NRAI President asked to leave IOA meeting due to pending court case

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 14:37

The IOA`s General Body Meeting was witness to some drama when the National Rifles Association of India President Raninder Singh was asked to leave the meeting

Put national interest first, Sports Min tells administrators

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 15:50

Urging the Indian Olympic Association to sort out its differences with the IOC through negotiations, Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today asked the administrators to put national interest first to ensure that the ban on India is revoked at the earliest.

SAI expedites efforts to make `Vision 2020` a reality

Last Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013, 14:46

Giving wings to its ambitious plan of spending Rs 2000 crore on athletes for 2020 Olympics, the SAI has instructed the respective NSFs to identify their pool of young sportspersons.

CSI seeks probe on e-mails in its fake ID

Last Updated: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 17:08

Clean Sports India, a movement for corruption-free sports in the country is seeking an investigation into how some people circulated mails faking its identity in connection with the upcoming elections of the national Olympic body.

Two years on, India still reaping benefits of Commonwealth Games

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 13:26

India`s best ever performance at the Olympics in 2012 London Games displays the progress the country has made in sports in two years after hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

I did not speak to anyone for six days after loss: Devendro

Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 22:14

Young boxer Laishram Devendro Singh was so dejected after his quarter-final loss to eventual bronze medal winner Paddy Barnes in the London Olympic Games that he refused to speak to anyone for the next six days.

Karmakar to get special promotion for Olympic performance

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 21:37

Indian shooter Joydeep Karmakar will be accorded a special promotion by South Eastern Railway (SER) for his splendid performance in the London Olympic Games where he missed the bronze by a whisker after finishing fourth in the final of 50m Rifle Prone event.

I got a tough draw, otherwise gold was certain: Yogeshwar

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 19:56

Olympics bronze medal-winning Indian Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt feels if not for a tough draw he could have returned home with a gold medal from the just-concluded London Games.

Mary Kom slams level of refereeing at London Olympics

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 22:46

Olympic bronze medallist M.C. Mary Kom Tuesday slammed the level of refereeing in the boxing competitions of the London Games.

London Olympics: I had a tough time in 51kg, says Mary Kom

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 22:38

Olympic bronze medal winning boxer M.C. Mary Kom admitted she was not comfortable fighting in the 51kg section in London and she will not hesitate to shift back to 48kg if the weight category is included in Rio de Janeiro.

London: We could play just 30-35 per cent of our potential says Bharat Chetri

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 19:17

India captain Bharat Chetri doesn`t want to point fingers at any individual for the hockey team`s disastrous outing at the Olympic Games, instead he is forthcoming in accepting the blame and said the former champions could only play up to "30-35 per cent" of their potential in London

London Olympics setback has motivated boxers: Sandhu

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 18:21

Far from demoralising them, the failure to fetch a medal at the London Olympics has motivated Indian male boxers to improve their performance, insisted national coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu after returning to the country on Tuesday