Russian Paralympians to compete at Paris 2024 under neutral flagThe International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has voted to allow Russian athletes to compete at the Paris Paralympics in 2024 under a neutra...
29 Sep, 2023, 08.50 PM IST
Call on India's participation in Asiad will be taken after receiving feedback from host nation: Sports Minister Anurag ThakurRumours are doing rounds that the Hangzhou Asian Games, scheduled to held from September 10 to 25, will be postponed due to the pandemic.
30 Apr, 2022, 02.50 PM IST
Xi Jinping defends China's zero-COVID policy amid Shanghai lockdown to curb sharp spike in cases"Against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic that rages across the world, we have put first the health of all participants, adhered to ...
08 Apr, 2022, 06.17 PM IST
Paralympians fear for future of winter sports as climate change takes holdWhen she should have been skiing during Norway's traditional snow season last winter, Birgit Skarstein was still rowing a scull boat on lak...
12 Mar, 2022, 11.00 PM IST
Paralympics 2022: Scale of situation led to ban on Russian, Belarusian athletes, says IPC chiefAthletes from the two countries were barred from competing in the Chinese capital on the eve of the Paralympics over Russia's invasion of U...
12 Mar, 2022, 11.00 PM IST
Beijing Paralympics to open in storm of controversy over Ukraine invasionMoscow's invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves through the Paralympic movement, with bitter wrangling over whether its athletes and those fro...
04 Mar, 2022, 11.58 AM IST
Russian, Belarusian athletes can no longer compete in Beijing Paralympics: IPC"Following a specially convened meeting, the IPC Governing Board has decided to refuse the athlete entries from the RPC and NPC Belarus for...
03 Mar, 2022, 01.15 PM IST
Google Doodle celebrates opening of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics with a cartoon animationGoogle on Friday displayed an animated doodle on its homepage to celebrate the beginning of the event.
04 Feb, 2022, 01.07 PM IST
India pulls out envoy from Beijing Olympics ceremoniesIndia is particularly upset because unlike the West, it kept Chinese sensitivities in mind and backed the Winter Olympic Games, highly plac...
04 Feb, 2022, 09.27 AM IST
India to participate in Beijing Winter Olympics sans high-level political presenceNew Delhi had made it clear earlier that it will not be joining calls from the West to boycott the Olympics although there is tension with ...
17 Jan, 2022, 08.29 AM IST
Japan has 'no plans to send govt officials' to Beijing OlympicsTop government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno did not call the decision a boycott but said there were "no plans" to send political representati...
24 Dec, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Beijing city calls for less holiday travel to reduce COVID risks during OlympicsChina's capital is keen "to ensure zero local infection, the successful hosting of the Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games...
18 Dec, 2021, 05.35 PM IST
IOC 'respects' US diplomatic boycott of Beijing OlympicsThe diplomatic boycott is a calibrated rebuke of China's human rights record that stops short of preventing US athletes from competing.
07 Dec, 2021, 01.10 PM IST
India’s support for Beijing Winter Olympics shows it is not natural US ally: Chinese state mediaIndia has strengthened its collaboration with the US, as well as its allies such as Japan and Australia, while India's cooperation with Chi...
29 Nov, 2021, 07.07 PM IST
Xi's “good friend” Putin to attend Beijing Winter Olympics amid US diplomatic boycott plansPutin's visit to Beijing to take part in the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in February next year will make him the first state leader to...
23 Nov, 2021, 08.34 PM IST
China chides Biden for considering diplomatic boycott of Beijing OlympicsPresident Joe Biden confirmed on Thursday that he is mulling a US diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing.
20 Nov, 2021, 01.30 PM IST
- Nortel to sponsor 2012 Games
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited (LOCOG)on Wednesday announced that Nortel is the Official...
30 Jul, 2008, 09.18 PM IST