USA Basketball Showcase game: How to watch live, timing, dates, all you need to knowThe United States have always been the dominant name in basketball for decades and ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024, the team will be looki...
22 Jul, 2024, 10.24 PM IST
Golden moments of India's Olympic journeyIndia's 10 Olympic golds began with field hockey in 1928, followed by 1932, 1936, 1948, and 1952 finals. Neeraj Chopra secured the first tr...
20 Jul, 2024, 11.50 PM IST
Sole Olympic athlete training in Taliban's Afghanistan to fulfil judo dreamAfghanistan's Mohammad Samim Faizad is the only Olympic athlete training within Taliban-controlled Afghanistan for the Paris Olympics. Whil...
17 Jul, 2024, 09.22 AM IST
Watch: Neeraj Chopra performs the garba at a Vadodara event, delights the crowdNeeraj Chopra stood offered his prayers at the venue before the idol of the goddess and joined some of the people there in going through a ...
29 Sep, 2022, 04.31 PM IST
85 years after Berlin Olympics, 'Hitler Medal' occupies pride of place at Maha sports instituteHitler presented a medal, having the Nazi symbol of an eagle clutching a swastika, to Amravati's Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, set up 22 ...
24 Jul, 2021, 01.39 PM IST
Four sports to make debut in Tokyo Olympics; baseball, softball return for one-off GamesThe COVID-hit Tokyo Games will witness five sports joining the Olympic program out of which four will make their debuts in the quadrennial ...
18 Jul, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
Next big US-China battle: Olympics boycottWhile most doubted there would be an outright boycott, they noted that a lot can change before the opening ceremony 10 months from now. The...
10 Apr, 2021, 11.58 PM IST
Every 4 decades, something jinxes the Olympics. This time, it’s the coronavirusFinance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso, pointed out that the Games appear to be cursed.
30 Mar, 2020, 10.00 AM IST
The end of an era: PK Banerjee, Indian football's greatest striker, passes away after prolonged illnessDuring his career, he scored 65 international goals in 84 appearances for the national team.
20 Mar, 2020, 02.07 PM IST
Dilip Tirkey hopes campaign will bring Bharat Ratna for Dhyan ChandDilip Tirkey and other former Indian hockey stars, got together at Jantar Mantan in Delhi, demanding Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand.
01 Sep, 2016, 10.33 AM IST
Dilip Tirkey hopes campaign will bring Bharat Ratna for Dhyan ChandMany parliamentarians had petitioned for this, the sports and home ministry had recommended his name, but it was Sachin Tendulkar, who was ...
01 Sep, 2016, 01.38 AM IST
In Rio, it’s sunny with a chance of burgersYou have read about the plentiful sexual opportunities at the Olympics. But there is another sin that the Games encourage. Gluttony.
16 Aug, 2016, 03.45 PM IST
Hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand scores in Berlin againAn unique exhibition on the life and times of hockey wizard major Dhyan Chand will be inaugurated in Berlin on Independence Day.
11 Aug, 2016, 07.42 AM IST
Olympics also a test of robot prowess?Till robots can compete in their own Olympics, they are on Games duty.
10 Aug, 2016, 06.27 AM IST
From Sarita Devi to Jesse Owens: The list of shockers at the sports podiumSarita Devi's bronze medal rejection at Asian Games is not the first instance of a shocker. We put together some more instances from pages ...
08 Oct, 2014, 03.45 PM IST
- Greatest Olympian: It's about more than medals
If we club all disciplines and Olympic events, the greatest athlete could be Jesse Owens who competed at a time when racial prejudice was r...
08 Aug, 2012, 05.38 AM IST
- Greatest Olympian need much more
Winning maximum golds does not make greatest Olympian. However, that does not automatically make him the greatest Olympian ever.
18 Aug, 2008, 01.27 AM IST