Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was named the flag bearer of the Indian contingent for the Beijing Games starting August 8. Rathore was India's lone medallist in the Athens Games where he claimed silver in the double trap event.
Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova was officially stripped of her 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medal after she tested positive for banned substances in re-tests of samples, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday.
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.
World number ones Roger Federer and Amelie Mauresmo face potentially tricky Czech opponents in the fourth round of the French Open on Sunday
Administrators will have to become more receptive to the athletes' needs -- this was Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's message to officials during a surprise visit to check Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium's preparations for the upcoming Under-17 FIFA World Cup
The IOC, on it's part, would not be surprised if more violations of doping rules were found.
Hardeep sprung a surprise by booking an Olympic quota place for India in Greco-Roman wrestling, which is not the country's forte, after making the 98kg category final on the last day of the Asian Olympic Qualification championship, in Astana, on Sunday.
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.
Lance Armstrong and Roger Federer were nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award.
The decision over Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou is expected on Tuesday.
The Athens Games champion can do better than 12.91 seconds, says his coach.
Lionel Messi will not chase a second Olympic football gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games in August, Argentina coach Gerardo Martino said on Monday.
The IOA president feels a good showing in the 2010 Commonwealth Games will win India the bid to host the 2016 Olympics.
Greece will deploy more than 45,000 armed security officers across the country before and during next year's Olympics.
His fifth goal of the tournament gave the Aussies a 2-2 draw with Argentina in the men's hockey tournament.
The former world number one is suffering from a knee injury.\n\n
Greece is spending 1 billion euros ($1.23 billion) on security, more than three times the amount spent on the 2000 Sydney Games.
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.
The Olympic flame returned to Australia for the first leg of a six-week global relay leading up to the Athens Games.
An outpouring of grief followed the Olympic 400 metres freestyle champion's disqualification at the Olympic trials.\n\n
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.
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