Under Usha and Narang, the National Olympic Academy will "collaborate" closely with the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, to "align India's Olympic education programmes with the Olympic Charter and international best practices."
Serena Williams has re-entered the tennis anti-doping testing pool but the 23-times Grand Slam champion denied on Tuesday that the move had anything to do with her making a return to the sport she dominated for nearly two decades.
Red Square and VDNKh easily rank among the most striking places I've visited -- both for their historical significance and architectural splendour.
My admiration for Russian culture, vision and ambition grew with every step as I clocked the miles, Nitin Sathe tells us after a visit to Moscow and St Petersburg.
Alexis Olympia Ohanian donned braids with white beads on them, just as her mother Serena did when she first won the US Open as a teenager in 1999.
After the plane crash incident, Imtiyaz and his uncle rushed to Ahmedabad to help the authorities in the identification of victims by providing their DNA samples.
The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia
The torches that will carry the Olympic flame for the 2026 Winter Games and Paralympics were unveiled on Monday in Milan and at a parallel event in the Italian pavilion at Expo 2025 in the Japanese city of Osaka.
Tennis superstar Serena Williams has her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian literally walking in her footsteps.
The voice of the six bells of St Peter's Basilca announced that the Church has its new Pope.
'Now we have started a new chapter together with our daughter Olympia Lightning Bolt I look forward to what the future will bring for us.'
Serena and daughter Alexis Olympia croon to 'Belle' from the classic hit 'Beauty and the Beast'.
Serena Williams can't stop twinning with her daughter and the Internet is simply loving it!
Serena Williams is spending time with her daughter and sharing adorable photographs.
World athletics chief Sebastian Coe, multi-millionaire and Olympic newcomer Johan Eliasch and Zimbabwe's Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry are among seven candidates for next year's International Olympic Committee presidency election, the IOC said on Monday.
The citizens are up in arms as the birthplace of the Games has no role whatsoever in the 2004 Olympics.\n\n
International wrestling president Nenad Lalovic hopes showcasing the modern face of the sport in a tournament at Ancient Olympia will convince the IOC to include wrestling at the 2020 Games.
The Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics countdown got under way on Thursday with the lighting of the torch at the site of the ancient Olympics, with organisers hoping it will shift attention away from Brazil's political and financial turmoil.
Serena Williams hopes her daughter Alexis Olympia does not want to follow in her mom's famous footsteps -- suggesting ice skating might be a good alternative.
The shot put competition for both men and women would take place in Olympia before the start of the main athletics programme
American sporting legends including Serena Williams, Michael Phelps and Nastia Liukin turned out witness Simone Biles go for a fifth Olympic gold medal on Tuesday as Biles-mania continued to grip Paris.
The countdown to this summer's London Olympics kicked off with the kindling of the Games torch by the sun's rays in ancient Olympia on Thursday, sparking a relay that will culminate with the lighting of the Olympic stadium's cauldron at the opening ceremony on July 27.
The London 2012 Olympics torch was lit by the sun's rays in ancient Olympia on Thursday, kicking off a relay that will culminate with the lighting of the Olympic stadium's cauldron during the Games opening ceremony on July 27.
Yuri Bilonog won the men's shot put gold for Ukraine with his sixth and final attempt of the competition.
There will be no trips down memory lane, nor pangs of nostalgia for Jacques Rogge after his last Games torch-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia on Thursday, the International Olympic Committee president said.
The last torch bearer in Marseille will climb on the roof of the Velodrome stadium on May 9.
Ohanian and Williams sisters taking up golf with TGL ownership
The former world No 1 has her sights set on the upcoming Australian Open as her comeback platform, and she's already deep into training following what she playfully terms 'a cool little intermission'.
Serena Williams has given birth to her second child, a girl named Adira River Ohanian
Serena and Olympia look glamorous in hot pink dresses from the legendary fashion house Balmain.
Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki shocks tennis world with comeback announcement
A popular Chinese green like bok choy does very well in soup too.
The design of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch was unveiled on Tuesday.
When she told the world in August 2022 she was preparing to close her playing career, Williams cited a desire to grow her family as one of the main reasons for walking away from tennis.
Just think of Thunder Bolt and Saint Leo Bolt running in the 2040 Olympics men's 100 metres final while Olympia Lightning Bolt races in the 2040 Olympics 200 metres final!
The flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece, as usual, before being taken to Marseille
'Life will test you but if you have resilience and fortitude, the crown will be yours forever,' says Miss World Yukta Mookhey.
Serena took to her Instagram account to share pictures of herself with a visible baby bump
Williams posted pictures on her Instagram page and wrote: Caption this (MUST SWIPE RIGHT).
When Jaipur's Maharaja Madho Singh was invited to attend King Edward VII's coronation in 1902, he chartered a ship for Rs 15 lakh for the journey. He also carried 27,000 litres of Ganga jal on board. Prakash Bhandari recalls the maharaja's voyage to attend a British monarch's coronation on a day when Charles III will be crowned king at Westminster Abbey.
These pics will make you want to pack up and travel to Greece.
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