focused on incumbent president K P S Gill's possible bid for another term.
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The IOA president said Pillay's experience could improve the medal chances of the eight-time Olympic hockey champions.
As a result of the explosions that rocked Athens on Wednesday, the cost of insurance in case the Games are called off has rocketed.
National hockey coach Rajinder Singh said it was too early to say whether the penalty corner expert would be picked in the Olympics team.
The ace shooter scored 598 out of 600 in the second trial of the 10m Air Rifle event.
"I've achieved my dreams so now I'm in a position to say, 'well I can do what I want,'" said the double Olympic champion.
