One of Saudi Arabia's two first female Olympians will take part in the judo competition after agreement was reached on an acceptable design for an Islamic headscarf, or hijab, officials said on Monday.
The Multi Disciplinary Steering Committee of the sports ministry has approved the preparatory tournaments for London-bound paddlers and judokas ahead of the upcoming Olympic Games.
American judo fighter Nick Delpopolo was expelled from the Olympics on Monday after testing positive for marijuana he said he ate accidentally before arriving in London. Delpopolo is the first of the 10,500 Games' athletes to fail an in-competition doping test.
The contingent comprises 277 men and 247 women athletes. In the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, the Indian contingent featured 541 athletes across 28 disciplines.
A look at the gold medal winners on the seventh day of competition at the London Olympics on Friday.
Boxing will no longer be part of the World Combat Games and the international federation is also leaving the SportAccord umbrella organisation.
Exuding confidence of a better showing by India in the London Olympics, IOA, on Monday, said it would provide all possible help to the sportspersons' preparations.
Indian judoka Avtar Singh bowed out of the Rio Olympics after losing to the Refugee Olympic Team's Misenga Popole in the second round of the men's 90kg elimination Round of 32 on Wednesday.
Indian judoka Garima Chaudhary's Olympic debut lasted merely 81 seconds as she was knocked out by Japanese Yoshie Ueno in the first elimination round of the 63kg category, at the London Games on Tuesday.
Following is the schedule of the Indian contingent on the 12th day of the Asian Games in Jakarta on Thursday.
Will India finally reach the elusive double-digit mark? Raj Kishore Mishra, former joint secretary at the sports ministry, for one, is willing to stick his neck out on the possibility.
The Sports Ministry is set to establish 1000 Khelo India Centres (KIC) at the district level across the country with the help of sporting champions, who will be remunerated for providing their expertise. The centres will either be run by a past champion or have them as a coach.
Here is the current state of play among the 28 Olympic sports.
Ronda Rousey's effort to reclaim her UFC bantamweight title ended in spectacular failure as champion Amanda Nunes stopped her after just 48 seconds of the first round of their title fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Friday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
ergio Ramos has brushed off allegations that he deliberately injured Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah
Following is the schedule of the Indian contingent on the 11th day of the Asian Games in Jakarta on Wednesday.
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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.
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is among the 20 sportspersons picked for the Arjuna Awards, who will be honoured by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Russia was the leading doping offender in global sport during 2014, followed by Italy and India, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Wednesday.
To begin with, the opening ceremony drew praise from all quarters. Then there were parties all over Rio de Janeiro and finally, the hosts nation Brazil's first medalist.
List of the athletes who will represent India at the 29th Olympic Games.
Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra said that the country should focus on finding the next champion instead of talking about his feat.
A refugee team that competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics with 10 athletes from countries including Syria and South Sudan was named on Monday as winner of a Laureus Award for sporting inspiration.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin showed off his stick skills with a goal and two assists in an amateur ice hockey game at a 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics venue on Tuesday.
Mane, who qualified third for the final, shot 247.5 to win the silver while Grigorii Shamakov took the gold with 249.2. Aleksa Mitrovic of Serbia won the bronze with a score of 227.9.
Singaporeans waved flags and cheered for swimmer Joseph Schooling on his return to the island city state on Monday after winning the country's first Olympic gold medal.
Teja had travelled to Jakarta for the Asian Games with the national compound team as head coach.
When record Olympic champion Michael Phelps and the king of sprinting Usain Bolt resume their hunt for world records and gold medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics next month they will not be the only big stories in town.
Azerbaijan's Elnur Mammadli needed only 13 seconds to beat teenage world champion Wang Kichun of South Korea to win the men's 73kg category in Beijing on Monday and emerge as his country's first Olympic judo champion. Mammadli dived straight for Wang's legs, grabbing him firmly and barreling the slightly built Korean into the mat for an ippon score and automatic victory.
A record contingent of 121 athletes, including 54 women, will represent India at the Rio Olympics.
Child marathon runner Budhia Singh's former coach Biranchi Das was shot dead in Bhubaneshwar on Sunday. Das had been arrested and jailed for nearly a week in August 2007 on charges of physically torturing the minor boy. Further details are awaited.
In a bid to ensure that medal prospects for the 2020 Olympics get sustained help for the next four years, the Sports Ministry has directed the National Sports Federations (NSFs) to identify potential medallists by the end of this month.
The kid's mother has not filed a complaint and the officials have also not taken any action.
Mishra said the ban had been imposed on Budhia's participation in the programme as he had been found medically unsuitable for undertaking such long-distance run or walk.
Last week, former Ultimate Fighting Champion Ronda Rousey was not only defeated by Holly Holm but was stifled from start to finish.
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