From sharing medals to defections to gestures on the medals podium to punching horses, the Tokyo Olympics had it all.
Russian gymnasts must be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games and not tarred with the same brush as the country's banned track and field athletes, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said on Monday.
Rathore said the government was 'leaving no stone unturned' to train 200 elite athletes for the 2020 Olympics
We are not going to risk taking Kenyans there if this Zika virus reaches epidemic levels: Kenya Sports authorities across the world are scrambling to find out more about the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil as they make plans for August's Rio Olympics. Below are the latest announcements:
'I'm probably drinking five litres of water in a game and it's still not replacing it. It's pretty big.'
Women have enjoyed some hard-won gains in elite sports in recent years, with pro leagues starting up in a number of countries and growing support for their fight for pay parity.
Russians win team Figure skating gold, Valieva first woman to land Games quads
India scrambled against the clock to save the Commonwealth Games after big ticket athletes quit the showcase event and nations threatened to stay home unless authorities cleaned venues 'unfit for human habitation'.
Hockey India said it has drawn up a list of competitions both for the senior men and women's teams in the run-up to next year's Tokyo Olympics. The detailed plan involves playing a number of matches against top teams in the world.
Sachin Tendulkar has no hesitation in terming India as favourites going into the World Cup but what makes him happier is the team's ability to be competitive 'in any part of the world and on any surface'.
Laurel Hubbard withdrew midway through the Commonwealth Games tournament
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is planning to have India and Pakistan play their home and away matches in Europe if the arch-rivals face off in the Olympic qualifying tournament for a berth at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Facts on the Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia's Gold Coast:
Cricket's last appearance at the Games was at Kuala Lumpur in 1998, when a South African team featuring Jacques Kallis won the men's 50-over competition.
Here are some reactions from the world of sport on of widespread state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Russian Evgeniia Kolodko has been stripped of her shot put silver medal from the London 2012 Olympics after testing positive for banned substances in a re-test, the International Olympic Committee said on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Australia has backed a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommendation that Russia be banned from international athletics, including the 2016 Olympics, after a report alleged systemic state-backed cheating.
Delhi boy Tejaswin Shankar produced a record-shattering performance as Indians struck two gold and a silver medal to launch their Commonwealth Youth Games campaign on a rousing note in Apia, Samoa, on Monday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Harmanpreet Singh won the men's Player of the Year award and Gurjit Kaur was recognised as the best player in the women's section. Veteran P R Sreejesh and Savita Punia won the best goalkeeper awards in the men's and women's section, while young striker Sharmila Devi (women) and Vivek Sagar Prasad (men) were adjudged best rising stars.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
England stumper-batsman Jos Buttler says there is nothing wrong with cricketers wanting to specialise in a particular format and believes the lucrative Indian Premier League has changed the "climate" of the sport considerably.
Meet first-time Indian athletes hoping to make an impression in Rio.
As India's Dattu Bhokanal will be competing in the men's singles sculls rowing event fat the Rio 2016 Olympics, on Saturday, here is a beginner's guide.
As the curtains fall on another year, Rediff.com brings you all the action from the sports field that defined 2019.
Match-fixing has become increasingly pervasive in recent years across a number of sports.
Deputy Chef de Mission Balbir Singh Kushwaha said that facilities at the Games Village were good.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.
Former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has expressed his interest in the vacant managerial positions at Premier League sides Leicester City and Everton.
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Afghanistan's beach volleyball teams have missed out on the reward of a new car after finishing out of the medals at the Asian Games, but they are happy with the experience, media exposure and ill-fitting sunglasses they found in South Korea.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
Some of the big moments of the sporting world from 2010-2019!
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
'The feeling that we were Olympic champions only dawned on us when we reached India.'
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