The world of sport reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth on Thursday with a raft of cancellations across cricket, golf, rugby and cycling, while others paid tribute by holding a minute's silence.
Simon Nathan, who helped Britain's athletics team clinch four golds medals at the London Olympics, has been named Australia's high performance director of athletics.
Tasnim news agency reported Iran Athletic Federation doctor Ashkan Ordibehesht as saying that Ehsan Hadadi had self-quarantined after being diagnosed with the virus.
Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan has been handed a backdated two-year doping ban, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Thursday, and will be unable to defend his title at this year's Tokyo Olympics.
Neeraj Chopra scripted history in Tokyo on Saturday, winning the men's Javelin Throw and ending India's wait for an elusive medal in athletics at the Olympics.
On the occasion of International Olympic Day, Sushil Kumar and Saina Nehwal shared their medal-winning memories at the showpiece event.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that a combination of proper infrastructure and guidance along with passion can help India in becoming a 'sporting nation'.
Ace woman boxer M C Mary Kom apologised to the nation after returning with a bronze from the London Olympics, saying she did her best.
Fresh from 100 metres glory Jamaica's Usain Bolt begins a highly anticipated 200m title defence at the London Olympics on Tuesday, while women's 100m hurdles world champion Sally Pearson is favourite to go one better than her silver in Beijing.
Krishna Poonia qualified for the women's discus throw final at the London Olympics with an impressive effort in the qualification round on Friday, Day 1 of the track and field events.
Moroccan 1,500 meters runner Amine Laalou has not run in his heat at the London Olympics, and was reported to have tested positive for doping.
Joydeep Karmakar narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the 50m rifle prone event after setting an Olympic record in the qualifying stage at the London Olympics
P V Sindhu caused the biggest upset in the women's singles of the badminton tournament at the Rio Games, shocking China's world No 2 Wang Yihan 22-20, 21-19 to enter the semi-finals on Tuesday night.
B S Narang, Gagan's father, says the family expected gold from his son, but the bronze he won is also very good. 'It will certainly boost his morale for the remaining two events.'
Sushil Kumar's wife Savi is delighted that he continued his medal-winning run at the Games and etched his name in history as the greatest Indian Olympian.
The pair of Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi bowed out of the women's doubles tennis competition at the London Olympic, losing to the Chinese Taipei pair of Su Wei Hsieh and Chia-Jung Chuang on Saturday. The Indians fought their way back after losing the first set tamely, but were beaten 1-6, 6-3, 1-6 in 91 minutes.
One of the biggest drawbacks of Saina Nehwal's career is her failure to break the Chinese stranglehold. It was the same old story again on Friday, as she went down to China's world No 1 Yihan Wang 21-13, 21-13 in the semi-finals of the women's singles badminton at the London Olympics.
India's Sudha Singh crashed out of the London Olympics after failing to qualify for the final of the women's 3000m steeplechase. She finished a lowly 13th among 15 runners in the first heat on Saturday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
After a spectacular dressage round, he was placed 9th on Saturday.
The Olympics are set to run from July 23 to Aug. 8 after being postponed in March last year over the coronavirus pandemic.
A sensational run over the last two weeks has given wings to Ashwini Ponnappa's Olympics dreams, and the ace Indian shuttler now wants to continue her fine run in the upcoming bigger tournaments to stay on course for a trip to Paris.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will review the reasons behind the three-month ban handed to Chinese Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang and decide whether to appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
After devoting years to the difficult pursuit of perfection, some fall wayward.
India will appeal against the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) decision to overturn a result that cost welterweight boxer Vikas Krishan a quarter-final spot at the London Olympics, chef de mission P K M Raja said on Saturday.
China's state media on Thursday attacked what it said were arrogant and prejudiced views of the country's athletes at the London Olympics.
Chinese public and media rallied behind young Chinese swimming sensation Ye Shiwen, accusing the western media of trying to belittle her performances at the London Olympics with unsubstantiated allegation of doping.
Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi was on Wednesday restrained by the Delhi high court from attending the London Olympics' opening ceremony. The court said his participation in the Games' opening can cause 'embarassment' to the nation.
Actress Deepika Padukone has revealed that she would have loved to do a film on ace boxer Mary Kom.
'I am still hungry for running in the Olympic Games and winning a gold medal, so I still feel fresh every time I wake up.'
'It is important to keep new tricks in your bag to win at the biggest event of world sports.'
World number one Ash Barty was shocked in the first round of the women's singles at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. The Australian was beaten by Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 6-3.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal retained third place in the latest world badminton rankings, announced on Friday.
His beloved Wimbledon hosts the Olympic tennis tournament in a few weeks and at 30, and with a record 16 Grand Slam titles to his name, Roger Federer knows time is running short.
Das failed to score a 10 in the fifth set and slipped to the red-circle for an 8, which proved costly, as home favourite Takaharu Furukawa sealed the issue by a solitary point margin in the decider.
Olympic quick takes - Brazil lifter Reis suspended from Games after positive drug test.
North Korea will play China in the semi-finals on Tuesday.
Chinese Olympic women's swimmer Chen Xinyi tested positive for a banned substance at the Rio Olympics on August 7, state media said on Friday citing the country's swimming association, the latest doping scandal to mar competition at the Games.
'Our boxers are mature and strong enough to withstand these kinds of shocks.'
Indian wrestlers continued to disappoint at London Olympics, as Yogeshwar Dutt lost his pre-quarter-final bout in the men's 60kg freestyle category at the ExCel Arena on Saturday. Yogeshwar, a gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, gave a tough fight to four-time and reigning World champion Besik Kudukhov of Russia but eventually lost 0-3 on classification points.
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