The situation in Greece worsened with banks closed for a 2nd week.
Without some firmer pledge of debt relief, neither Greece nor the IMF is likely to accept a deal
The country secured a euro 7.16 billion bridge financing from the European Financial Stability Mechanism
The vote leaves Greece in uncharted waters: risking a banking collapse that could force it out of the euro.
In this pandemic, why can't we have multiple locations for various disciplines, all of it then merged into a virtual convergence called the Olympics instead of one massive event in one city, asks Shyam G Menon.
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Keen to fight an Indian, the 32-year-old two-time World Champion has agreed to switch category to clash with Goyat.
The hosts take on Olympic champions Australia in their opening match of the December 10 to 18 hockey tournament.
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IAAF said explanations provided by Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou for missing tests in Tel Aviv, Chicago and Athens were unacceptable.
An official close to the organising committee, who is involved in drafting the scenarios, said they have been asked to make a simulation in case of a postponement.
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The list of 14 Arjuna award winners releases on Wednesday did not include a single men's cricketer.
Images and summary of all the World Cup 2022 qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday.
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted Olympic qualifying and put the whole Games in doubt but most athletes would be prepared to make big compromises to compete at Tokyo, Australia's field hockey gold medallist Jamie Dwyer said
It's a tough, tough choice, isn't it?
China's Olympic gold medal-winning hurdler Liu Xiang announced his retirement on Tuesday.
Kiev's Olympic stadium will host the final of the 2018 Champions League, the first final of Europe's top club competition to be held in Ukraine, UEFA said on Thursday.
Boxing could be knocked out of the next Olympic Games if the International Olympic Committee is not satisfied problems with the sport's finances and governance are sorted out, IOC President Thomas Bach warned on Sunday.
While praising the Indian men hockey team's progress under the guidance of coach Roelant Oltmans, former international Viren Rasquinha did not hold out a realistic chance for the country to climb the medals podium at the upcoming Rio Olympics.
Cypriot plane with 121 on board crashes in Greece
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) will be renamed and restructured to make it more "lean and professional" with the government aiming to bring down its strength by 50 per cent by 2022, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said on Friday.
A Greek soccer match was delayed on Friday when players staged a sit-down protest in a moving tribute to migrants who have lost their lives trying to reach Greece's Aegean islands.
The IOC, on it's part, would not be surprised if more violations of doping rules were found.
The vice-president of Russia's Olympic Committee did not name the athletes but said they would be identified if a second test also proved positive.
The Athens Olympics shooting silver medallist is among over 200 shooters vying for honours this week.
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) filed an appeal in the Delhi High Court exactly nine days after the court declared the shooting body's April 6 elections as null and void.
American Laura Ann Wilkinson added a world championship title to her Olympic gold on Wednesday.
The Jamacian clocked 9.77 seconds at the Athens Super Grand Prix.
Save that one-lap race, most of the events at the Open National Athletics Championships lack quality fields.
When Greece's Fani Halkia won gold in the Athens Olympic Stadium, the wall of sound which followed sounded like an earthquake.
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