Greece is spending 1 billion euros ($1.23 billion) on security, more than three times the amount spent on the 2000 Sydney Games.
The heptathlete scored a whopping 6162 points on the concluding day of the Inter-state Athletics Championships and made the grade.
Dilip Tirkey's team is confident of a good showing against Spain in its opening match of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament.
The Australian is no longer thinking about trying to match American Mark Spitz's record of seven Olympic golds.
Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and RMV Gurusaidutt reached the pre-quarter-finals of the Indonesian Super Series Premier, but it turned out to be a bad day in office for world No 10 Parupalli Kashyap as he crashed out of the men's singles, in Jakarta.
Many described the victory over France as one of Greece's greatest sporting moments since the ancient Olympics.
Mexican weightlifter Soraya Jimenez, a gold medalist at the Sydney games in 2000, died at age 35 on Thursday from a heart attack, Mexico's Olympic Committee said.
The six-hour run culminated with woman shooter Anjali Vedpathak lighting a cauldron at the National stadium, the venue of the inaugural Asian Games in 1951.
Greece's top Olympic security officials began a four-day tour of the country aimed at sealing its porous borders ahead of the Games in Athens.
A Taiwanese Olympic gold medallist has lost his appeal against a ruling which barred him from taking part in an election for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) athletes' commission last year.
Greece's top law enforcement official dismissed three bomb explosions in Athens this week as "meaningless."
Michael Phelps, who won six Olympic gold medals last month, will try to repeat his Athens performance at the seventh FINA world swimming championships in Indianapolis.
From the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg to the London Eye in Britain, cities around the world are lighting up buildings and landmarks in the yellow and green colours of the Brazilian flag on Wednesday to mark 100 days until the Rio Olympics.
The Indian ace cleared 6.61 metres and placed behind the Russian trio of Irina Simagina, Tatyana Lebedeva and Tatyana Kotova in that order.
Thousands of people lined the streets of central Sydney to officially welcome home the country's most successful Olympic team.
Athens Olympics organisers are battling to push a spectacular dome into place above the main Olympic stadium with the deadline just two days away.
The marathon is the ultimate Olympic race and has captured the popular imagination from the outset.
The ace long jumper got 180 points for her sixth place at the Athens Olympics to move up with 1247 points.
The closing ceremony of the 28th Olympic Games was all about having a good time.
Salman Karimi, who withdrew from the Athens Olympics saying he had broken his hand, tested positive for drugs.
Michael Phelps led from start to finish to win his fourth gold medal of the Athens Olympics with a comfortable victory in the 200 metres individual medley.
The Olympic flame reached the Acropolis on Thursday after an unprecedented journey across five continents.
Europe's biggest and longest peacetime security operation went into force on Sunday in Athens ahead of the Olympic Games.
Visitors Ajax had looked comfortable after former Southampton winger Tadic set up the first goal with a swerving cross before drilling home the second himself.
With 100 million pilgrims expected to come in from all over the country for this bathing festival on Friday, the Uttar Pradesh government faces an uphill task to get the things moving smoothly after the tragedy during 'Mauni Amavasya' holy dip.
Tennis star Sania Mirza arrived at the Games Village of the Rio Olympics and so did the table tennis squad while the Indian hockey team won its practice match against Spain.
Former South Africa player David Staniforth has been appointed goalkeeping coach and strategic analyst of India's senior and junior men's hockey teams.
Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday said the Khelo India initiative, which focussed on infrastructure development till now, will look to ensure all-round growth in its revamped form.
Dutch legend and world's highest capped player, Teun de Nooijer will be among eight stars from the Netherlands to feature in next month's players' auction for the inaugural season of the Hockey India League.
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