Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday opened the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) evaluation team’s visit to Madrid by claiming the city deserves...
Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday opened the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) evaluation team’s visit to Madrid by claiming the city deserves...
Former German tennis player Boris Becker (right) and his wife Lilly Kerssenberg arrive for the Laureus Sports Awards ceremony in Rio de Janeiro,...
Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary General of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, (first right) Minister of...
NAGOYA, Japan: Japan’s Ryoko Kizaki won the Nagoya International Women’s Marathon yesterday after a shoulder-to-shoulder battle with Berhane Dibaba of Ethiopia in the...
MOSCOW: The world wrestling federation (FILA) will hold an extraordinary congress in May to elect a new president as the ancient sport battles...
New York: The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) said yesterday it was pleased with the level of interest by cities in possibly hosting...
NEW YORK: The mayor of Los Angeles has notified the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) that the city is interested in bidding to...
MADRID: The ability of Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid to provide a convincing reason why they want to stage the Olympic Games and not...
TOKYO: Japan’s corporate giants are ready to chip in for another Summer Olympics in Tokyo in hopes the Games will provide the same...
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday Tokyo could be an inspiration for other cities if it wins the right to host the...
SOFIA: Bulgarian wrestling coach and two-times Olympic champion Armen Nazaryan has started a hunger strike to protest the sport being dumped from the...
LANDQUART, Switzerland: St Moritz is famous as a playground for the rich yet financial concerns are undermining public support for the glitzy resort’s...
The team members and officials of Qatar Paralympic team which took part in the 8th GCC Paralympic Championship 2013 are seen along with...
Tokyo: The Japan Wrestling Federation (JWF) has launched an online petition site seeking 100,000 signatures to help the sport remain an Olympic discipline....
TOKYO: Japanese wrestling chiefs yesterday urged Olympic medallists the world over to join forces to save their sport from the chop at the...
SYDNEY: Australian swimmer Libby Trickett yesterday called for healing within the sport after reports exposed a “toxic” atmosphere at the London Olympics including...
WASHINGTON: Nike and Oakley, two American companies that were sponsors of Oscar Pistorius, have cut ties with the South African Olympic athletics hero...
A general view of the Olympic stadium for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Adler, near Sochi, Russia, yesterday. Construction will be completed...
