Double defending champion Trey Hardee was dumped out of the decathlon on the opening day of the world championships on Saturday as he no-heighted in a dramatic high-jump competition.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
Jamaica's Usain Bolt roared into Olympic history, capturing an unprecedented third consecutive 100 metres with a time of 9.81 seconds on Sunday to confirm his place in the greatest athletes.
IIT Roorkee has so far seen the highest domestic salary rise Rs 80 lakh, up by a third from Rs 60 lakh last year.
Check out the gold medallists on Day 13 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday:
The two sexual assault charges stem from an incident in 2012, court documents showed.
In Rio, over 10,000 athletes will compete for the biggest prize in sport -- an Olympic gold medal.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between New Zealand and Namibia, in Sharjah, in Friday.
Justin Gatlin won his first title since returning from a four-year doping ban with victory in the 60 metres at the world indoor championships on Saturday as the red-hot Americans grabbed four gold medals and a world record in Istanbul.
Ten days of athletics competition at the Rio Olympics begin on Friday. Check out the 10 events not to miss at the Olympic Stadium.
Two men alleged to be members of an illegal betting syndicate based in Singapore were charged with conspiracy to defraud on Thursday as part of a match-fixing investigation into English lower league soccer.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
In an apparent case of murder-suicide, a Malayali woman and her two children were found dead in the family's home in Delta Township, west of Lansing, Michigan.The dead victims were identified as Brigeethamma Shajimon, 40, Alwin Shajimon Thomas, 10, and Alfred Shajimon Thomas, 5, by the Eaton County Sheriff's Office.Brigeethamma's husband Shajimon Thomas called the police on Monday evening. He told the police that he had found the bodies in his home at Plum Tree Apartments.
Australia's Sally Pearson completed one of the great sporting comebacks when she overcame two years of injury agony to win the world 100 metres hurdles title at the age of 30.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Bahel was suspended by the world body in August on charges that he bent rules to help Telecommunications Consultations of India get contracts worth millions of dollars.
Joshi, 33, of Mumbai, told the judge he was tortured.\n\n
A summary of Thursday's finals in Track and Field at the Tokyo Olympics.
Does Priyanka's power-packed look or Gigi's athletic look get your vote?
Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh's mansion is located in one of south-west Kensington's most sought after residential addresses.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who is set to retire after the World Championships in London next year, has been shortlisted for the 2016 IAAF World Athletes of the Year award.
Serena Williams, Simone Biles and Ted Ligety were among the finalists for United States Olympic Committee (USOC) male and female athletes of year honours announced on Thursday.
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New world 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah brushed the sleep from his eyes and forced his tired legs around 15 laps of the track to qualify for the 5,000 final on a sunny Tuesday morning at the Luzhniki in Moscow.
Rahul Dravid-coached India recorded a five-wicket victory over Pakistan on the final day of the warm-up matches on Monday ahead of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2016, which starts in Bangladesh, on Wednesday.
With no Russians, few stars and the sport engulfed in a doping crisis the world indoor athletics championships begin this week with officials holding their breath and eager to put the spotlight back on the track.
Usain Bolt returns to the site of his first global triumph this week for a world championships showdown with a convicted dope cheat that has ramifications for athletics beyond just establishing who is the fastest man in the world.
In a rare opportunity, former India captain Rahul Dravid will be exchanging his views with some of country's finest investigators at a CBI function to deliberate on corruption in sports in the backdrop of fixing allegations in cricket.
'Muslims should not justify demolition of temples by foreign invaders.'
The global head of athletics, Sebastian Coe, has promised to do all he can to clean up the battered reputation of his sport and the organisation that runs it and has already made changes in the way the IAAF operates in Monaco.
It is the first time every athlete has been disqualified from a heat at a major championships.
Visa Inc, operator of the world's largest payments network, said on Wednesday it had signed sponsorship deals with all ten members of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) refugee team, essentially becoming their first corporate sponsor.
With the win, Bangladesh have strengthened their chances of progressing to the Super League stage from Group C.
Usain Bolt delivered. Mo Farah, Elaine Thompson, David Rudisha, three world records and a dominant United States played their part too, as athletics enjoyed being back in the limelight.
Disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced on Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting young female gymnasts, following days of wrenching testimony from about 160 of his victims, including Olympic medallists.
Prithvi Shaw, Jason Sangha and Mujeeb Zadran are among the cricketers whose performances will be watched keenly in the upcoming ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
World record holder David Rudisha of Kenya and Ethiopia's defending champion Mohammed Aman cruised through the heats for the 800 metres on a hot and humid opening morning at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Saturday.
The second day of the placement season at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Madras on Tuesday saw e-commerce major Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd recruiting 19 students - the highest offer so far this season.
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