Former World champion Dola Banerjee expects India's archers to break their Olympics medal jinx at the Rio de Janeiro gathering from August 5 to 21.
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.
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.
India's top women weightlifters are likely to undergo a two-month training for the Athens Olympics in Belarus to enhance the country's medal prospects in the mega event.
Our relations have improved since last year, (it is better) than what it was in 2002," said Bhupathi.
As the Olympics return to Athens after a century of globe-trotting some Greeks are not so sure they want them back.
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.
Anju George, Bobby Aloysius and K M Binu are not among those who have entered the September 10-12 meet in Mumbai.
India's national record holder crashed out in the preliminary round of the women's high jump, failing to go over 1.89m.
With a 5-1 win over Australia in the gold medal game on Monday the Americans can declare "mission accomplished."
India's K M Binu qualified for the semi-finals of the one-lap race.
Pieter van den Hoogenband took silver while Michael Phelps collected the bronze.
Since winning a bronze medal in the 200 on her Olympic debut in Moscow 24 years ago, Ottey has accumulated a haul of eight medals, three silvers and four further bronzes.
Former South Africa player David Staniforth has been appointed goalkeeping coach and strategic analyst of India's senior and junior men's hockey teams.
The ace Indian long jumper said she is looking to clear 7 metres.
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.
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.
India's long jump ace's optimism springs from consistency in her jumps.
The triple-Olympic champion pleaded with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to let her concentrate on winning more gold at Athens.
The rifle shooter crashed out in the qualification round of the women's 50m rifle three-position event at the Olympics test event.
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.
A bill submitted to Greek parliament says no security officer can take days off work between July 1 and September 30, 2004.
AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis was handed a life ban from all national teams by Greece's soccer federation EPO on Sunday after he appeared to give a Nazi salute to supporters during a match.
The Andhra lass scored 6211 points to clinch the gold at the Federation Cup athletics and qualify for the Athens Olympics.
Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned oil tanker with 26 crew members, including 11 Indians, after holding them captive for ten months, the vessel's operating company said on Tuesday.
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.
Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Ronjan Sodhi will spearhead Indian challenge at the ISSF Shotgun World Cups in Mexico and United Arab Emirates in March and April.
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The flame, with the theme 'Pass the Flame, Unite the World', is scheduled to arrive in India on June 10.
Less than two weeks after Lance Armstrong was handed a lifetime ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), fellow American cyclist Tyler Hamilton will describe their alleged drug cheating together in a book.
India's hockey coach said the fine performance Down Under was possible due to the induction of several members of the junior World Cup-winning team.
Olympic heroes, shooter Vijay Kumar and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt were jointly recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour.
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