MOSCOW: Craig Reedie, a driving force behind London’s successful hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games, is all but assured of being the next...
MOSCOW: Craig Reedie, a driving force behind London’s successful hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games, is all but assured of being the next...
PARIS, France: International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidate Richard Carrion has said that in the future no city should be allowed to host...
LINZ, Austria: American sprinter Justin Gatlin says he is concentrating on himself and not thinking about recent doping scandals ahead of the world...
NEW DELHI: Star India was awarded the broadcast rights for the 2014 winter Olympics and 2016 summer Games for seven South Asian countries,...
BERLIN: Wrestling, axed from the 2020 Olympic programme by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in February, has a good chance of coming back...
MOSCOW: Double Olympic pole vault champion Elena Isinbayeva will spearhead Russia’s challenge in the world championships, as the country announced a strong squad...
TOKYO: Tokyo’s Olympic bid committee said yesterday that the city was a “safe pair of hands” for hosting the 2020 Summer Games, with...
LONDON: Britain’s Mo Farah indicated late on Saturday he might compete in the marathon at the 2016 Olympics in Rio rather than defend...
LONDON: West Ham vice-chairwoman Karren Brady has revealed the Premier League club will have to pay off all their bank debt before their...
ATHENS: International wrestling president Nenad Lalovic hopes showcasing the modern face of the sport in a tournament at Ancient Olympia will convince the...
TOKYO: Tokyo is promising a model Olympic Games with the world’s strictest anti-doping rules if it wins the right to host the 2020...
Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe (centre) and members of the delegation of Madrid 2020 Candidate City give a press conference after their bid presentation...
LAUSANNE: The three cities bidding for the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics had the first of their two presentations to the...
A) Thomas Bach of Germany, B) Sergei Bubka of Ukraine, C) Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico, D) NG Ser Miang of Singapore, E)...
PARIS: Madrid hosting the 2020 Summer Olympic Games can demonstrate to the world they can be done effectively on a reasonable budget, the...
Switzerland: An International Olympic Committee report on the three cities wanting to host the 2020 Summer Olympics indicated there was no clear favourite...
KINGSTON: The Jamaican government needs to establish an accredited anti-doping laboratory to protect its world-class athletes from taking contaminated substances, the coach of...
ISTANBUL: Violent protests that have hit Turkey over recent days need to end swiftly but will have no bearing on Istanbul’s candidacy to...
