Japan `hurt` by French Fukushima cartoon

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 10:14

Another cartoon shows people in protective gear by the side of a pool, the Tokyo Shimbun daily reported.

Out on a limb: Japan upset by French Fukushima cartoon

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 10:08

Japan is to formally complain about a cartoon that appeared in a French weekly newspaper showing sumo wrestlers with extra limbs in front of the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Expect more medals from wrestlers after IOC decision: Sushil

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 21:39

Double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar feels the massive reprieve to wrestling will motivate the Indian grapplers in the upcoming World Championships and they will return from Budapest with more medals.

China warns Japan against basing officials in disputed islands

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 20:25

China on Tuesday warned Japan against its "provocative" plan to station officials in islands in the East China Sea at the centre of a bitter dispute, saying it will resolutely defend its territorial sovereignty.

Istanbul`s Olympic bid rejection unfair: Turkish PM

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 14:30

Choosing Tokyo instead of Istanbul to host the 2020 Olympic Games was unfair. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

IOC members gear up to elect new president

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 11:15

Six men will wake up on Tuesday with hopes of ending the day as the most powerful man in sport by being elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) President and succeeding Jacques Rogge.

Indian wrestler will suffer due to few tainted IOA officials: Hooda

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 21:15

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh feels even though IOC has decided to include wrestling in the 2020 Olympics, Indian wrestlers might suffer as their participation in international events is still uncertain following IOA`s reluctance to remove their tainted leaders as par the world body`s directive.

Japan begins preparations for 2020 Olympics

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 20:36

Preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics are already underway with Japan sizing up plans to ready its sporting facilities and urban infrastructure, Japanese officials said Monday.

Wrestling champ Sushil Kumar hails return of sport to Olympic fold

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 18:43

Champion wrestler Sushil Kumar has welcomed the return of the sport to the Olympic fold, saying that the efforts of a cross-section of people from all walks of life had contributed to this achievement.

Squash still has a great future despite Oly snub: PSA, WSF

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 17:23

Despite being `devastated` by the IOC decision to choose wrestling ahead of squash as an additional sport to join the 2020 Olympic programme, the Professional Squash Association (PSA) on Monday stressed that the sport has a `great future`.

Modernisation put wrestling back in Olympics, says world body

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 13:27

The world wrestling federation chief said "modernisation" helped the sport get reinstated in the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.

Tokyo 2020 an endorsement of Asian dynamism

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 11:13

The decision to award Tokyo the 2020 Olympic Games was a triumph of business sense as much as common sense, and a unequivocal endorsement of Asia`s dynamic economies.