Sports / Olympics

Black armbands, tributes for ‘hero’ Mandela 07 Dec 2013 - 08:21 am

JOHANNESBURG: Muhammad Ali paid heartfelt tribute and cricketers and golfers donned black armbands and ribbons yesterday as the sports world united in respect...

Hosting Games one of Mandela’s last wishes 07 Dec 2013 - 08:16 am

LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Anti-apartheid campaigner and IOC member Sam Ramsamy wants to bring the Olympics to South Africa so that he can fulfil one...

Di Luca banned for life after third doping offence 07 Dec 2013 - 08:13 am

ROME: Former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been banned from cycling for life after a third doping offence, an Italian Olympic...

Italy’s Paris wins men’s World Cup downhill 02 Dec 2013 - 11:30 am

LAKE LOUISE, Canada: Italy’s Dominik Paris won the first downhill of the men’s alpine World Cup season yesterday, clocking 1min 49.90sec on the...

Japan shrinks Games stadium 27 Nov 2013 - 10:26 am

TOKYO: Japanese sports officials yesterday bowed to growing criticism that a massive stadium planned for the 2020 Olympics was too big and costly,...

IOC chief Bach vows toughest anti-doping programme ever 22 Nov 2013 - 06:44 am

SEOUL: Anti-doping measures for the 2014 Sochi Olympics will be the toughest of any Winter Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach...

IOC to discuss return of baseball, softball 21 Nov 2013 - 09:34 am

TOKYO: Baseball and softball could return to the Olympic programme for the 2020 Tokyo Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said...

Work begins to remove iconic lights at Olympic Stadium 21 Nov 2013 - 09:22 am

LONDON: Work to dismantle the first of the 14 iconic triangular floodlights on top of London’s Olympic Stadium began yesterday as its transformation...

Doping: IOC to retest frozen samples 20 Nov 2013 - 01:32 pm

ZURICH: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will retest frozen samples from previous Games after an improved testing method led to hundreds of positive...

Sharapova returns to roots as Sochi broadcaster 14 Nov 2013 - 10:56 am

LOS ANGELES: Four-Time Grand Slam tennis champion Maria Sharapova will return to her roots working for US broadcaster NBC during the Sochi Winter...

Athletics: Jamaica doping ‘tip of iceberg’ 13 Nov 2013 - 12:30 pm

LONDON: Failed drug tests by high-profile Jamaican athletes could represent “the tip of the iceberg”, according to a leading anti-doping official from the...

Olympics: Stockholm adds its name to Olympic hopefuls 13 Nov 2013 - 12:30 pm

STOCKHOLM: The Swedish Olympic Committee announced the Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday. The committee said in a statement that...

Ali robe, Owens gold medal available in auction 13 Nov 2013 - 12:29 pm

LOS ANGELES: A gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and a robe worn by Muhammad Ali before defending...

Rio has gala time to mark 1000-day countdown 10 Nov 2013 - 07:21 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio marked 1000 days to the 2016 Olympics by starting the impending countdown with a blast, dynamiting the entrance to...

Lviv enters 2022 Winter Games race 07 Nov 2013 - 01:30 pm

KIEV: The Ukrainian city of Lviv officially joined the race to win the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics -- their announcement...

UK players want lighter penalties for recreational drugs use 06 Nov 2013 - 07:17 am

LONDON: A union representing British sportsmen and women has launched legal action in Switzerland to try to ensure more sympathetic treatment for athletes...

All people welcome at Sochi Games, says Putin 29 Oct 2013 - 10:55 pm

SOCHI, Russia: President Vladimir Putin, seeking to defuse criticism over his treatment of Russia’s gay community, said all people will be welcome in...

IOC president praises Russia’s Games preparations 28 Oct 2013 - 10:34 pm

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (left), International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (centre) and CEO of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin visit the unveiled...