Ahmed Elgendy took Egypt's first gold medal of the Paris Olympics when he won the men's Modern Pentathlon with a world record 1,555 points, despite slowing at the end, in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles on Saturday.
Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is among only three track and field athletes retained in the sports ministry's revamped TOPS core group.
The much-debated idea of a two-tier Test system, expansion of the T20 World Cup and ratification of new members are some of the topics that will be discussed in depth during the four-day AGM of the International Cricket Council.
'Big cricketers can win the World Cup but if a big player gets an opportunity to claim an Olympic medal they will definitely work towards'
Two-time Asian champion boxer Pooja Rani is contemplating a move down to the 70kg weight class as she targets a comeback for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
World Boxing, launched in 2023, has 55 members and is looking to fill the void left by the IBA.
The Knight Riders Group (KRG), owners of IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, announced that they are building a cricket stadium in Los Angeles with support from Major League Cricket (MLC).
The severe backlash that the Indian cricket team faced before its Asia Cup clash against Pakistan was a major contributing factor to the 'No Handshake Policy.
'Paris 2024 was the first time that both the men's and women's team qualified for the team championships.' 'The women's team made it to the quarter-finals, just one short of the medal round, and the men's team also did well.' 'The mixed doubles is another event where India is doing very well.' 'So these three events are events where there is a possibility of us winning medals at the Olympics.'
Bhaker said the award selection panel would have followed due processes but sometimes errors can happen.
French organisers turned Paris into an open-air Olympic playground where everyone was invited, with or without a ticket.
'I really want to win an Olympic medal, and I won't quit until I achieve that'
'When I met Lakshya for the first time, he was very small but now he has grown up.'
PV Sindhu says if she remains injury-free and in peak physical condition, she will aim for a third medal.
Paris is hosting the Olympics after 100 long years and the volunteers, who are the heart and soul of the mega multi-sporting competition, see the Games starting July 26 as an event of their lives.
Australian Michael Jack Nobbs was on Wednesday appointed as India's hockey coach for an unprecedented five-year period, ending weeks of speculation over the job left vacant by Spaniard Jose Brasa.
The Indian badminton team returned empty-handed from the Olympics for the first time in over a decade.
P T Usha narrowly missed a medal and history at the Los Angeles Olympics when she finished fourth in 400m hurdles but such was the Indian legend's aura that the eventual gold medallist, Nawal El Moutawakel, on Sunday revealed that she too ended up crying for the heartbroken 'Payyoli Express' that day.
IWF scraps her weight category; Olympic weight category yet to be known.
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he supported Russians competing at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics but that the country should ponder whether it should compete.
Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling, prompting an outpouring of support from the sporting community.
Ministry mulls graded funding for sports federations
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has welcomed measures being taken to tackle the mosquito-borne Zika virus and believes the spread of the virus across South America will not adversely affect the Rio de Janeiro Games in August.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is looking to become a permanent member of the Olympic Movement following the inclusion of T20 cricket in the programme of 2028 Olympics, its chairman Greg Barclay said on Monday.
A multi-billion dollar broadcast market, the game's most powerful board's positive intent and a perfect pitch by the global body based on a three-fold 'U-P-L' principle ensured cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Former French pole-vaulter Pierre Quinon, who won the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, has died in an apparent suicide, the French Athletics Federation said on Thursday.
The T20 showpiece is also seen as a major stepping stone to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where cricket will make a comeback after 128 years when the big event kicks off on June 1.
'Sanju was playing because Shubman and Yashasvi were not available at that point (and) so was Abhishek. (But) Abhishek's performances clearly make it hard to leave him out. Plus, his bowling (left arm spin) is handy.'
Phelps has 28 total Olympic medals, showed on Thursday he could also throw a useful baseball pitch.
Breaking was dropped from the Olympic programme for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. Gunn said she would not consider coming out of retirement if the dance-sport returned to the Games.
Lanning feels the sport will be included someday in the future.
In 2021, the Centre renamed the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. But many wonder, why despite the public sentiment the country's highest civilian honour continues to elude the man who put Indian hockey on the world map.
India's men's compound archery team created history, winning its maiden gold medal at the World Championships, beating France in the final, in Gwangju, South Korea.
BCCI has sent a 23-point agenda to all affiliated units 21 days prior to the holding of the AGM.
His 9-gold athletic haul at the Olympics remains unrivalled with Usain Bolt coming close with 8. Raj Kishore Mishra, former joint secretary at the sports ministry, salutes Carl Lewis, 'Sportsman of the 20th Century' on his 60th birthday.
Trump is to travel to India next week but is believed to have a limited schedule of foreign travel this year
Viral Turkish shooter says calm demeanour belied the storm within
Indian long-jumpre Anju Bobby George had said in a television interview that PT Usha was only an 'Asian level' athlete.
They beat Fiji 26-0 in a World Cup qualifying match at Suva, Fiji on Thursday.
IPL chairman Arun Dhumal believes that the media rights value of the league has the potential to touch a staggering USD 50 billion over the next two decades, provided it keeps innovating and improvising with fans' interests in mind.
