Olympics Are Past Their Peak

Perhaps it says something more deep and profound about the time we live in and how it has shaped us, observes Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Dina Asher-Smith of Team Great Britain, centre, competes in the 4......

Happy 60th, Carl Lewis!

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......

Osaka 'a Jesse Owens of Japan' for racial injustice stand

'She is joining a community that has a history, has a legacy, going all the way back beyond Jesse Owens' IMAGE: Naomi Osaka has long been a symbol for change in Japan. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty......

When the Olympics was boycotted or cancelled

IMAGE: Fritz Hegner of Switzerland on the shooting range at Bisley, Surrey, during the modern pentathlon event at the Olympic Games, on August 2, 1948. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Hulton......

Modern athletes lack hunger, reckons legendary Mike Powell

Track and field legend Mike Powell doesn't doubt the talent of modern athletes but feels they lack hunger and that is precisely the reason why his world record of 8.95 metres in long jump still......