China's Su Bingtian became the first Asian man to reach the Olympic 100 metres final for 89 years on Sunday, scorching to an Asian record of 9.83 in his semi-final, but pre-race favourite Trayvon Bromell failed to make it.
Despite the smaller scale of the event, the mood at the ceremony was cheerful, notes Aseem Chhabra.
'We believe cricket would be a great addition to the Olympic Games, but we know it won't be easy to secure our inclusion as there are so many other great sports out there wanting to do the same. But we feel now is the time to put our best foot forward and show what a great partnership cricket and the Olympics are.'
'Happy to report that I am back home continuing my recovery,' Tiger Woods said on Twitter.
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For the first time, the US Navy will include long-range maritime and submarine hunter aircraft P3C Orions in the exercises.
Brad Pitt's Hollywood treatment of Formula One will take the sport's already surging popularity to another level, Lewis Hamilton predicted.
David Beckham's first campaign in Major League Soccer ended when the Los Angeles Galaxy lost 1-0 to the Chicago Fire.
The cricket World Cup could be staged for the first time in the USA with some matches of the T20 World Cup 2024 likely to held at Central Broward Regional Park.
The 32-year-old midfielder had been listed as "questionable" for what would have been his second MLS match in four nights, but did not play to the disappointment of a sellout crowd of 35,402.
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Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Los Angeles Galaxy went down 1-2 to Chivas de Guadalajara in the SuperLiga match.
David Beckham, as had been widely expected, was ruled out of the Los Angeles Galaxy's SuperLiga match against Mexican side Pachuca on Tuesday.
Air India Flight 136, bound for Delhi via Frankfurt, took off at 2033 local time (1003 IST) and blew at least one of the tyres
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They beat Fiji 26-0 in a World Cup qualifying match at Suva, Fiji on Thursday.
Tiger Woods will make a "game-time decision" on competing at next week's Masters, the five-times champion said on Sunday.
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon publicly criticised David Beckham, saying he messed the club around over his future.
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World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis said he preferred a rematch with Vitali Klitschko to a big money bout with Roy Jones Jr.
Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Obama's daughters and Joshua Wong, the face of the Hong Kong protests against China have been named by Time magazine among its list of the 25 most influential teenagers of 2014.
According to a Forbes poll released on Wednesday, Spanish football club Real Madrid once again leads Forbes' most valuable teams list, which mostly includes National Football League franchises.
William Gallas failed to join up with the Chelsea squad on their pre-season tour of the United States
Ms Usha may soon discover that winning four gold medals at the Asian Games and qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympics is a walk in the park compared with the challenges of stabilising governance at the IOA, observes Kanika Datta.
Andy Roddick named former world number one Jimmy Connors as his new coach on Monday.
Agassi, who has not seen action since a third-round loss to Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, is seeking a fifth title in Los Angeles.
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The Games coincides with the women team's limited-overs tour of England
World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis feels Mike Tyson is scared of him.
A study reveals that the left ear is more attuned to music and the right better at picking up speech-like sounds. \n\n
