Portugal's Nelson Evora won gold in the men's triple jump on Thursday to add the Olympic title to the world title he won in Japan last year.
Walkers, long-distance swimmers and decathletes braved relentless rain in the Chinese capital on Thursday as the 13th day of the Olympics got under way.
Check out the schedule of the World Athletics Championships to be held in Moscow from August 10-18.
The world braced up to a post-Bolt era but for India there was no momentous change as the country's athletes did nothing for the global audience to take note of.
World Athletics Championships to be held in Doha from September 27.
For over three months, the three Delhi border points at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur have transformed into townships occupied by thousands of farmers from different parts of the country, mainly Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh.
Awesome images from the world of Sport 2018.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Rwanda's Diudone Disi and Ethiopian Deriba Alemu won the men's and women's titles respectively at the new Delhi Half Marathon.
The 16-year-old backed his aggressive backhand throughout the contest and went on to win 17 of his 23 points at the net to seal victory in 61 minutes.
With mind and body both more willing now, the only way for the World No 3 is up, says Dhruv Munjal.
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana put on a brilliant display of front-running to win the women's 5,000 metres at the world championships on Sunday and deprive compatriot Genzebe Dibaba of an unprecedented double gold.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia will be the first in more 35 years to be held without spectators after organisers introduced tighter measures to protect against the coronavirus. Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
Images from Day 3 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Tuesday
Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa finished first in the Boston Marathon reclaiming the top spot in a race he last won two years ago when it was struck by a deadly bombing attack.
Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan used all their experience to bounce back and enter the men's doubles final of the Asian Games, in Palembang, on Thursday.
Surender Kumar Mavi was the fastest Indian clocking 2:23:00 in the race.
Indo-Czech pair shocked fourth seeds Paul Hanley of Australia and Kevin Ullyet of Zimbabwe in a match lasting four hours and 20 minutes.
Iran ended seven-time champions India's unchallenged kabaddi domination in the Asian Games since the sport was first introduced in 1990.
India's Karan Rastogi lost 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-4) to Toshihide Matsui in the Chikmagalur Challenger
The Indian squash players wrapped up a historic performance in the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
Neeraj Chopra will have the weight of expectations on him when he begins his World Athletics Championship campaign on Thursday.
The Indian shuttler's winning streak in the Bitburger Open badminton tournament in Luxembourg was halted by world number 35 Yen Hui Kendrick of Singapore.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Until now records in these events had been officially acknowledged as world bests by the IAAF.
The unseeded Indian will clash with Chris Kwon in the semi-finals of the ITF Men's Futures tournament.
The American won in a season's best time of 9.76 seconds with his compatriot Justin Gatlin second in 9.89 and Canadian Andre de Grasse third in 9.90.
Leander Paes teamed up with David Rikl to humble Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic in straight sets in the opening round of the US Open.
World long jump record holder Mike Powell predicts a bright future for the Indian ace.
Indian athletes will begin their campaign in the World Championships in Beijing, on Sunday.
Mankad had a tough time beating Ajay Ramaswami while the Dutchman easily beat Vinod Sridhar in the semi-finals of the ITF Futures tournament.
An overview of India's underwhelming performance in athletics
The British runner clocked 30 minutes, 21 seconds to win the World's Best 10,000 road race.
For good reason a two-week Grand Slam can be described as a 'last man standing' marathon of mental and physical endurance, which makes Roger Federer's haul of 19 all the more incredible.
As another eventful year draws to a close, Rediff.com gives you a pictorial look back at the best and worst moments that shaped the sports stories this year.
Eleven days, 18 hours and 45 minutes after setting out from California, Srinivas Gokulnath created history by becoming the first Indian to complete what is considered to be the toughest cycle race in the world -- the 4,900-km Race Across America (RAAM) in the solo category.
Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won their first round matches in contrasting style at the Star Australian Open Superseries in Sydney on Wednesday.
