IOC sets up illegal betting unit to protect Games

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 09:26

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will set up a special unit to tackle illegal betting and match-fixing in a bid to make sure it does not become an issue in future Games, it said on Sunday.

Gripes over Tokyo stadium overshadow Games euphoria

Last Updated: Sunday, November 3, 2013, 16:41

Just weeks after they rode the wave of euphoria to Olympic victory when Tokyo won the right to host the 2020 Games, organisers are being brought back to Earth with a bump.

Nachappa appeals for IOA`s expulsion

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 19:04

Clean Sports India President Ashwini Nachappa has said the IOC should expel the Indian Olympic Association for continuing to defy its guidelines on good governance and form an ad-hoc body to carry forward the Olympic movement in the country.

Winter Olympics: Russia has mountain to climb with `Putin`s Games`

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 09:47

With a race against the clock to complete building works, threats of militant attacks, controversy over anti-gay law, Russia faces an unprecedented challenge to hold a successful Winter Olympics.

Sochi Olympics organiser denies torch explosion reports

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 19:10

Russia`s Olympics chief organiser has denied reports that a torch used during the Sochi games relay had exploded.

Hosts Japan aiming high at Tokyo 2020

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 12:59

Japan wants its athletes to double their best-ever medal haul at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but experts warn the debt-laden nation will need to spend big if it is to seize the homefield advantage.

IOA should accept IOC directive: Randhir Singh

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 18:55

International Olympic Committee member in India, Randhir Singh on Wednesday asked the officials of suspended IOA to accept the IOC`s directive to bar charge-framed persons from contesting elections or face further action from the world body.

Putin demands regular reports on Sochi Olympics

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 14:41

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the organisers of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics for fortnightly reports on the preparations for the Games.

Putin demands regular reports on Sochi Olympics

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 13:15

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the organisers of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics for fortnightly reports on the preparations for the Games.

Lance Armstrong returns Sydney Olympic medal to officials

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 17:03

Disgraced retired cyclist Lance Armstrong has returned his 2000 Olympic medal to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) nine months after he was stripped of it, USOC officials said on Thursday.

Olympic cyclist Pendleton marries former training team partner Scott Gardner

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 19:04

Olympic cycling champ Victoria Pendleton has added a gold band to her gold medals after she married a former member of her training team, Scott Gardner, at a country manor house.

Indian Olympic Association hails return of wrestling to Olympic fold

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 18:33

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday welcomed the return of wrestling in the 2020 Olympic Games, after the sport beat off bids from rivals squash, baseball and softball in an International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote.