Bekele to run Paris marathon

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 03:16

Ethiopia`s Kenenisa Bekele, one of the all-time great long-distance runners, will take part in this year`s Paris marathon on April 6, race organisers announced on Thursday.

Olympic champion`s ex-girlfriend gets lifer in China

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 14:43

A Chinese Olympic champion`s former girlfriend, who cheated more than two dozen well-known figures in the sports and entertainment industries of nearly USD 10 million, has been awarded life imprisonment by a court here.

Bolt had right people around him, Johnson didn`t: Bailey

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 20:32

Doping is a menace that can be avoided if one keeps the company of "right people" which exactly has been the difference between Usain Bolt and Ben Johnson, feels former Olympic and World 100 metres champion Donovan Bailey.

Athletics will never be drug free, says Michael Johnson

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 18:30

Athletics will never be free of drug cheats and, without the Olympics, the sport would be dead, American four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson told a packed Doha Goals Forum here Wednesday.

Worked hard and prepared well: Saina

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 18:35

Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal and Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China have been put in same group for the BWF Super Series Finals, that will be played here Dec 11-15, after the draws were announced at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium here Tuesday.

Mo Farah challenges Bolt to charity race over publicly chosen distance

Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2013, 13:10

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah has confirmed he has no intention of quitting the track, and has challenged Usain Bolt to a charity showdown over public`s choice of distance.

Former Olympic champion Ma out of World TT

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 18:36

Former Olympic champion and four-time World Cup winner Ma Lin became the biggest name to fall at the World Table Tennis Championships when he was upset by Japan`s Kenta Matsudaira in the men`s singles second round.

Saina Nehwal seeded second at All England

Last Updated: Saturday, February 23, 2013, 17:21

World No.2 Saina Nehwal is seeded second behind Olympic champion Li Xuerui in the women`s singles at the All England Badminton Championships, starting in Birmingham March 5.

Britain’s first women boxer Nicola Adams hopeful of becoming ‘double Olympic champion’

Last Updated: Sunday, December 16, 2012, 16:12

Boxing star Nicola Adams made women’s boxing history in the summer and now she wants to rewrite the history books again in Rio four years from now.

Thorpe wins Australian Human Rights Medal

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 11:52

Legendary Australian swimmer and Olympic champion Ian Thorpe received the 2012 Human Rights Medal from the Australian Human Rights Commission Tuesday.